In an effort to modernise the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination system, the government has planned to formulate new BCS examination rules which could be made effective from the 35th BCS examinations. The Public Service Commission (PSC) has already sent...
Sri Lanka Cricket on Friday named former captain Marvan Atapattu as interim head coach, making him the island nation's seventh coach in the last four years. Atapattu, 43, was appointed for the tour of England and Scotland starting next month...
Singaporeans are defying a ban on electronic cigarettes despite stiff fines for distributors and smugglers, health authorities said Friday. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said it confiscated 5,356 of the devices, known as e-cigarettes or "vapers", last year, almost three...
Japan's biggest mobile carrier NTT Docomo said Friday it would abandon a once-hopeful Indian telecoms business, becoming the latest major firm to run into trouble in the huge market. The Tokyo-based company said it would move to unload its 26.5...
A man allegedly chopped his two sisters-in-law to death at Pantamai village of Goainghat upazila in Sylhet Friday. The deceased were identified as Hasina Begum, 40, wife of Aziruddin, and Maleka Begum, 38, wife of Jasmu Miah of the village....
NETRAKONA, Apr 25: Unidentified miscreants vandalised some 12 idols in two Hindu temples in the district town and at Gopalpur village in Sadar upazila Thursday night. Borogara Durgacharan Sarkar, president of Shashan Kali Temple at the Gopalpur, said the miscreants...
CHITTAGONG: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud Khandker has asked the members of Bangladesh Police to discharge their duties professionally to maintain law and order as well as in curbing criminal acts. The IGP was addressing a welfare meeting...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of wanting to "seize" Ukraine, amid escalating rhetoric between Russia and the US. On Thursday US Secretary of State John Kerry had accused Russia of "distraction, deception and destabilisation" in eastern...
KHULNA, Apr 25: Female vice-chairman of Dighalia upazila Kohinoor Begum who was injured in a road accident Wednesday died at a local hospital Friday afternoon. Doctors declared Kohinoor, also women affairs secretary of district BNP, dead at Gazi Medical College...
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud Khandker has asked the members of Bangladesh Police to discharge their duties professionally to maintain law and order as well as in curbing criminal acts. The IGP was addressing a welfare meeting of...
Diarrhoea has been spreading in the capital due to the drinking of unsafe water in absence of adequate supply of safe water to the city dwellers this summer. The number of diarrhoea patients has gone up sharply at the International...
Flash floods in northern Afghanistan after two days of torrential rain have killed more than 80 people, officials said Friday, with scores more missing as helicopters searched for stranded villagers. Local officials said that 43 people died in Jowzjan province,...
Sufferings of the city dwellers deepened in the capital for lack of adequate water supply by the Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) amid frequent power cuts and the sweltering summer heat, according to a news agency. People living in...
The two-day 2nd meeting of the Saarc Cabinet Secretaries will begin in a city hotel on Saturday in a bid to identify the priority areas of increased cooperation among the countries in the region. The Cabinet Secretaries of the Saarc...
The two-day 2nd meeting of the SAARC Cabinet Secretaries will begin in a city hotel Saturday in a bid to identify the priority areas of increased cooperation among the countries in the region, according to a news agency. The Cabinet...
US stocks Friday opened lower following some disappointing earnings reports and as investors kept an eye on rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 68.52 (0.42 percent) to 16,433.13. The broad-based...
Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Washington has criticised the US for suspending the GSP privilege, saying it did not help the clothing industry recover from the shocks of Rana Plaza and Tazreen Fashions fire. Speaking at an international forum in Washington Friday,...
In separate incidents, two people were hacked to death in Moulvibazar and Magura districts on Friday. In Moulvibazar, a security guard of a local bazaar was chopped to death by miscreants at Sindurkhan Bazar in Srimangal upazila early Friday. The...
The Netherlands finds "encouraging" the steps taken by Bangladesh to ensure factory safety and workers’ rights after the worst-ever building collapse last year but feels a lot more needs to be done. According to the foreign ministry, “the exact modalities...
THE HAGUE, Apr 25: The tiny Marshall Islands is dragging the United States and eight other nuclear-armed countries to the UN's highest court for failing to halt the nuclear arms race and rid the world of atomic weapons. Representatives of...
A joint meeting of BNP will be held Saturday to finalise the party’s next course of action. The meeting will be held at the BNP’s Nayapaltan central office at 11am, said a party release signed by its joint secretary general...
COX’S BAZAR: Three alleged Yaba smugglers were killed in a gunfight with members of Bangladesh Coast Guard near Shah Parir Island in Teknaf upazila early Friday. The deceased were identified as Amim Majhi, 50, of Shah Parir Island, Zahir Ahmed,...
The temperature dropped in capital Dhaka Friday after soaring to a five-decade high. Sporadic rain was reported from some districts Friday afternoon bringing relief from the scorching heat sweeping the country for over a week. The Met Department said the...
Seven hours after two Indian citizens were kidnapped by some Bangladeshi nationals along the India-Bangladesh border in Feni district, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued and handed them over to their counterparts Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Friday. Earlier, a flag...
Saima Wazed Hossain has suggested taking concerted efforts in finding a locally designed and effective indigenous mechanism and diagnostic to manage autism that is appropriate for Asian culture. Saima, also daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, observed that Asian countries...
The continued huge loss by Biman Bangladesh Airlines in the last couple of years puts the national flag carrier under the question whether this organisation will see any profit again, according to a news agency. The present predicament of the...
Climbers are descending from Everest base camp, amid uncertainty over this year\'s climbing season after 16 guides were killed in an avalanche. A row over local guides\' share of revenue from foreign climbers erupted after last week\'s deadly accident, prompting...
US President Barack Obama is in Seoul for a visit that comes amid concern that North Korea may be planning a fourth nuclear test. Mr Obama, who arrived from Japan on the second stop of his Asian tour, has held...
Atiur Rahman | 2014-04-25 00:00:00
Mainstream monetary policy approaches of developed economies seek to impact real sector economic activities primarily by influencing financing costs and occasionally also by influencing liquidity volumes, leaving sectoral flows of financing to be decided by markets according to prevailing risk-return...
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