Pankaj DastiderChittagong Port, the country's prime maritime port, handles 92 per cent export and import cargoes of Bangladesh's sea-borne trade. It is called for this reason the Golden Gate to the economic development of the country. Total cargo handling growth...
of a dead end, writes Iqbal Habib****** | 2011-12-21 00:00:00
of a dead end, writes Iqbal Habib******The development of Dhaka city as a post-independence capital has been different from its 350 years of development prior to its liberation. Capital-centric development of the administrative, business, education and health sectors has led...
Our Ctg CorrespondentChairman of BSRM (Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills Ltd) Alihussain Akberali in an interview with the FE talks on various issues in relation to the country's trade and economy, specially on steel industry. Following is the text: FE: Industries...
Continued from page 10 | 2011-12-21 00:00:00
Continued from page 10There is another kind of interference the Bangladesh government has to contend with, and this comes from some members of the diplomatic corps stationed in Dhaka. While western diplomats in Dhaka enjoy more privileges than those enjoyed...
Mustafizur RahmanThe Seventeenth SAARC Summit held last month in Addu Atoll in the Maldives has come up with a twenty-point Declaration articulating the aspirations of the regional leaders. The Declaration also mentions a host of deliverables over the coming days...
internal affairs, writes Syed Manzoorul | 2011-12-21 00:00:00
internal affairs, writes Syed Manzoorul As our 40th anniversary of independence draws to a close, we must ask ourselves this question: How much of our own affairs have we managed ourselves, and how much of these have been decided by...
Mizanur Rahman ShelleyThere is little doubt that the world economy is on the doorsteps of a dark decline. The increasingly integrative nature of global economy makes the prospects alarming even for less developed and developing countries such as Bangladesh. It...
SEOUL, Dec 20, (agencies): Kim Jong-Il's sudden death puts the fate of nuclear-armed North Korea in the hands of a young dictator-in-waiting whose penchant for tyranny-or desire for reform-remain a mystery. The death of the "Dear Leader" has raised cautious...
Mizanur Rahman ShelleyThere is little doubt that the world economy is on the doorsteps of a dark decline. The increasingly integrative nature of global economy makes the prospects alarming even for less developed and developing countries such as Bangladesh. It...
North Korea Tuesday put the body of late leader Kim Jong-Il on display in a glass coffin and heaped praise on his son and successor, amid world wariness at the transition in the nuclear-armed nation. US President Barack Obama pledged...
Sadiq AhmedThere are few topics that spark more emotions and irrational thinking than the issue of transit access through Bangladesh for neighboring countries. Due to the dominant presence of the large neighbor India, the discussion of transit issue in Bangladesh...
NAIROBI, Dec 20 (AFP): Little by little China is forming military links in Africa and in the Indian Ocean in order, experts say, to protect Beijing's economic interests in the region. In the past three weeks Beijing has committed to...
Our Ctg Correspondent Chittagong Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CMCCI) has been fighting for long against hike of tariff charges including un-stuffing, storage rent on FCL containers, wharf rent, hoisting charges etc. Traders especially the garments exporters have protested...
CAGAYAN DE ORO, (Philippines), Dec 20 : Philippine President Benigno Aquino pledged aid Tuesday to communities hit by flash floods that walloped the south, as the official toll topped a thousand dead or missing. Aquino flew to Mindanao island to...
Our Ctg Correspondent Md Nasiruddin is the Managing Director of Pacific Jeans Ltd, one of the country's leading readymade garment exporters and a pioneer in premium jeans manufacturing. The company is located in the CEPZ, with four production units. He...
BANGKOK, Dec 20 : Thailand's powerful army chief expressed opposition Tuesday to amending the country's lese majeste law, recently criticised by the West, saying those who opposed it should move abroad. Critics say that Thailand has suppressed freedom of expression...
Our Ctg CorrespondentGauhar Siraj Jamil, the managing director of Four H Group of Industries, is one of the most successful entrepreneurs of the country, a dynamic and forward looking man of vision, known for his fight against all sorts of...
NEW DELHI, Dec 20: India's foreign minister condemned Tuesday a "patently absurd" court case in Russia seeking to ban a version of one of Hinduism's most important and scared texts, the Bhagavad Gita. The case filed by state prosecutors in...
Our Ctg Correspondent Md Nasiruddin is the Managing Director of Pacific Jeans Ltd, one of the country's leading readymade garment exporters and a pioneer in premium jeans manufacturing. The company is located in the CEPZ, with four production units. He...
TOKYO, Dec 20: A building housing an experimental nuclear reactor in Japan caught fire Tuesday, but there was no leak of radioactive materials, officials said, amid nervousness over Japan's atomic industry. The quasi-public Japan Atomic Energy Agency said sound insulation...
Our Ctg CorrespondentMaf Shoes has recently taken a move to expand and diversify its products to make a strong foothold in the country's shoe industry. A concern of the TK Group of Industries located in Nexus Industrial Area at the...
The death toll in a cold wave sweeping through northern India has risen to 39, media reports say. The majority of deaths were in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Punjab and Haryana are among the other northern states badly hit....
Our Ctg CorrespondentThe Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) has started construction and expansion of roads and highways involving Tk 20 billion in some 22 projects. Works for development and expansion of 16 projects have already started while six others have been...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 20: At least 675 Pakistani women and girls were murdered during the first nine months of the year for allegedly defaming their family's honour, a leading human rights group said Tuesday. The statistics highlight the scale of violence...
BEIJING, Dec 20: Authorities in China have launched an investigation after a couple broke family planning laws by having eight babies including several born illegally to surrogates, an official said Tuesday. The wealthy couple in the southern province of Guangdong...
ROME, Dec 20: The teenaged Moroccan at the centre of Silvio Berlusconi's trial for sex with an underage prostitute has had a baby fathered by a nightclub owner more than twice her age, Italian media reported Tuesday. Dancer Karima El...
Lesser kestrels in Italy have formed a 'truce' with their jackdaw neighbours to save energy, a study has revealed. Researchers found that birds nesting in a mixed colony patrolled for predators less often than those living in single species sites....
Clashes between Egyptian forces, protesters enter fifth day CAIRO, Dec 20 (agencies): Clashes between Egyptian security forces and protesters demanding an end to military rule entered a fifth day Tuesday, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced the beating...
In March 2011, Bangladesh celebrated the fortieth anniversary of its independence. As this significant year comes to an end, it may be a good occasion to take stock of how the economy is doing now and what have been its...
It was one of those extraordinarily hectic weeks for me in Kathmandu with the newly arrived Indian Ambassador K. V. Rajan coming on a courtesy call at the Bangladesh House. At the time I was privileged to have been serving...
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