Abdul Bayes | 2014-11-15 00:00:00
It all started with Amartya Sen's seminal work on farm size and productivity possibly in the 1960s in the Indian context. It sparked debates relating to efficiency of small versus large farms. He observed an inverse relationship between farm size...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-11-15 00:00:00
What's the distance between a Union Parishad (UP) and the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) under which the former operates? This scribe's two-hour search to get the exact figure of the Ups on the website of the...
Cleanliness is next to godliness. But as we step out of our house we forget it. We do not wear shoes in our house as we want it to keep clean and dust-free. We do not litter in our house...
There is a huge demand for physicians in Bangladesh to provide medical care to ailing people in the country. Besides, for earning foreign currency, the country needs skilled professionals who can undertake overseas employment. Creating physician will reduce employment problem...
We cannot ignore eve-teasers and stalkers anymore as it has assumed ominous proportions. Recently a young man died in the capital when he protested teasing and harassment of his sister by a group of ruffians. Due to regular teasing and...
M. S. Siddiqui | 2014-11-15 00:00:00
The US authorities became concerned over tax avoidance by its nationals after a scandal in 2010 involving a Swiss bank. Following it, a law titled the 'Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)' was passed. The law requires most foreign banks...
Dhiman Chowdhury | 2014-11-15 00:00:00
Nowadays many teachers in many universities around the world take back question papers at the end of any examination. The Business Faculty of Dhaka University also did not allow for a decade the admission seekers to take question papers with...
Babul Barman | 2014-11-15 00:00:00
Stocks edged lower for the second straight week, with key index of the prime bourse dipping below 5,000-mark as investors followed 'wait-and-see' approach. The week featured all five trading sessions. Of them, three sessions saw negative trend while two sessions...
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, Nov 14 (Reuters): China will temporarily exempt taxes on profits made from a landmark scheme linking the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges, the finance ministry said on Friday, removing a potential stumbling block for global investors eager...
MUMBAI, Nov 14 (Reuters): Indian shares ended at a record closing high on Friday as foreign investors continued to pile into domestically oriented blue-chips such as Asian Paints Ltd amid a slide in crude oil prices and data showing easing...
HANOI, Nov 14 (AFP): Vietnam Airlines Friday said its long-awaited IPO had been "a success", raising more than $52 million for the national flag carrier, control of which remains firmly in state hands. After decades of speculation and multiple failed...
LONDON, Nov 14 (AFP): Sluggish economic growth in eurozone heavyweights Germany and France weighed on the European single currency and the region's stock markets on Friday. Official data showed France and Germany only narrowly avoided a new recession in the...
The local currency depreciated by Tk 0.10 against the greenback last week and was traded around 77.51 levels. The market will see the same tone next week as well. The average daily inter-bank USD/BDT transaction volume was about $35.02 million...
Kamrun Nahar | 2014-11-15 00:00:00
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14: Bangladesh and Malaysia have a modest trade and investment value with tremendous growth potential, said a Malaysian deputy minister at a function here today (Friday). "Trade and investment value is relatively modest between Bangladesh and Malaysia...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-15 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Nov 14: German Ambassador in- charge Ferdinand Vonwei who visited the PHP industrial park at Sitakunda on Thursday said he was overwhelmed to see the industrial park. "I think the PHP family is playing a pioneering role in the...
FE Report | 2014-11-15 00:00:00
Prices of onion increased notably in the city's kitchen markets in the week that ended Friday, compared to its prices in the previous week. Market insiders expressed their concern over syndication of importers and big traders for the latest rising...
FE Report Participants at the ongoing four international fairs have expressed mixed reaction to the response they have got from customers. While foreign companies manufacturing electricity equipment are satisfied with the clients' response, others firms involved in solar, renewable and...
Kyle Haywood, the new managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of the national flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines, is going to take over his charge in the first week of January next, reports UNB. According to sources at Biman,...
NEW DELHI, Nov 14: Petrol and diesel prices were yesterday hiked by Rs 1.50 a litre in India after government raised excise duty on the two fuel to mop up an additional revenue of about Rs 130 billion (13,000 crore)....
BRISBANE, Australia, Nov 14 (AFP): A breakthrough agreement between India and the United States in a bitter row over food subsidies has "breathed new life" into the World Trade Organization (WTO), Secretary-General Roberto Azevedo said Friday. Azevedo, in Australia for...
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 (Reuters): Malaysia's economy grew at its slowest pace this year during the third quarter, as annual growth slipped to 5.6 per cent from a revised estimate of 6.5 per cent growth in the previous quarter, with...
BRUSSELS, Nov 14 (Reuters): Euro zone economic growth was stronger than expected in the third quarter, preliminary data showed on Friday, as France beat market expectations and Germany steered clear of a recession. A preliminary estimate by the European Union's...
TOKYO, Nov 14 (Reuters): Japan's top three banks reported profits for the first half of the year far beyond their initial estimates, as reduced credit costs made up for more muted stock gains during a period of cooling enthusiasm over...
NEW DELHI, Nov 14 (AFP): India's inflation rate has hit a new five-year low, official data showed Friday, fanning speculation the central bank could finally start cutting interest rates and spur stumbling economic growth. Inflation as measured by the Wholesale...
Jubair Hossain struck for Bangladesh at every crucial juncture where Zimbabwe threatened to run away with the game on the third day, reports Cricinfo. His five wickets earned the home side a 129-run lead, which was later extended to 152...
Bangladesh 1st innings: 503 (Imrul Kayes 130, Tamim Iqbal 109, Shakib Al Hasan 71; Sikandar Raza 3-123, H Masakadza 2-23, T Panyangara 2-70, S Masakadza 2-77) Zimbabwe 1st innings: (overnight 113-1) S Raza c Mahmudullah b Jubair 82 B Chari...
PERTH, Nov 14 (AFP): Australian captain Michael Clarke suffered a worrying recurrence of a hamstring injury as his side beat South Africa by 32 runs in the opening one-day international at Perth's WACA Ground Friday. After being sent in to...
Abahani Ltd sealed their second successive win in the Dhaka Premier League (DPL) as they beat Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club by 8 wickets in a match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB. Abahani beat...
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