FE Report | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
A country report on Islamic Banking in Bangladesh has been published in Islamic Finance News (IFN) Annual Guide-2014. For the past seven years, the leading Islamic finance news provider publishes this Annual Guide from Malaysia which provides the industry's leading...
FE Report | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
The sale of motorbikes is increasing cumulatively in the online market place as motorbike dealers across the country added a new dimension in marketing. Country's leading online market place, Bikroy.com, says that the number of second hand motorbike advertisements in...
South Korea and Bangladesh have agreed on a ‘framework’ which would further strengthen development cooperation between the two countries. In an effort to give the existing cooperation a fresh boost, Economic Relations Division Secretary Mohammad Mejbahuddin and Korean ambassador Lee...
FE Report | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
ACCA has confirmed that Chevron Bangladesh has met the quality criteria for the Award of Approved Employer Trainee Development-Platinum and BRAC EPL Investments Limited with Professional Development. This means that all finance and accounting employees who are registered as students...
MOSCOW, Mar 17 (Reuters): Russian shares opened higher on Monday after Ukraine's Crimea region voted in favour of joining Russia, as local investors shrugged off threatened Western sanctions believing they would be largely symbolic. At 0745 GMT the dollar-denominated RTS...
HONG KONG, Mar 17 (Reuters): Hong Kong shares ended at a five-week low on Monday, as investors remained uncertain over Chinese economic growth and tensions in Ukraine. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.3 per cent to 21,473.95, its lowest closing...
MUMBAI, Mar 17 (Business Standard): The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), National Stock Exchange (NSE), Forex, money and all commodity markets, including bullion, oils and oilseeds, are closed today for the festival of Holi. Markets worldwide witnessed selling pressure last week...
Saadat Husain | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
In April 1972, I was appointed as the sub-divisional officer (SDO) of the then Jamalpur sub-division of Mymensingh district. I was the first SDO appointed by the Bangladesh government. I took over charge of the sub-division from Mr. Mannan Bhuiyan...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
The Syrian civil war entered into the fourth year with no sign for settlement of the conflict. The uprising in Syria began on March 11, 2011 as a sequel to the "Arab Spring", sweeping across the Middle East and the...
Of all the export-oriented sectors, frozen food (predominantly shrimps) is perhaps the only one to suffer setbacks due to restrictions/embargoes slapped, in one form or another, on its import by the importing countries. Meeting compliance requirements of the European Union...
Wasi Ahmed | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
The dilemma has been there for long. Although in the past there were occasions when it looked like the government was going for a decisive move, there has not been any remarkable breakthrough. While time-consuming bureaucracy is believed to be...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia, USA | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
Millions of people around the world are now puzzled over mysterious disappearance of a Malaysian Boeing plane 370 carrying 239 passengers from high altitude on March 8. As of now, there is no trace of the ill-fated plane despite international...
Dhaka city dwellers are suffering from severe mosquito menace and it seems there is no one to pay attention to it. The two city corporations appear to have failed to discharge their duties and save the city dwellers from mosquito...
Robbers looted valuables from a Grameen Bank (GB) branch at Bishoykhali Bazar in Sadar upazila on Tuesday. Locals said a gang of bandits riding on three motorcycles swooped on the Maharajpur Grameen Bank branch at about 4:30 pm and looted...
Finally the tigers took their much anticipated sweet revenge on the new entrants in cricket, Afghanistan. What a performance by the tigers! They completely outplayed their opponent whose win in the recently concluded Asia cup had upset the whole nation....
The ugly face of vote tampering has been starkly exposed in the recent upazila parishad elections to the utter dismay of the citizens. We have seen pictures of voting centres being captured by the ruling party goons and fake ballot...
Abul Basher | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has officially announced the electricity tariff adjustments on Thursday, March 13, 2014, increasing them by about 7.0 per cent. All media made the headline news on this issue. Both electronic and print media can be...
SYLHET: The Netherlands eased to a six-wicket win against first-timers United Arab Emirates in the opening round of the World Twenty20 at Sylhet Stadium Monday. Opener Stephan Myburgh hit a punishing 36-ball 55 with two sixes and seven boundaries to...
Former champions Pakistan made good practice ahead of their ICC World Twenty20 campaign against arch-rival India on Friday, beating New Zealand by six wickets in the first warm-up match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Monday. Replying to New...
Island nation Sri Lanka beat world champions India by 5 runs in the warm-up match of the ICC World Twenty20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Monday. Replying Sri Lanka’s 153 runs, India were all out making 148...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 16 (BSS): The government should adopt a long-term plan to solve problems of the region's thousands of ethnic community people for their self- reliance and elevating their standard of living and livelihood, some ethnic community leaders said here...
SYLHET, Mar 16 (UNB): Companiganj health complex in the district is miserably failing to provide proper medical services to the patients due to acute shortage of doctors and lack of other logistics. Although there are posts of nine doctors in...
GAIBANDHA, Mar 16 (BSS): Excellent sprouting in the trees of Malta, a golden juicy fruit, is predicting the growers' bumper production against the popular crop in Sadullapur upazila here now. The trees have already worn eye catching looks with huge...
Our Correspondent | 2014-03-17 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Mar 16: Barendra Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) is supplying irrigation water to the Boro farmers of Nilphamari district by using deep tubewells. This year BMDA providing irrigation water to 9500 farmers of the district to provide irrigation to 4500...
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