Abul Basher | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has recently increased the cash requirement ratio (CRR) by 0.5 per centage points, from 5.0 per cent to 5.5 per cent on daily basis. At the same time, the bi-weekly average has to be 6.0 per...
With the holy Eid-ul-fitr remaining two weeks away, the issue of poor conditions of the country's major roads and highways has again come to the fore like the last couple of years. Following a threat from the road transport owners...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Water-logging has become a perennial problem for the residents of Dhaka city. It causes disruption of normal life and traffic movement, damage to structures and infrastructure, destruction of vegetation and aquatic habitats, and loss of income potential. During the monsoon,...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Eid shopping in the metropolis has started picking up. We have to wait for some more days to see it hit the crescendo, when we will call it a shopping spree. Yet, one would feel the shoppers' heat even now...
Finally, the wait is going to be over as the World Cup soccer has reached its last and final stage. Germany and Argentina are now ready to lock their horn for the most-coveted sports trophy of the world. The 2014...
It is shocking to learn that about 40,000 people die every year in our country due to kidney diseases. It is also a matter of serious concern that almost 18 million people are suffering from kidney-related ailments. The cost of...
Interesting AFP news from Austin Texas carried in a local daily demonstrates democracy in real life in USA. US President Barack Obama jumped the queue (with apologies to all in the queue) which was rather long in a popular hamburger...
Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam urged Sunday the international community to take steps to stop the barbaric attack on the people of Palestine. “Israel has been continuing air-strikes on Gaza for the last five days, triggering a human...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
The greatest achievement in Bangladesh in terms of population development has been made possible with the educational attainment of young Bangladeshi children, especially the young girls, during the last two decades. Successive governments since the early 1990s have devoted tremendous...
Syed Mahbubur Rashid | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
The Finance Act-2014 has allowed Cost and Management Accountants (CMAs), besides the Chartered Accountants (CA), to audit individuals' financial status. A new subsection, 35 (3A), has been added to the Income Tax Ordinance 1984 making it mandatory for every taxpayer,...
CHICAGO, July 12 (Reuters): Grain prices tumbled to their lowest levels in years on Friday, extending a weeks-long rout after the US Department of Agriculture projected that supplies will significantly exceed expectations. Crops in the United States, the world's top...
LONDON, July 12 (AFP): Gold prices zoomed this week to a four-month peak as investors sought shelter from weak eurozone data and fears of contagion from a bank's problems in Portugal, dealers said. The oil market however sank for the...
NEW DELHI, July 12 (Reuters) : Coal India Ltd(COAL.NS) started production on Friday at a 12-million-tonnes-per-year mine, its first major new project in at least five years, which should help boost supplies to fuel-starved power plants. The world's biggest coal...
TRIPOLI, July 12 (Reuters): Protesters have shut down the eastern Libyan oil port Brega, state firm National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Saturday, days after the government celebrated the reopening of major ports after almost a year of blockage. NOC...
Md Shah Jahan | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
The government has finally drafted the Geographical Indication (GI) rules to help protect the patent rights and ensure the country's ownership of a range of traditional items, including Jamdani. The Department of Patents, Designs & Trademarks (DPDT) of Ministry of...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Farm exports brought in a record US$615 million in the just-concluded financial year, with vegetables leading the shipment. Agriculture exports brought in US$615 million in 2014 fiscal compared with $535.74 million a year ago, posting a 15 per cent growth,...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Fear and despair over losing jobs stare hundreds of readymade garment (RMG) workers in their face these days as many factories are facing closure amid a storm triggered by compliance issue in the aftermath of Rana Plaza collapse, industry-insiders said....
BRASïLIA: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Sunday thanked the Brazilian World Cup team for "moments of joy" prior to a stunning exit. The five-time champions signed off from the tournament in miserable fashion, annihilated 7-1 by Germany in their semi-final before...
BRUSSELS, July 12 (AFP): Ukraine, Russia and the European Union sat down Friday for a first round of talks intended to reassure Moscow on the consequences of tighter trade links between Kiev and Brussels. Late last month, Ukraine and the...
India's industrial output jumps 4.7pc in May NEW DELHI, July 12: India's industrial production jumped for the second month in a row in a boost for the new Narendra Modi-led government which faces a huge challenge to revive the ailing...
After a couple of decades, Biman Bangladesh Airlines has decided to produce television commercials for airing on local and international media, aiming to attract more passengers. "Biman's TV commercial was last aired in the late 1980s," a former board director...
The state-owned BASIC Bank, under fire over financial irregularities, has an unrecoverable amount of debts that have increased nearly 30 times over the past four and a half years, reports bdnews24.com. It currently has a capital deficit of over Tk...
A 16-day International Jamdani Taant Bastra Fair will formally begin Sunday on the premises of the Siddheshwari Girls School at Bailey Road in the city, reports BSS. Bangladesh Weavers' Product and Manufacturing Business Association (BWPMBA) is organising the fair. State...
Bangladesh will host a two-day international workshop on "Blue Economy" in September this year to discuss ways to better explore the untapped resources of the Bay of Bengal, a foreign ministry official said Saturday, reports UNB. The Sept. 1-2 workshop...
Country's leading electronics and automobiles brand Walton now offer customers the convenience of interest-free installment payments over a six-month period, reports UNB. The consumers will be able to avail the offer against a purchase worth Tk 8,500 and above at...
New delhi July 12 (Reuters) : Every few weeks farmer Jay Narayan Singh hauls onions and potatoes in a hired lorry to a wholesale market an hour's drive from his home in the country's northern plains, only to sell his...
SHANGHAI, July 12 (Reuters) : Chinese banks must create a firewall around increasingly popular wealth management services, the country's banking regulator urged, in order to avoid any contagion from higher risk products spreading to normal bank loans. Banks must establish...
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