Veronica Smith of AFP from Washington Women are beginning to crack Europe's boardroom glass ceilings thanks to government quotas, while their advance in the United States has nearly stalled, a new study found. The inclusion of more women in boardrooms...
The concept of 'social business' seems to be selling fairly well. Some credit for it must be given to the vigour with which Bangladesh's only Nobel Laureate has been advocating the idea around the world. In the aftermath of the...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury Two developments surrounding Myanmar, the isolated South-east Asian nation, have of late given a glimmer of hope that the country may move further towards democracy - a pattern of governance that the regime claims to have already...
My friend was qualified enough -perhaps more qualified than necessary-to rival the several bosses he served. But as it usually happens, overqualified persons have their Achilles' heels and coupled with their arrogance, hubris, egotism and eccentricity (which they are hardly...
I was somewhat surprised to watch the movie 'Kings of Devon' which is the first Chicago-based Bangla movie made by Bangladeshi Americans. The performances of all the casts were so realistic that it did not appear to be a production...
During the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, we learnt about the assets of all cabinet colleagues of Dr Manmohan including the Prime Minister himself. Unfortunately, being a champion nation of corruption for years,' and despite regular...
Tasfi Sal-Sabil and M Mizanur Rahman It is really a matter of pride that the UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon has praised Bangladesh for its initiatives regarding disaster preparedness and management mentioning as 'world leader'. This sort of proclamation and appraisal...
Competency mapping is important and an essential exercise. Every well managed firm should have well defined roles and list of competencies required to perform each role effectively. Such list should be used for recruitment, performance management, promotions, placements and training...
Entrepreneurs are the engine of economic growth. Who are these entrepreneurs? Entrepreneurs employ technology, organise resources and initiate ventures for production of goods and services to exploit the opportunity. They motivate society, innovate and take the initiative and risk in...
India's beleaguered aviation sector is experiencing severe turbulence as high jet fuel costs, fierce competition and losses threaten carriers' survival, analysts said. The crisis engulfing Kingfisher Airlines, owned by billionaire liquor baron Vijay Mallya, has already sounded alarm bells, as...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The insurance regulator has rejected consultants' reports on an ADB-sponsored project saying the contents of the study were not satisfactory, official sources said Sunday. They said 'wrong' selection of international consultants was the main reason behind preparation...
Nizam Ahmed Bangladesh expects to yield some 35 million tonnes of rice this year, about 1.0 million tonne higher than that of the last year, according to the officials of the ministry of agriculture (MoA) Sunday. Meanwhile, the world output...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh desires enhanced trade and economic cooperation with Spain, describing the prospects for much higher trade volume between Bangladesh and Spain as 'bright', reports UNB. She said this when the newly appointed Spanish Ambassador...
Munima Sultana The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has been able to spend Tk 2.76 billion from its fiscal budget making a frustrating progress in implementing the annual development projects. The latest report of RHD revealed that the progress of...
Jubair Hasan Two laboratories with state-of-the-art facility will be set up in Dhaka and Chittagong cities by 2014 to ensure safe food consumption of people by detecting growing rate of food adulteration, officials said. Under a project involving more than...
Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Nov 20: The emerging nations strongly underscore the immediacy and urgency of the expansion the Security Council to make truly reflect "contemporary reality". Expansion will enhance the credibility and the effectiveness in wrangling with contentious global...
The prosecution will finish its opening statement against Sayedee today (Monday) when the International Crimes Tribunal reconvenes, reports bdnews24.com. Cross-examination of witnesses will, however, begin on December 7. Chief prosecutor Ghulam Arieff Tipoo began the statement with the historic context...
FE Report Dhaka stocks continued to rally for the third straight session Sunday with substantial rise in turnover, as investors' confidence have boosted up following the Prime Minister's intervention and they went for fresh buying. Market analysts said the investors...
FE Report Eastland Insurance, one of the 1st generation private sector general insurance companies celebrated 25th years of its achievement on Saturday. To celebrate the occasion, the company organized a Reception and Cultural programme at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC)...
Special Correspondent A new company -Giant Textiles Ltd- will go for commercial production next month in Gazipur. " It is now running on trial operation with completely state-of-the-art technology. Once started, the new unit will raise our export value to...
FE Report The annual business review meeting of Prime Bank Limited was held at the Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort of the capital Saturday, said a press release. Chairman of the Board of Directors, Md. Shirajul Islam Mollah inaugurated the...
FE Report The Performance Review Meeting for the Managers of Exim Bank was held at the Exim Bank Head office Saturday for evaluating the total performance and financial situation of the Bank. Chairman of the Exim Bank Md. Nazrul Islam...
On the close of operation on November 17, 2011, the authorities of "Reliance One" the first scheme of Reliance Insurance Mutual Fund have reported NAV of Tk 13.23 per unit at current market price basis and Tk 10.46 per unit...
SEBL approves change in FV The 6th Extra-ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of Southeast Bank was held Sunday at Officers' Club in the city. Alamgir Kabir, FCA, Chairman of the Bank presided over the meeting. Ragib Ali, Vice Chairman,...
Doulot Akter Mala The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has started collecting salary statements of service sector staffers under six categories as part of its move to net new taxpayers. The board has recently directed the central survey zone to...
FE Report Realtors' group has held up membership of Green Delta Housing and Development (Pvt) Ltd citing its "fraudulent activities" with customers. In a statement, the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) said it has given several reminders...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Bangladesh has revolutinalised its dyeing technology through innovating a new method which will cut cloth production cost by at least 25 per cent, textile experts said. This will make Bangladesh-produced fabric more competitive among the readymade garment...
LONDON, Nov 20 (BBC): The European Union has been forced to accept a 2 per cent rise in its budget next year - much less than the increase it wanted of around 5 per cent.
FE Report Industries Minister Dilip Barua Sunday urged the banks and financial institutions to increase the volume of loan to SME sector as finance poses big obstacle to it. He said the small and medium entrepreneurs get frustrated due to...
BKB promotes Manjur as DMD Manjur Ahmed has recently been promoted to Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB). Prior to his promotion, he was serving the same bank as general manager (Admin). Mr Manjur obtained his MBA...
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