LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters): Gold held below a two-week high on Monday, falling as the dollar strengthened after data showed Japan had slipped into recession, but lower global shares kept losses in check on concerns about global growth. Spot gold...
Shah Md Ahsan Habib | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
Disparity between men and women in terms of access to basic facilities and resources is a grim reality. Women have less access than men to a range of productive resources, including education, healthcare, land, decent work, information and financial resources...
Jamaluddin Ahmed in the first of a two-part article | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
Sweden is known as the first country to have established the central bank, followed by England, France, Germany and others in North America, South America, Africa, Asia and in the Middle East. Originally, financing the war was the objective and...
South Asia's lop-sided economic development has once again been highlighted by brazen neglect to small urban centres. The 17th annual report of the Lahore-based Mahbub al Haq Human Development Centre titled 'Human Development in South Asia 2014, Urbanisation: Challenges and...
Abdul Bayes | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
There is still a debate whether or not Bangladesh has already attained self-sufficiency in food grain, especially in rice. Government statistics (as well as rhetoric) claim that Bangladesh has already attained self-sufficiency. This is, undoubtedly, a piece of good news...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
The fast extinction of bamboo trees from rural Bangladesh is indeed a cause of serious concern, particularly for the environmentalists. Once rural hamlets across the country used to witness luxuriant growth of bamboos. These trees used to give shade to...
A new phenomenon has lately been added to Dhaka's urban chaos. It is the blaring sirens of ambulances. With the mushrooming of private hospitals and clinics, the number of ambulances has also witnessed a sharp rise. That's natural. Ambulances are...
In this digital age we are using smart and android phones. We are now smart enough and all the time we are busy in social networking sites, like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Skype, etc. Our daily life has become fast due...
While giving transhipment rights to India, Bangladesh should unilaterally fix tariff for river, rail and land transport across the country. However, the rail transport may be segregated, as it involves metre to broad gauge transhipments. The land and waterways need...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
It is not possible for a Bangladeshi to imagine how punishing it is to walk on a road with temperature dropped to 13 degrees Fahrenheit (which is minus 10.55 degrees centigrade) unless he or she has lived here in chilly...
Frank Peters | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
There is a large family of well-meaning clichés roaming free throughout Bangladesh espousing the need to protect children in different ways. "The children are our future", they scream loudly, but largely they're all ignored. Children's rights are still an illusion....
FE Report | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
The market turned around Wednesday after losing in the last four consecutive sessions as buying spree in the heavyweight banks helped the market to close in green. The market opened with a positive mood which sustained till the market closure....
Premier Bank and Lulu International Exchange, a renowned money transfer company based in the UAE, have recently launched remittance service to enable the customers to receive cash remittance on the same day as well credit the account in the shortest...
Novo Nordisk was ranked second on the 2014 Access to Medicine Index, climbing four places since the 2012 Index. "Novo Nordisk's ranking is a reflection of the company's inclusion of access to medicine within its core business, including equitable pricing...
Suspension/ resumption of trading Alltex Industries Ltd. Normal trading of the shares of the Company will resume today (Thursday) after record date. Usmania Glass Trading of the shares of the Company will remain suspended on record date, today (Thursday). Northern...
CVO signs deal with Sylhet Gas Fields The Company has informed that they have signed a buy/sale agreement with Sylhet Gas Fields Ltd. to procure the allotted condensate of 15,000 MT Wednesday. Bonus shares credited GPH Ispat Ltd. The Company...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
The government has issued a fresh reminder asking the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) concerned to offload their shares in the capital market without further delay, officials said. They said the Ministry of Finance reminded the relevant SoEs of the earlier directive...
NEW YORK, Nov 19 (Reuters): The Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs on Tuesday, lifted by further gains in healthcare shares and hopes for a stronger global economy. The S&P 500 scored its fourth straight day of gains....
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-11-20 00:00:00
The government has taken a set of proactive measures, including cutbacks on tax and easy residency, to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country, sources said. The Board of Investment (BoI), in an inter-ministerial meeting recently, made the decisions...
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