TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters): Japan's Nikkei average posted the biggest one-day drop in two weeks on Thursday, hit by dismal earnings from the likes of Komatsu Ltd and signs the US Federal Reserve is on course to raise rates this...
ICB Asset Management Company Limited (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), disclosed the following total net asset value (NAV) of different mutual funds (MFs) at the close of business operation on January 27, 2015, said a...
ICB Asset Management Company Limited (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), disclosed the following total net asset value (NAV) of different open-end mutual funds (MFs) at the close of business operation on January 27, 2015, said...
Abul Basher | 2015-01-30 00:00:00
The European Union (EU) as a destination market plays a very important role for Bangladesh. There are at least two reasons for this. The first one pertains to the abundance of labour in Bangladesh. Due to this abundance, Bangladesh has...
Shah Md Ahsan Habib | 2015-01-30 00:00:00
Financial services can play a significant role in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Financial and banking services like credit and deposit activities, financing for small enterprises, women and underprivileged, trade services by banks, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and green...
The move initiated by the government to install 500,000 solar-powered pumps across the country by 2020 to facilitate irrigation is indeed a piece of good news. Seeking out alternatives for conventional power sources has been a matter of urgency for...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-01-30 00:00:00
A looming fear confronts the 1.4 million examinees of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations scheduled to be held from Monday, February 2, next. Over the past few years public examinations like the Primary School Certificate (PSC) examinations, the Junior...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-01-30 00:00:00
Although the Rohingyas are strictly a domestic issue of Myanmar, Bangladesh has every reason to feel worried about it. The country, a stone's throw from Teknaf across the Naaf River, has been virtually forced to bear its burden: thousands of...
The number of extra-judicial killings is on the rise and conscious people of the country cannot feel unconcerned about it. The growing number of such incidents depicts the true picture of the prevailing law and order situation and presents a...
Due to hectic urban life, many of us do not get adequate sleep which affects our health. Undeniably, sleep greatly helps build good health. Sleep deprivation increases the chances of heart attack, heart failure, irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure and...
We are passing our days amid fear and uncertainty. Newspapers are full of harrowing reports on injuries and deaths due to political violence. The age -old doctrine "might is right" appears to be the guiding force of confrontational politics of...
Zaidi Sattar in the third of his four-part paper titled \'Trade regulations, trade facilitation and competitiveness\' | 2015-01-30 00:00:00
Trade facilitation (TF) is important for fostering greater trade not only for Bangladesh, but also in the region and the world at large. Trade facilitation would be crucial for the four trade expansion strategies of Bangladesh: (a) export diversification, (b)...
The government will deploy some 12,000 Ansar members at 993 vulnerable points on highways and regional roads across the country from today (Friday) to prevent acts of sabotage, report agencies. Initially, the Ansar men will be deployed at 216 points...
BNP expressed deep concern on Thursday over Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's instruction to contain violence by any means, saying it will only deepen the ongoing political crisis, reports UNB. In a statement, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi...
FE Report | 2015-01-30 00:00:00
Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna at a function in the city on Thursday warned that they would file a writ with the High Court if the authorities concerned don't allow them to stage a sit-in at Suhrawardy Udyan Saturday...
Observing that the country is now burning, Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad said on Thursday that country's democracy is now confined to parliament, reports UNB. "Country's democracy is now confined to Parliament...there's no democracy outside Parliament… there's only terrorism....
The Awami League-led 14-party alliance will hold Gayebana Janaza in all district and upazila headquarters across the country including Dhaka city after Juma prayers today (Friday), reports BSS.
FE Report | 2015-01-30 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Thursday that the ongoing political events could not harm businesses a lot except fall in work orders a little bit. "Business leaders informed me that production at the factories is going as usual and the...
A Dhaka court has deferred again until February 25 the recording of statements by prosecution witnesses against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and eight others in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases, report agencies. Judge Abu Ahmed...
FE Report | 2015-01-30 00:00:00
The government decided on Thursday to deploy mobile courts to strictly enforce the Safe Food Act, 2013 from February 1, 2015. "There will be mobile courts to enforce the Safe Food Act, 2013," Food Minister Advocate Qamrul Islam told the...
GHATAIL (Tangail), Jan 29 (UNB): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina urged the country's first batch of female military paramedics Thursday to serve the country and its people with devotion and professionalism rising above their personal interest. "I hope your today's...
FE Report | 2015-01-30 00:00:00
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid reiterated on Thursday his call to political parties to refrain from violent agitation during Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and its equivalent examinations, scheduled to start on February 2, 2015. He also called upon the BNP-led...
British High Commission in Dhaka and British Council joined hands Thursday to help cadet colleges in Bangladesh improve English language skill and create future leaders in a better way, reports UNB. As part of the initiative, a letter of partnership...
LGED and International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) jointly organised a workshop on 'Climate Adaptation and Livelihood Protection' at LGED headquarters in the city Thursday, says a press release. Senior Secretary of Local Government Division (LGD) Monzur Hossain inaugurated the...
FE Report | 2015-01-30 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) decided on Thursday to question 11 officials of Janata Bank Ltd in its probe into the Tk 13 billion loan scam of Ananda Shipyard. "The officials have been summoned for interrogation on February 5 and February...
The winners of Bangla Academy Literary Award-2014 have been announced, reports BSS. They are: Poet Shihab Sarkar (Poetry), Zakir Talukdar (Fiction), Professor Shantanu Kaisar (Essay), Professor Bhuiyan Iqbal (Research), Professor Abu Muhammad Delowar Hossain (Liberation War Literature), Mainus Sultan (Travelogue)...
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