"One nation's hero is another nation's goon," so said John F Kennedy, one of the most celebrated Presidents of the USA, while underscoring the problem of perception in assessing individuals or institutions. Thus, Palestinian freedom fighters can appear like heroes...
Shafiqul AlamTreating the severely polluted Buriganga is no longer a feasible option to meet the growing needs of water in Dhaka city, according to experts. The government has to spend about US$ 1.0 billion if the Padma and Meghna rivers...
The sufferings of the people due to daily and frequent electricity crisis and acute scarcity of water supply know no bounds. The people can not always live with promises and assurances of the authorities. It appears that the city of...
FE ReportThe Bangladesh Bank (BB) Wednesday urged all concerned not to write anything on currency notes to keep their original features intact and visible. A statement, signed by the central bank deputy general manager A F M Asaduzzaman, said it...
Thirty two police officers, ranking from Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) to Superintendent of Police (SP), have been given new posting, reports UNB. The Ministry of Home Affairs Wednesday gave the new postings in a notification, according to the police...
FE Report Very little progress has been made in shoring up Bangladesh's accountability and transparency institutions since 2008, a report released Wednesday by the US-based Global Integrity (GI) said. "An ombudsman agency focused on investigating a wide range of concerns,...
M Azizur RahmanThe government has rejected a plea of Australian Santos and its partner US's Oakland to explore jointly two gas blocks and sell output to private buyers, officials said Wednesday. The energy ministry has informed Santos and Oakland officially...
NEW DELHI, Apr 29 (Commodity Online): A day after India and Pakistan restarted trade talks, both could be poised to test their wheat export records, signalling that nearly eight million tonnes in extra supplies could hit the market, according to...
LONDON, Apr 29 (Reuters): Gold steadied Friday, just shy of fresh record highs and set for its seventh successive weekly gain, driven largely by the decline in the dollar to its lowest in nearly three years. The dollar fell to...
YANGON, Apr 28: Myanmar and China plan to build a railroad together that will link China's landlocked Yunnan province to a deep-sea port being built in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday the project...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
Lt Col Md Shahadat Hossain (retd)Tourism, in Bangladesh could not yet flourish as one of the largest industries which other wise have happened in many countries worldwide. However, due to many positive factors the potentiality of tourism in Bangladesh would...
Dr B K Mukhopadhyay concluding his two-part article.The temporary trends in the world food situation should be taken with a pinch of salt. There exists the problem which has not been a small one. If we glance back it could...
The temporary trends in the world food situation should be taken with a pinch of salt. There exists the problem which has not been a small one. If we glance back it could be located that rice added to the...
The sufferings of the people due to daily and frequent electricity crisis and acute scarcity of water supply know no bounds. The people can not always live with promises and assurances of the authorities. It appears that the city of...
FE ReportThe Bangladesh Bank (BB) Wednesday urged all concerned not to write anything on currency notes to keep their original features intact and visible. A statement, signed by the central bank deputy general manager A F M Asaduzzaman, said it...
Thirty two police officers, ranking from Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) to Superintendent of Police (SP), have been given new posting, reports UNB. The Ministry of Home Affairs Wednesday gave the new postings in a notification, according to the police...
FE Report Very little progress has been made in shoring up Bangladesh's accountability and transparency institutions since 2008, a report released Wednesday by the US-based Global Integrity (GI) said. "An ombudsman agency focused on investigating a wide range of concerns,...
M Azizur RahmanThe government has rejected a plea of Australian Santos and its partner US's Oakland to explore jointly two gas blocks and sell output to private buyers, officials said Wednesday. The energy ministry has informed Santos and Oakland officially...
NEW DELHI, Apr 29 (Commodity Online): A day after India and Pakistan restarted trade talks, both could be poised to test their wheat export records, signalling that nearly eight million tonnes in extra supplies could hit the market, according to...
LONDON, Apr 29 (Reuters): Gold steadied Friday, just shy of fresh record highs and set for its seventh successive weekly gain, driven largely by the decline in the dollar to its lowest in nearly three years. The dollar fell to...
YANGON, Apr 28: Myanmar and China plan to build a railroad together that will link China's landlocked Yunnan province to a deep-sea port being built in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday the project...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
Mamun RashidMy posting to corporate banking division at ANZ Grindlays bank made me a credit initial holder in 1992. I became a certified credit professional in 1996, after passing all the 14 module exams organized by the OMEGA, London. During...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 4: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the businessmen to participate in the nation building activities through private-public partnership (PPP). "The government has undertaken many projects. I urge the businessmen to come forward with their investment proposals...
S M JahangirThe government is still in a dilemma over fixation of both prices and procurement target of 'boro', mainly due to prevailing volatility in rice market, although the farmers have started harvesting the country's largest cereal crop. "We are...
FE ReportPoor enforcement of traffic rules has been blamed for aggravation of Dhaka city's traffic movement leading to agonising gridlocks as many people, especially the influential ones, have a tendency to break rules, speakers at a roundtable said Wednesday. They...
Doulot Akter MalaRevenue collections from top taxpayers might face a setback in the last quarter of the current fiscal as big corporate houses faced a blow after the recent stock market scam, officials said Wednesday. Banks are the major corporate...
Thirty two police officers, ranking from Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) to Superintendent of Police (SP), have been given new posting, reports UNB. The Ministry of Home Affairs Wednesday gave the new postings in a notification, according to the police...
FE Report Very little progress has been made in shoring up Bangladesh's accountability and transparency institutions since 2008, a report released Wednesday by the US-based Global Integrity (GI) said. "An ombudsman agency focused on investigating a wide range of concerns,...
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