Frank Peters | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
Did the little schoolgirl Bristi Das dream of becoming a lawyer, a doctor or a politician? For sure we will never know what went on in her tender mind or what greatness this one-time happy 12-year-old Class 5 student might...
A proposal for cash incentives on export of additional 37 farm produces and products is reportedly under scrutiny. The reason given for the items meriting the scrutiny is widening the export basket and fetching foreign exchange. Exporters of agricultural produces...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
The stark reality of life unfolded in a stranger-than-fiction style in the gynae ward of the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) this week when a mother and her sister were caught red-handed at the time of fleeing with her...
Abu Taher | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
Currently the country's agriculture is dominated by small and marginal farmers. The large and medium farmers are almost in the process of leaving agriculture as a source of livelihood. On the other hand, small farmers are facing many non-land constraints...
Bangladesh is fast moving towards industrialisation. The number of the below-poverty level people has been reducing. In the next decade, Bangladesh is expected to become a middle-income country. To make all this happen, many industries will need huge technical and...
I fully support the views expressed by Abdullah Fakir published in the letter column of the Financial Express on 15th October. Those high officials who can cheat the nation by collecting freedom fighter's certificate without fighting the great war of...
Once land phone was a most sought after thing in our country and even a lineman was an important person whom everyone having a phone connection at office or home, knew. Those golden days of land phone are gone. Thanks...
M S Siddiqui | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated and least urbanised countries in Asia: only 27 per cent of its people live in cities and towns. Yet, in less than two decades, the cities have become the country's engines of...
Khairul Islam | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
The telecom regulator will rationalise the proposed revenue sharing between IGW (international gateway) switch operators and general operators to allow formation of a cartel of such companies to ensure fair contest among them. Earlier, the IGW Operators Forum (IOF), comprising...
FE Desk Report | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
President Md. Abdul Hamid will inaugurate a high-profile conference titled 'International Conference on Global Economic Recovery: Asian Perspective' on October 25. The two-day conference will be held in celebration of 20 years of International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICC-B). ICC-B got...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh is waiting to get response from Sri Lanka over the proposed price for exporting boiled rice, officials said. With this end in view, the Ministry of Food (MoF) sent a letter to the Sri Lankan authority on October 12...
Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance Project, implementation of which is now on track, would create 30,000 direct jobs in the country's information technology (IT) and Information Technology Enabled Service (ITES) sectors, reports BSS. The government of Bangladesh with...
NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (PTI): India, which is now the ninth largest aviation market in the world, will overtake the UK to take the third position in over 15 years, after China and the United States, global airlines' body IATA...
JS body for allocating BSCIC plots to female entrepreneurs The Parliamentary Committee on Public Accounts recommended Thursday priority to female entrepreneurs in the allocation of plots in BSCIC industrial estates. The recommendation was made at the eighth of the committee...
Bangladesh has expressed its willingness to start direct flight with Vietnam through Myanmar for strengthening bilateral ties. Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon said this while Vietnam Ambassador in Bangladesh Nguyan Quang Thur met him at his office...
BEIJING, Oct 16 (Xinhua): Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Chinese mainland rose 1.9 per cent in September from a year earlier, standing at US$9.01 billion, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Thursday. The pickup comes after a 14-per...
The government has been urged to redirect subsidy to the community-controlled renewable energy sources instead of fossil fuel projects. Speakers made the appeal while addressing a human chain in front of the National Press Club organised by 13 rights-based organisations...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 16 (BSS): The existing Union Digital Centres (UDCs) need speedy internet connectivity as many rural people are not getting requisite services from the centres timely due to slow speed, speakers at a discussion here alleged. They viewed the...
NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (AFP): India's new right-wing government on Thursday named US-based economist Arvind Subramanian as its chief economic advisor as it seeks to fulfil an election pledge to boost the country's flagging growth. Subramanian, who worked alongside central...
MILAN, Oct 16 (AFP): An Asia-Europe (ASEM) summit of more than 50 countries opened Thursday with all eyes on Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of tense talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko. Against a backdrop of market turmoil partly...
NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (AFP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled a string of labour reforms, seeking to fulfil a pledge to boost the country's manufacturing sector. Modi, whose right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in May...
TOKYO, Oct 16 (AFP): The dollar struggled against the yen in Asia today after tumbling in New York trade in response to a weak batch of US data that has sparked fears about the world's number one economy. In the...
TOKYO, Oct 16 (Reuters): Even as growth and deflation fears roil global markets and weak data casts a shadow over Japan's economy, the Bank of Japan appears set to resist pressure for more stimulus measures or to accept that its...
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters): The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell to a 14-year low last week, a positive signal for the labor market that could counter doubts over whether the economy is shifting into a...
ATHENS, Oct 16 (AFP): The ECB and European Union rushed to reassure financial markets on Thursday that help is at hand for Greece as it heads for a high-risk exit from its debt-rescue programme. The European Central Bank, which manages...
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