Syed Ashraf Ali | 2014-12-30 00:00:00
For centuries gold set the world alight with its magnetic charm, triggered wars and gold rush, shaped the world of fashion and inspired poets to write verses. In the modern world, apart from its cardinal role as jewellery, gold serves...
Khawaza Main Uddin | 2014-12-30 00:00:00
The government has, in the first quarter of the fiscal 2014-15, implemented only 13 per cent of the annual development programme (ADP), the lowest in the past four years, that too, in terms of spending only. The official drive to...
Shafiqul Alam | 2014-12-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh is an energy-starved country. The ever-increasing demand for energy is exerting pressure for effective steps to generate more power to meet the daily requirements. To face it, the government has already implemented many expensive quick rental power plants. Moreover,...
The country has been passing through the coldest ever spell this season so far. Whether more such spells are waiting in the wing is yet to be known. The Dhaka Meteorological Department did not issue an early warning of the...
Abdul Bayes | 2014-12-30 00:00:00
Availability of food in the market is not enough for achieving food security. In a market economy, the access to food depends on four elements: (a) production-based entitlement that depends on the ownership and operation of land, (b) trade-based entitlement...
Iftu Ahmed from Aurora, Illinois, USA | 2014-12-30 00:00:00
The ancient people used to celebrate the New Year at harvest time. The rituals they observed purified them for the New Year. At least that is what they left behind. Today, the New Year kicks off on the eve of...
Bangladeshi people all around the world were waiting breathlessly to see the missing child Jihad being rescued from the 300-feet-deep abandoned and unsealed deep tube well. When the boy was finally rescued, the joy was short-lived. He could not be...
South Korea will give $11.7 million in grants for two projects in Bangladesh. Its development arm, KOICA and the Economic Relations Division (ERD) signed ‘records of discussions’ (RD) on Monday. Eye Health Promotion and Prevention of Blindness in Selected Areas...
The government has decided to make the provision of three-day training for insurance agents (IAs) and financial associates (FAs) mandatory for the development of the country's insurance sector. The Insurance Development Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has already issued a circular under...
Sweden has been urged to expand its trade and investment in Bangladesh. Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) President Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury made the appeal while Swedish Envoy John Frisell called on her at her JS...
DUBAI, Dec 28 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia's 2015 state budget assumes an oil price close to current levels of around $60 a barrel for Brent crude, a shift from past budgets which were based on prices well below market levels, analysts...
Officials concerned have been directed to ensure appropriate steps for transparent and accountable management of Waqf property. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Religious Affairs Ministry gave the directive from a meeting held in the city on Sunday, reports BSS. "In...
HANOI, Dec 28 (Xinhua): Vietnam is expected to post an economic growth rate of 5.98 per cent in 2014, the country's General Statistics Office said on Saturday. The office said in its monthly statistical report that the country's gross domestic...
MOSCOW, Dec 28 (AFP): Their international competitors may be cheering tumbling oil prices, but the collapse in the rouble has meant major financial turbulence for Russian airlines who have expenses in foreign currencies. The rouble has slumped by 40 per...
BEIJING, Dec 28 (Xinhua): The Chinese government has been authorised to ease investment rules in three new free trade zones (FTZs) after top legislature gave the go ahead during a bi-monthly meeting on Sunday. The new zones will be located...
Babul Barman A total of nine listed companies raised more than Tk 19.80 billion, including premium, in the outgoing year from the stock market through right shares. The figure shows a whopping 998 per cent growth compared to previous year....
FE Report Four indenting firms have bagged the "Best Indentors' Award-2014" for repatriating highest amount of foreign currency during the years 2011-12 and 2012-13. Bangladesh Indenting Agents' Association (BIAA), a body of foreign companies' agents in Bangladesh, gave the biennial...
FE Report The securities regulator will finalise its Auditors' Panel for performing audit functions of listed companies by March next year to ensure proper financial reporting of companies, officials said. A policymaker of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC)...
Union Capital Limited, one of the leading Financial Institutions announced recently the inauguration of its Madhabdi Branch at Abdul Quader Complex, 54 Chhoto Madhabdi, Narshingdi. The Managing Director & CEO of the Company Mr. Akter Hossain Sannamat FCA, FCS inaugurated...
The 12th annual general meeting (AGM) of Premier Cement Mills Limited was held in Chittagong on Saturday. Chairman of the board of directors Mohammad Mustafa Hyder, Managing Director Mohammad Amirul Huq and other directors were present in the meeting. The...
FE Report Stocks fell further Sunday with prime index of the major bourse came down to one-month low amid thin trading as political tension hangs in the air. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went down...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Dec 28: The Usmania Glass Sheet Factory has approved 11% cash and 10% stock dividend for the year 2013-14 with cheers from the shareholders. The shareholders expressed their satisfaction and thanked the board of directors and company...
NEW DELHI, Dec 28 (PTI): Overseas investors poured in USD 2 billion in the Indian capital markets this month so far, taking total inflows to a staggering USD 42 billion since January this year. The net investment by foreign investors...
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