Atiur Rahman in the first of a two-part article | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
In this era of rapidly changing global financial environment, people's demand and society's needs are changing at a faster pace. Technological breakthrough also changes everything from customer relationships to business models. As elsewhere, banking in Bangladesh faces a multitude of...
M. Aminul Islam Akanda | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh is one of the 47 least developed countries (LDCs) in the world. The country also belongs to the World Bank's list of 34 low-income countries (LICs). The United Nations categorises a group of countries with low levels of income...
Given the bitter experience with multi-level marketing (MLM) companies - many of which posed to be cooperatives, any such venture is likely to produce mistrust in the minds of people aware of the misdeeds. But this does not take away...
Abdul Bayes | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
The Asia-Pacific Regional Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA) recently organised a workshop on microfinance in agriculture in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Representatives from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and a few other countries participated in the...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
A technical glitch at Bheramara, which is also the point from where imported power from neighbouring India is being pumped into the national grid, is reported to have caused Bangladesh's worst blackout ever. Now that the country has experienced one...
The recent 12-hour power blackout all over the country has raised a storm of discussions and concerns. The government should now take appropriate steps so that such incidents are not repeated in future. The national grid should be de-centralised so...
Power blackout is an ever-present potential threat for any AC electrical transmission and distribution system. To minimise possibility of its happening to our power supply system, the tolerance of frequency is most critical. The frequency for AC power supply is...
We fully endorse the views of Mr. Shamsul Huq Zahid in his article published on November 3, 2014 on the condition of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). I feel ashamed whenever I use the airport. There had been no occasion...
M S Siddiqui | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
Regionalism and sub-regionalism are recent concepts in development economics. The enduring pursuit of regionalism and sub-regionalism has an underpinning thrust on peace, security and development through exploration, identification and gradual intensification of trade, economic and cultural ties among the geographically...
Accusing the government of snatching people's all rights, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia urged all Monday to get prepared for a struggle imbued with the spirit of the holy Ashura to 'restore democracy' in the country, reports UNB. "The current regime...
Accusing the government of snatching people's all rights, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia urged all Monday to get prepared for a struggle imbued with the spirit of the holy Ashura to 'restore democracy' in the country, reports UNB. "The current regime...
Law Minister Anisul Huq said Monday that there is no scope to file a review petition over the Supreme Court (HC) verdict that upheld the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Kamaruzzaman for war crimes, report agencies. "Earlier, the Supreme Court...
A Liberation War hero prosecution witness (PW) accused Monday Engineer A Jabbar of perpetrating atrocities at Noligram village in Mathbaria, of Pirojpur killing 11 unarmed minority people, including his father, in 1971, reports UNB. "The perpetrators had also burned down...
Md Kamaruzzaman's defence counsel has said they will continue the 'legal battle' until his client's death sentence, upheld by the Supreme Court (SC), is reviewed, reports bdnews24.com. Tajul Islam, who represents Jamaat-e-Islami's top leadership at the war crimes tribunals, said:...
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi warned Monday that the ruling Awami League (AL) may face extinction if it does not arrange midterm polls, reports UNB. "Awami League leaders should beware there is a possibility of obliteration of the...
The United States (US) said Monday that ending impunity for crimes against journalists is both a moral imperative and a practical necessity in creating free, open, and stable societies around the world, reports UNB. "Impunity for those who threaten, beat,...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
MAGURA, Nov 3: At least 30 people were injured in an intra- party clash of the Awami League (AL) in village Balidia under Mohammadpur Upazilla of Magura Monday. Locals informed that rivalry was prevailing between Balidia union parishad (UP) chairman...
RU Correspondent | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Nov 3: Though four years have elapsed since the murder of Faruk Hossain, a former student of Mathematics Department of Rajshahi University (RU) and also hall unit leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), in February 2010, the trial...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina paid tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his portrait in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the city Monday, marking the 39th Jail Killing Day,...
A Milad Mahfil will be held at the BNP's Nayapaltan central office today (Tuesday), marking the holy Ashura, reports UNB. The programme will be arranged on the ground floor of the BNP's central office after Asr prayers, said a press...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated a move to probe the allegation of money-laundering and accumulation of illegal wealth by DATCO Group chairman Dr Moosa Bin Shamsher, a controversial businessman, reports UNB. "The Commission at its regular meeting today (Monday)...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Nov 3: The Eighth International Women's SME Expo Bangladesh-2014 will begin from November 8 at the Railway Polo Ground in the city. The month-long SME Expo will be organised by Chittagong Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CWCCI), in...
FE Report | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
The government has filed a case with the labour court against the Tuba Group authorities for violation of law, officials said. Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) filed the case Monday against the managing director of Tuba Group...
The new ambassadors of the European Union (EU) and Sweden have assured Bangladesh of continuation of their support and cooperation for its development, report agencies. They made the assurance when new EU ambassador to Bangladesh Pierre Mayaudon and Sweden ambassador...
NETRAKONA, Nov 3 (UNB): In separate incidents, three persons were sentenced to life term imprisonment Monday for murders in the district. A court sentenced a woman along with her lover to the life term imprisonment for killing her husband over...
FE Report | 2014-11-04 00:00:00
The government has decided to appoint Supradip Chakma, currently serving as Bangladesh ambassador to Vietnam, as the new ambassador to Mexico. A career diplomat, Supradip Chakma served in Bangladesh embassy in Rabat, Bangladesh high commission in Colombo, country's embassy in...
The Industries Ministry has formed a five-member probe panel to look into the BSEC Bhaban fire at the city's Karwan Bazar area, reports UNB. The investigation committee, headed by Industries Ministry additional secretary Mohammad Farhad Uddin, was constituted on Sunday,...
Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) congratulated State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak for electing Bangladesh as an executive member of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for the second time, says press release. In this connection, a...
The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) recovered 0.1 million pieces of Yaba tablets worth Tk 40 million and arrested seven persons from the Bay of Bengal under Cox's Bazar district Monday, reports UNB. On secret information, a team of...
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