REZAUL KARIM | 2023-01-28 00:00:00
Direct government buy of edible oils and sugar from overseas sources is under consideration to secure timely and affordable supply of the essentials, sources said, especially to avert any crisis.Government authorities have already started search for potential markets, especially South...
Munima Sultana | 2023-01-28 00:00:00
Twelve years have elapsed since Dhaka Elevated Expressway was conceived but its design has yet to be finalised as Bangladesh's first public-private partnership (PPP) project stalls over a snarl-up of variegated projects. Official sources said such stalemate occurred as the...
Brian Allan | 2023-01-28 00:00:00
Time is a commonly used word, and from birth to death it affects every single part of our lives, but it has elements that are very difficult to define. The consequences and anomalies of time continue to mystify us; but...
Morshed Alam | 2023-01-28 00:00:00
The kind of education the Bangladeshi students receive from schools and universities is not enough to make them ready to deal with market challenges and future trends, various reports suggest.An Asian Development Bank (ADB) survey shows that about 62 per...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-01-28 00:00:00
This is the time for picnics. Well, is picnic an urban edition of bonbhojon or charaibhati/charuibhati? Bonbhojon has in the very word its explicit meaning. Bonebhojon means a sumptuous dish in forest or wilderness. What about charaibhati? Charai is sparrow...
Asjadul Kibria | 2023-01-28 00:00:00
A number of new textbooks for primary and secondary level students have given rise to controversy in the county. The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has published a new set of textbooks in line with the revised curriculum with...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-01-27 00:00:00
The government is set to inaugurate the new 12-storey building of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) at the city's Agargoan on February 4.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the modern building built for the revenue authority spending...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-01-27 00:00:00
The apprehension was there all right. What was however not known is the enormity of the problem of dropout and learning losses arising out of the prolonged closure of educational institutions in the country. While the number of dropout learners...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2023-01-27 00:00:00
It is passé to say, inequality is as old as civilisation but critique and attempts at resisting and alleviating it is recent. While the beginning of inequality with the rise of private property in place of communal ownership of means...
Sadique Mahbub Islam | 2023-01-26 12:00:00
There are about two million retail shops in Bangladesh, and for a giant corporation spanning all parts of the globe, maintaining the logistical chain and keeping the supply mechanism to stratify the sales process is as hard as it comes....
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-01-26 00:00:00
Refiners moved to hike again the price of sugar by Tk 12 per kilogramme, rather preemptively, while the government prepares for adequate supply of essentials during Ramadan buying binge. Meanwhile, as part of market-management to thwart perennial pre-Ramadan price spiral,...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2023-01-26 00:00:00
Some years ago, before he was shown the door, Paul Wolfowitz had precious little plan of quitting his job at the World Bank. In a very moral sense, he should have on his own been making his way out of...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-01-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh is becoming dependent on coal-based power, as various challenges still remain for development of renewable energy, including inadequate grid infrastructure and lack of robust policies, said a latest report of GlobalData. The report - 'Bangladesh Power Market Size, Trends,...
Munima Sultana | 2023-01-25 00:00:00
Dhaka metro rail company is set to open Pallabi station as a new stop of the MRT-6 today (Wednesday) in a move to gradually make all the nine stations from Uttara to Agargaon operable in next two months.Sources said the...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2023-01-25 00:00:00
A group of environmental scientists led by Alex C. McAlvay of the Institute of Economic Botany at New York Botanical Garden has claimed in a paper recently published in the journal 'Agronomy for Sustainable Development' (October 2022) that the ancient...
MEHNAZ LAMEESHA | 2023-01-25 00:00:00
One day, an old man, a kid, and a wealthy businessman boarded an airliner. An emergency was declared on the plane when a sudden storm started midway. However, there were just two parachutes left on the aircraft.The businessman said, "I...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-01-24 00:00:00
Two axle-control stations on both sides of the Padma Bridge are set to start operations from February 01 to restrict overloaded goods-carrying vehicles, officials said. The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has set up the stations, like the ones of Bangabandhu...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-01-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh could tap huge legitimate revenues lost to transfer mispricing by building capacity of taxmen to prevent such intra-company trade tricks also deemed linked to capital flight, according to findings.A report on the findings says economic environment of Bangladesh is...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2023-01-24 00:00:00
Saif Imam Zamir in September last year received Tk 0.142 million in cash dividend after he had claimed returns yet to be paid by a company where his mother invested 29 years ago. As many as 283 more claims of...
Aminul Hoque Tushar | 2023-01-24 00:00:00
In the wake of rising inflation and the recent decline in foreign currency reserve, Bangladesh immensely seeks solutions to control inflation and balance of payment through fostering the flow of wage earners remittances. Therefore, the role of migrant workers has...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-01-24 00:00:00
Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's immediate past prime minister, has left a legacy that is rare among modern politicians. At 42, she is too young as a politician to retire. Since her coming to power in 2017, she was the youngest...
Golam Rasul | 2023-01-24 00:00:00
The United Nations General Assembly in 2019 declared January 24 as International Day of Education. The fifth International Day of Education will be celebrated on January 24, 2023. The theme of this year's International Education Day is "to invest in...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-01-23 00:00:00
The groundbreaking ceremony to start construction of the country's first underground metro rail (MRT-1) in the city has been rescheduled to February 02 next from January 26.Talking to the FE, Project Director Mohammad Abul Kashem Bhuiyan said the Prime Minister's...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-01-23 00:00:00
The revenue board has withdrawn the 2.0-percent advance tax on government procurement of domestic food-grains under food-security contingency plan, as prices stay steep and global supply chains also remain volatile. As per order of the National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
Neil Ray | 2023-01-23 00:00:00
Aishwarya is her nickname, full name Sara Islam. Hers was a brief life of just 20 years, the major part of which was painful because of a genetic health problem called tuberous sclerosis, yet she never betrayed her physical affliction;...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-01-23 00:00:00
Bullying in schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutions is a systemic problem everywhere. About school bullying, the National Center for Educational Statistics, which is under the United States' education department, in a report in 2016 said that one in...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-01-22 00:00:00
The removal of 12 abandoned aircraft, which have been occupying a large slice of the cargo village at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, hangs in the balance.The long legal procedure and non-cooperation from craft owners are to blame for this delay...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2023-01-22 00:00:00
A large number of patients with hypertension are being deprived of proper treatment as the country's community clinics are yet to include necessary drugs in its list.The country has a total of 14,200 community clinics that must have to store...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2023-01-22 00:00:00
On a fine Monday morning in June 2020, investors discovered that the owner of Crest Securities Md Shahid Ullah absconded with Tk 420 million from the funds of its clients, having shut the brokerage firm. The money was withdrawn from...
Asjadul Kibria | 2023-01-22 00:00:00
After four years, Bangladesh Bank has resumed the practice of announcing half-yearly monetary policy statement (MPS). Since the formal introduction of MPS in January 2006, it had been issued on a half-yearly basis. Dr Salehuddin Ahmed was the governor of...
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