Syed Jamaluddin The dollar crisis is intensifying both in the inter-bank and open market transactions. The value of the US dollar is increasing in both the markets because of its scarcity. The crisis has become more acute because of the...
SA Mansoor There are a number of the pragmatic and already functioning methods of power and fuel conservation options available. It should be given serious consideration and adopted in Bangladesh as early as possible. To meet our rising demand for...
Marlowe Hood and Richard Ingham A marathon UN climate conference on December 11 approved a roadmap towards an accord that for the first time will bring all major greenhouse-gas emitters under a single legal roof. If approved as scheduled in...
Bangladesh's capital, it is reassuring to learn, has been making significant progress as one of the world's very promising outsourcing hubs in ICT (Information and Communication Technology) over the past few years. 'Digital' optimists may sometimes oversell this fact, but...
Abdul Bayes The cropping pattern is influenced by a host of factors. The decision about choice of land and crop does not hinge only on the size of the land owned by the farmer. The other important factors are: subsistence...
Shaikh Saleque The other day I viewed an exceptional programme on Channel i. It was an award giving ceremony for a number of persons for showing outstanding courage. The award recipients included a teen-aged boy whose instant action stopped a...
The government has done a commendable job by splitting the immensely important Communications Ministry into Roads and Highways and Railways ministries. Only policymakers of the past know best why it took 40 long years to separate this mega-ministry into two...
Indian TV channels have unilaterally gained popularity in our country. I have no objection to the airing of so many Hindi and Bengali channels from across the border, because viewing of those depends on personal choice. I am happy to...
It appears that the opposition MPs have forgotten their duties as responsible parliamentarians. The passing of many bills are getting faster without any debate because of their boycott. It is time that they called it off. Even normal social relations...
Atiur Rahman We are in the month of International Day of People with Disability. Recently we have celebrated its 20th anniversary whose theme was "Together for a better world for all: Including person with disabilities in development". The theme is...
FE Report The country's leading economists and bankers Sunday identified severe weaknesses of state-owned commercial banks (SCBs) and risks related to ensuring financial stability and management operations as the major challenges to maintenance of sustainable development of the country's overall...
Doulot Akter Mala Bangladesh ranks first among the South-Asian countries in taxation services and 12th among the 19 Asia-Pacific countries, according to a latest study report. A report on "Good Governance for International Business Asia Pacific 2011" revealed the findings....
FE Report The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Sunday urged the securities regulator to strengthen its surveillance and monitoring activities over the country's stock market, officials said. The fund also stressed on the need for ensuring absolute independency of the Securities...
Badrul Ahsan New investment in the country's key garment sector has fallen sharply this year, hit by a protracted energy crisis and an economic turmoil in Europe and the United States. Only two garment plants have been listed with the...
FE Report A total of 151 out of the 232 listed companies, have informed the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) of their respective sponsor-directors' latest shareholding position, officials said. The DSE recently asked all the listed companies to submit reports on...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 11: BM Container Depot Limited (BMCDL), the country's biggest inland container handling company in private sector with an outlay of Tk 3.0 billion (300 crore), will be inaugurated formally tomorrow (Tuesday). The Inland Container Depot (ICD) facility has...
FE Report Bangladesh has made a long journey 40 years after its independence, but the country still suffers from key governance issues including deteriorating law and order, widespread graft and politics of greed, experts said Sunday. They said the nation...
The prosecution Sunday formally accused three top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami of 1971 war crime charges as the nation is set to celebrate this week the 40th anniversary of Victory Day amid intensified campaign for expediting trial of "crimes against humanity",...
FE Report Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has directed the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) to complete at least some parts of the Dhaka-Chittagong highway four-lane project to make the development work of the government visible among people. He asked the...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Dec 11: Activities in the country's main Customs House resumed at around 3.00 pm today following successful one hour negotiation between the Clearing & Forwarding (C&F) Agents' employees and the Customs authority, officials said. The negotiation meeting...
Nizam Ahmed The bright prospects for utilising potato in the reduction of poverty and malnutrition have been on the rise with the gradual increase in the harvest of the crop-food item in the country over the past years, experts said...
Opposition leader Khaleda Zia has squarely blamed the government's diplomatic failure in realising the country's interests from India, asserting "we want just share of the Teesta water and joint expert-level survey on the Tipaimukh Dam project," reports UNB. "This government...
NATORE, Dec 11 (UNB): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Sunday said if the present government gets another chance to serve the nation, it would ensure overall development of the country. Hasina, also the President of Bangladesh Awami League (AL), made...
BNP acting secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed his doubts regarding the prime minister's (PM) plan to execute the Padma bridge project under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement, reports bdnews24.com. "The PM's plan to complete the Padma Bridge project through...
President M Zillur Rahman on Sunday returned to Bangabhaban after medical check-up at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), reports UNB. "The President returned to Bangabhaban at 11:50am and is now in good condition," President's press secretary AKM Nesar Uddin Bhuiyan...
The war crimes tribunal has adjourned cross-examination of the first prosecution witness in a case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee, reports bdnews24.com. The cross-examination will resume today (Monday) after submission of certain documents by the Jamaat executive council member's...
LONDON, Dec 11 (bdnews24.com): The liver transplant operation of senior Awami League leader Abdur Razzak has been postponed as doctors decided to hold a kidney transplant operation along with the liver transplant. Doctors want to complete the two operations at...
SYLHET, Dec 11 (UNB): Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman and former President Hussain Muhammad Ershad has warned that construction of Tipaimukh dam on Barak River across the border in India will spell disaster for lower riparian country Bangladesh. Urging the government...
The Election Commission (EC) will today (Monday) decide whether the maiden polls to the newly formed Dhaka City Corporation South (DCCS) and Dhaka City Corporation North (DCCN) will be held under the existing commission, reports BSS. "The EC will take...
FE Report China will provide Bangladesh Tk 39.87 billion loan for building the proposed Shahjalal Fertilizer Factory in Sylhet. State-owned Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) signed a financial agreement with China Sunday to build the factory. The signing ceremony was...
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