FE Report All political parties of the country have been urged to give top priority to the country's economic development and refrain from all sorts of destructive activities. The International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) made the appeal in a...
NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (Reuters): India will not extend tax breaks to automakers beyond Dec. 31, a senior government official told the news agency, as the government looks to shore up its stretched finances before the end of the financial...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Dec 30: The Hotel Tower Inn International of Chittagong has decided to manufacture sweets and bakery items with a view to exporting those. "Locally produced sweets are of good quality but ours will be the best one...
KIEV, Dec 30 (AFP): Ukraine's central bank chief said on Tuesday that the strife-torn country's economy contracted by 7.5 per cent in 2014 while inflation soared in a year more painful than any since World War II.
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (Reuters): India's finance minister denied on Tuesday that he was pressuring the central bank into cutting interest rates, after his comment that the high cost of capital was stifling investment sent markets into a tizzy. Arun...
SEOUL, Dec 30 (AFP): South Korea's current account surplus rose to a monthly record in November as slumping oil prices slashed the value of imports, state data showed Tuesday. The preliminary figure of $11.4 billion shattered the previous monthly record...
KIEV, Dec 30 (AFP): Ukraine's central bank chief said on Tuesday that the strife-torn country's economy contracted by 7.5 per cent in 2014 while inflation soared in a year more painful than any since World War II. But Valeria Gontareva...
TOKYO, Dec 30 (Reuters): Japan's ruling coalition has approved a tax reform plan that will cut corporate taxes from April and pledges further reductions in coming years in a bid by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to boost profitability and bolster...
FRANKFURT, Dec 30 (AFP): After a breathless year of action and now a new political crisis in Greece, the European Central Bank may finally roll out its heavy artillery in 2015 in its battle against deflation, analysts said. Bank watchers...
SEOUL, Dec 30 (Reuters): Hyundai Motor Co said on Tuesday it would build two factories in China, its first new manufacturing plants since 2012 as the South Korean automaker bets on growth in the world's biggest car market even as...
Maswood Alam Khan | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
What kind of year has 2014 been for all of us? Has it been a year of moving forward or paddling backward, or of accomplishing significant goals, of garnering pleasant experiences, or of enduring disappointments and suffering pains? Was it...
Martin Carnoy for Reuters | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
Washington has systematically pushed to ostracise Cuba from the rest of Latin America years after the policy has become anachronistic. By focusing so completely on the "bad" Cuba of authoritarian government and human-rights abuses, the United States has been missing...
Waliul Huq Khandker | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
Planning and doing something are two aspects of the same goal. Planning is needed to do something and a job is incomplete until it is done. There are two distinct and separate ways of achieving the goal. One needs to...
Reforms, be it in the case of human resources or technology operating in any system, usually produce discomfort, suspicion and dissatisfaction initially among the beneficiaries of hitherto prevalent inefficiencies and drawbacks of all sorts. The reforms -- still far short...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
Alarm bells have already started ringing with fast shrinking of farm lands that virtually feed the nation. The country, for practical reasons, cannot simply afford to import all the eatables no matter how industrialised it becomes. The harsh reality is...
Abir Abbas Chowdhury | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
States possess broad authority to regulate the movement of foreign nationals across their borders. They exercise their sovereign powers to determine who will be admitted and for how long. However, it is essential to ensure that non-nationals enjoy all of...
Once again a passenger plane disappeared during flight from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore to the utter dismay of the people across the world. The number of plane accidents has gone up in recent past. An aircraft of Air Asia recently...
The people of Bangladesh are passing through a spell of cold and chilly winter. Those living on pavements and railway platforms or other open areas are the worst hit people. They cannot afford enough warm clothes to cover their body...
I am finding it difficult to express my sincerest thanks both as a mother and a well-wisher to Sir Frank Peters for his relentless efforts to eliminate corporal punishment in Bangladesh schools. I followed his anti-corporal punishment campaign since it...
Shah Md Ahsan Habib | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
Global banking is expected to have a better business and regulatory environment in 2015. Several recent reports foresee a better business environment in the new year due to proactive reforms in the recent time aiming to reduce the complexity and...
Nurur Rahman | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
The year 2014 has seen Bangladesh having all the indications of a growing economy. Ready-made garment (RMG) that fetches the major source of income from its exports, continues to generate employment and boost medium and small domestic industries. In 2014,...
Bangladesh cricket team experienced a mixed bag of win-loss chemistry in the outgoing year (2014) that included a few international records and witnessed some talismanic events, reports UNB. The Tigers suffered embarrassing win drought from the beginning of the year...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines make a flying start in the Metropolis Second Division Cricket League beating Dhaka Royal Cricketers by a huge 92 runs in one of the two opening day's matches at the Dhanmndi Cricket Stadium Tuesday, reports UNB The...
Four teams-Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Bangladesh Police, Bangladesh Ansar and Chapainawabganj DSA-reached the semifinals of the Exim Bank 24th National Men's Handball Championship beating their rivals in the quarterfinals at the Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 30 (UNB): Chittagong City Corporation Eleven beat their Green team by seven wickets in a match of the CJKS Ispahani Premier Division Cricket League here Tuesday. City Corporation Green team batted first and were all out for 88...
Prime Bank Cricket Club took the lead in the Walton Refrigerator Dhaka Premier Division Cricket leapfrogging Abahani Ltd after the third round Super League matches held at three separate venues in Dhaka and adjoining areas Tuesday, reports UNB. With the...
NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (AFP): India's World Cup-winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni retired Tuesday from Test cricket shortly after his team lost yet another overseas series, this time against Australia. Dhoni, who is one of the world's highest-earning sportsman, has...
FE Report The government has taken a move to boost gas supply pressure from the country's second largest gas field Titas and another field at Narsingdi as it would set up six compressors, officials said Tuesday. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa...
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