Syful Islam | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith will apprise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday of the progress in budget implementation during the first half of the current fiscal year alongside details of income and expenditure and the macroeconomic trends, officials said. The...
FE Report | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
European Union (EU) ambassador and head of delegation in Bangladesh Pierre Mayadon said they want to see Bangladesh as a steady, peaceful and prosperous country. "Bangladesh needs to improve its public and private sector efficiency, develop skilled manpower, and ensure...
FE Report | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has renewed his appeal to all political leaders for a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis in Bangladesh. Responding to a query at the UN daily briefing on Wednesday, Spokesman for the UN Secretary General...
Pankaj Dastider | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Feb 26: The Chittagong Customs Commissioner said today that performance of the ICDs (inland container depots) is satisfactory and the ICD-bound import containers should be delivered from the off-docks and not from the Chittagong Port. "The situation did not...
FE Report | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
The parliamentary (Jatiya Sangsad) standing committee on the planning ministry recommended Thursday strengthening of local government in the 7th Five-Year Plan to lessen pressure on the central administration. Besides, the committee also suggested inclusion of 'visionary planning' in the proposed...
FE Report | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Badiuzzaman Thursday said there was no way to check corruption without political willingness. He came up with the comment while addressing a view-exchange meeting at the conference room of the ACC headquarters in the capital. The...
AMSTERDAM/BOSTON, Feb 25 (Reuters): A cybercrime operation that stole banking information by hacking more than 3.0 million computers in Indonesia, India, Bangladesh and other countries has been disrupted by European police with assistance from three technology companies, officials said. Europol's...
Joint Commissioner (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Monirul Islam on Thursday said the police station concerned has not yet got the copy of the warrant issued for the arrest of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage...
The Parliament Committee on the Jatiya Sangsad recommended on Wednesday deploying additional security personnel at the MP Bhabans at Manik Miah Avenue and Nakhalpara to ensure security, reports BSS quoting a press release. The committee urged authority concerned for taking...
FE Report | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh Comptroller and Auditor General Masud Ahmed visited the senior finance controller (Navy) office at Lalasarai of Mirpur 14 in the city on Wednesday, a release said. The CAG expressed his satisfaction over the recent development activities of Bangladesh Navy....
FE Report | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
Advising people not to be panicked with the spread of swine flu in India, Health Minister Mohammad Nasim assured on Thursday of country's adequate preparations to control the disease. The minister asked all concerned to take up mass awareness programmes...
A parliamentary body recommended the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) on Thursday to take steps for a massive media campaign against 67 blacklisted hajj agencies, reports UNB. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on MoRA at its 10th meeting made the suggestion...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
The growth of gross domestic product (GDP) has been hovering around six per cent for a long time. Now the critical question that has caught the policymakers' attention is how to overcome the six per cent growth inertia. What kind...
Jamaluddin Ahmed concluding a two-part article on \'Bangladesh: Graduating to middle-income status\' | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
The definitions of middle-income (the "optics" of the thresholds, etc.) are in debate. Even if one really thinks of the development process, it is a continuum rather than an event that takes place in discrete "jumps" through thresholds. Therefore, we...
John Kerry, Secretary of State of the United States | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
Throughout our history, we have faced threats from aggression, genocide, chaos and dictatorship. Today we are asked to wage a new war against a new enemy. The battlefield is different, and so are the weapons that we need to overcome...
The country's bureaucracy is not particularly famous for high performance. Its sluggish pace is more than exposed by poor implementation, among others, of the projects under the annual development programme (ADP). Now to provide impetus to the functioning of different...
Abu Ahmed | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
Companies listed on the stock exchanges of the country are found to be unusually enthusiastic in issuing bonus shares for their investors, though in most cases, their earnings per share do not support such dividend declarations. Nor have they business...
Md. Abdullah Al Helal | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
If we look empirically around the world, it is not necessarily true that democratic countries have better governments compared to those run by dictatorship. Although both types of governing systems have positive and negative aspects, democracy enjoys mass popularity across...
Print media recently reported that the National Board of Revenue is against exemption of income tax on interest received by small depositors of savings accounts. Tax on interest income derived from deposits below Tk.0.5 million in savings accounts of banks...
The ongoing political discords and anarchy have hit hard the country which is now limping in every sector and experiencing drastic economic downturn. The two mainstream political parties seem to have locked their horns probably once and for all, heralding...
Heart attack, as it is popularly known, is a major cause of death around the world. We must be very careful about the deadly consequences of heart problems and lead a healthy life so that we can stay safe from...
Nazmus Sadat Khan | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
As the leftwing Syriza party swept to power in Greece early this year, the question of whether Greece will be able to stay in the Eurozone came to forefront once again. Since the financial crisis in 2008, Greece is grappling...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia, USA | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
Visit of Chief Minister of Paschimbanga Mamata Benerjee along with ministers, MPs, business magnates and cultural activists has created a good impact on relations between Bangladesh and the Indian state. Possibly this is the third visit by a Chief Minister...
K.B. Ahmed | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy", so wrote William Shakespeare. Mamata Banerjee's visit to Bangladesh on the occasion of observance of the Language Martyrs' Day on February 21 could not...
Bangladesh are a point above Sri Lanka and although the World Cup is still at a very early stage, it is hard to imagine both sides envisioning themselves in their respective positions after their first two matches. Today (Thursday) they...
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