Shahana Bilkis | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
Over the last three decades Bangladesh has been undergoing rapid urbanisation. This has created mounting accommodation problem in the major cities. Capital city Dhaka is home to some 15 million people. One study shows nearly 85 per cent of them...
The Ministry of Finance is preparing the national budget for 2014-15 fiscal year, which will be presented in parliament as a finance bill. In the current year, the minimum income tax limit is Tk 2, 20,000. I would like to...
It is indeed baffling that even after 12 days, the missing aircraft of Malaysia has not been rescued. It disappeared on March 8, 2014, en route to Beijing International Airport from Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft was carrying 12 crew members...
Crimea, being a part of Ukraine, should not show delinquency on the critical moment of national crisis which began more than four months ago. But the recent Crimea referendum reminds me of one thing that things fall apart when the...
Md. Joynal Abdin | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
The traditional agrarian economy of Bangladesh is set to be transformed into an industrial one. According to statistics, contribution of industry to Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) is increasing day by day. It was 21.7 per cent in 1991, 25.9...
Masum Billah reviewing the book | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh Share Market: Looking Ahead After Two Big Crashes is quite a big book of 484 pages with seventeen chapters accommodating the share market scams, the historical background, their causes, present status, impact on micro and macro-economies, and impact on ...
BRUSSELS: The EU welcomed Ukraine into the Western fold Friday, signing the political provisions of a landmark accord as a defiant Russia formally completed its takeover of Crimea. Seeking some leverage over a newly-assertive Moscow, European Union leaders agreed sanctions...
FE Report | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
Stocks rebounded Thursday, breaking a week-long losing streak with turnover registering this year's lowest level as lucrative prices lured back opportunistic investors. The market opened with a positive note and the uptrend continued till the market closure. At the end...
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman has requested his Japanese counterpart Haruhiko Kuroda to encourage Japanese investors and companies to establish research and development (R& D) facilities in Bangladesh, reports UNB. Dr. Atiur, now in Japan, made the request during...
FE Report | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
All telecom service providers have to use 'fiber optics transmission capacity' from the NTTN operators following the directive of the telecom regulator. The directive of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) mentioned on Thursday that the service providers must lease...
FE Report | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
The securities regulator has given its consent on the purchase of trading platform from two vendors--NASDAC OMX and FlexTrade, in a bid to replace the existing trading platform of the premier bourse, officials said. In this regard, Dhaka Stock Exchange...
ICAB ex-president to participate CAPA events in Manila Anwaruddin Chowdhury, Member Council & Past President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and Director of Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) will participate in the PICPA and ADB...
MUMBAI, Mar 20 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex fell on Thursday, retreating further from record highs hit at the start of the week, on worries US interest rates would rise sooner than expected and dent the appeal of higher-yielding emerging markets....
HONG KONG, Mar 20 (Reuters): A Hong Kong stock market index tracking mainland enterprises has fallen more than 20 per cent since the start of December, far outpacing a drop in the broader benchmark and signaling that investors are worried...
LONDON, Mar 20 (Reuters): The dollar steadied at higher levels on Thursday and stocks and bonds fell across the globe as investors positioned for US interest rates to rise sooner and faster than previously thought. Global stocks as measured by...
FE Report | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
Country's poultry industry leaders at a meeting Thursday urged the government to shut all the mills that are involved in producing and marketing poultry feeds with toxic wastes of tanneries. Expressing their deep concern over the marketing of such feeds,...
The curtain falls on electioneering in 91 upazilas of 43 districts Friday midnight, 32 hours before the opening of voting in the upazilas. In the fourth phase of the 4th upazila elections, the voting will be held from 8am to...
ICB Asset Management Company Limited (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), disclosed the following total net asset value (NAV) of different mutual funds (MFs) at the close of business operation on March 18, 2014, said a...
ICB Asset Management Company Limited (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), disclosed the following total net asset value (NAV) of four open-end mutual funds (MFs) at the close of business operation on March 18, 2014, said...
ZM Aminul Islam | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Mar 20: A five-day festival of remembrance (Smaran Utsab) on Bengali Sufi saint Lalon Fakir arranged by District administration, Kushtia, concluded on the premises of Lalon Academy at Chheuria village in Kumarkhali upazila on Wednesday night. Ashok Kumar Biswas,...
India defeated Pakistan by seven wickets in the opening match of the Super-10 round in the World Twenty20 in Dhaka Friday. India, who elected to field in the Group Two match, restricted Pakistan to 130-7 with leg-spinner Amit Mishra taking...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
PABNA, Mar 20: Aminpur thana police recovered the body of a missing school boy from a field under Bera Upazila of Pabna on Wednesday evening. The deceased was identified as Ramin Rahman Khan, 9, a student of class two of...
KURIGRAM, Mar 20 (UNB): Farmers in the district are expecting a bumper production of wheat due to favorable weather condition this season. Farmers cultivated wheat on 12,896 hectares of land in the district during the current Robi crop season. To...
RANGPUR, Mar 20 (BSS): Experts at a views-sharing meeting have stressed for enhancing institutional capacity to reduce disaster risks through conducting emergency search and rescue operations during and after natural disasters. The also called upon the heads of the educational...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Mar 20: Strawberry is being cultivated on a modest scale in some areas of Nilphamari district. One youth named Ataur Rahman of Syedpur said in the year 2009 he collected strawberry saplings from a teacher of Botany Manjur Hossain...
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