DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-11-23 00:00:00
The customs authority has set a timeline for service delivery to the exporters having bonded-warehouse licences in a bid to ease time and cost of doing business through speedy release of goods.The customs officials will have to provide 25 types...
Munima Sultana | 2021-11-23 00:00:00
Conflicts of authority between two government agencies are likely to embroil Dhaka's mass-transit-system development as Bangladesh Bridges Authority (BBA) moves to take subway construction in the capital under its jurisdiction, sources say.Despite a dedicated authority being there to develop six...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2021-11-23 00:00:00
The signing of a preferential trade agreement (PTA) between Bangladesh and Indonesia is facing delays due to a difference over inclusion of Dhaka's apparel on the tariff concession list and also for the pandemic-related complexities, officials said.The bilateral trade negotiation...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2021-11-23 00:00:00
The toppling of the three decades old rule of Field Marshall Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir on April 2019 was widely celebrated as a victory of Sudan's popular democratic forces against the military dictatorship. Though it was a months-long bloody popular...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2021-11-23 00:00:00
The Covid-19 menace has brought into light the extreme vulnerability of health care workers (HCW), particularly the direct patient care providers in Bangladesh and beyond. HCWs face frequent workplace stressors: patient lifting and transfers leading to upper or lower extremity...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2021-11-22 00:00:00
Apparel exporters defy enhanced container-handling tariffs as the port-service receivers and private off-dock operators locked horns over a recent raise in port charges as an aftereffect of diesel- price hike.Apparel exporters and shipping agents challenge that the private off-docks cannot...
REZAUL KARIM | 2021-11-22 00:00:00
The Indian authorities have launched an anti-dumping investigation into an allegation against clear float glass (CFG) exporters of Bangladesh.They initiated the probe amid allegations raised by the Indian CFG manufacturers that the exporters were dumping the product in the Indian...
Neil Ray | 2021-11-22 00:00:00
Friday's sharp fall of oil prices in international market amid the fear of a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases in different regions including Europe prompts a reappraisal of global economic recovery. Austria was the first country in Europe to impose...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2021-11-22 00:00:00
Sporadic clashes between supporters of rival candidates during the local-level elections held in phases have claimed at least 37 lives and left many more injured. The ruling-party nominated candidates and the rebels, also belonging to the ruling party, engaged in...
Asjadul Kibria | 2021-11-21 00:00:00
Tjough Bangladesh has been moving ahead and the country's economy has also been registering a persistent level of growth, the question that still arises is how sustainable the growth is. There is no doubt that the economy will continue to...
Deep Pal and Saheb Singh Chadha | 2021-11-20 12:00:00
Since 2020, China has allowed 97 per cent of Bangladeshi goods duty-free access to its domestic market. Simultaneously, it is helping the country to diversify its export base and move its industry up the value chain. This becomes all the...
BABUL BARMAN | 2021-11-20 00:00:00
Stocks extended the winning streak for a second straight week that ended on Thursday, with smart investors putting fresh bets on heavyweight banking shares amid positive expectations.Of the five trading days during the week, the first session closed lower while...
REZAUL KARIM | 2021-11-20 00:00:00
A US-based internationally focused energy development company seeks to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Bangladesh for a 20-year period, officials say.In exchange, Linden Energy assures Dhaka of lobbying Washington to secure zero-tariff/lower-tariff entry of Bangladeshi items, including garment, to...
Nilratan Halder | 2021-11-20 00:00:00
A layman's contribution to greenhouse gas is insignificant. He and his family may burn sliced logs, straws and leaves for cooking and other purposes and in the process cause carbon emission of a paltry amount. But traditionally he has inherited...
Bazlul H Khondker | 2021-11-20 00:00:00
The estimated cost of Covid-19 has been large on the global economy. The Covid-19 costs manifested in various forms - contraction of the economy, increase in job loss rates and rise in poverty rates. Riding on the invention of the...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2021-11-20 00:00:00
November 16's XI-Biden virtual summit did not come up with any joint communique. It has obviously led to a lot of head-scratching among the political pundits. Has then the summit between the world's two largest economies ended in a fiasco?...
Susan Lund | 2021-11-19 00:00:00
Ensuring clean and accessible sanitation is a core part of Sustainable Development Goal-6. Today is World Toilet Day, initiated to inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis, and reach SDG-6 by 2030. The sanitation situation in Dhaka has improved...
Nilratan Halder | 2021-11-19 00:00:00
Eminent citizens, many of them revered educationists, have expressed their concern over the government plan to form an education board aimed at holding primary education completion (PEC) examination. Educationists and others caring for education, particularly at the primary level, have...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2021-11-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh's commercial banks, particularly the primary dealers (PDs), Wednesday urged the central bank to enhance their holdings in government securities to make up for the revaluation losses they count on public-debt instruments. They sought enhancement of maximum limit of statutory...
Sirajum Munira Tuli | 2021-11-18 00:00:00
Be it raising awareness of animal rights or a greater interest in fitness; for various reasons, there is a tendency among many people these days to become a vegan. Though the harmful aspects of animal protein and the health aspects...
Md. Rafiqul Islam Sheikh | 2021-11-18 00:00:00
Diogenes, a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy, once said, 'The foundation of every state is the education of its youth'. To this day, his saying provides cue to how to cope with a fast-moving world...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2021-11-18 00:00:00
Falls constitute a major injury among workers in all employment sectors that include manufacturing, agriculture, and services. Fall is a leading cause of injury to workers in other countries as well where plenty of research studies reported on the risk...
Siddique Islam | 2021-11-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh's commercial banks, particularly the primary dealers (PDs), face revaluation losses on government securities as the yields on the borrowing tools increased significantly.Higher yields on government securities, particularly Bangladesh Government Treasury Bonds (BGTBs), have forced the banks to book revaluation...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-11-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh and Singapore may soon start negotiations on a bilateral trade agreement that promises to open a vast vista of trading turf encompassing entire Southeast Asian and Asia-Pacific regions. Officials said Singapore, the third largest investor in Bangladesh, has shown...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-11-17 00:00:00
The port city of Chattogram is still to get a transport master plan despite an initiative taken two years ago due to a distinct lack of a dedicated authority.Sources said multiple initiatives were made earlier to develop an integrated transport...
REZAUL KARIM | 2021-11-16 00:00:00
Country's sugar refiners have proposed the government to purchase sugar from their member mills to ensure buffer stock and thus keep the price stable during the next Ramadan, officials said.Bangladesh Sugar Refiners Association (BSRA) made the plea to the state...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2021-11-16 00:00:00
Government's finance authority asks the state-owned banks (SoBs) and financial institutions (FIs) to expedite implementation of stimulus packages by ramping up fund disbursement and recovery, and lowering the loads of non-performing loans (NPLs).The prod comes from the Financial Institutions Division...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2021-11-16 00:00:00
A Japanese company claims Bangladesh customs has charged Tk 292 million in duty-taxes on its building-material imports by mistake and has moved for refund of the money.Officials say Japan's Dhaka mission has taken up the matter and approached the revenue...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2021-11-16 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 15: Fuel price hike has augmented sufferings of Chattogram's fish farmers and fishmongers, already hit hard financially by the Covid-19 pandemic.Wholesalers at Chattogram's Fishery Ghat told the FE that rise in diesel price has caused extreme damage to...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2021-11-16 00:00:00
Three large cap companies including Berger Paints Bangladesh are set to be offered with time extension to offload more shares in a bid to avert negative impact on market prices.The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has decided to consider...
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