Abdur Rahman Chowdhury from Falls Church,Virginia, United States | 2021-04-01 00:00:00
The senior officials of the Chinese government and the US State Department officials met in a city in Alaska from March 18 to 19. This was the first encounter the Chinese government had with the Biden Administration. It was hoped...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2021-04-01 00:00:00
To those of my generation with a penchant for eclectic taste in music, the Elvis Presley song of the eponymous title should be familiar. The difference is the object in question being not a dead letter but the financial assistance...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-03-31 00:00:00
A consortium of companies has been appointed as a general consultant to carry out the feasibility study, detailed design and procurement work for another metro rail planned to be constructed from Gabtoli to Dasherkandi in the city. The 17.4-kilometre route,...
REZAUL KARIM | 2021-03-31 00:00:00
Export consignments of live crabs and eels to China will not be allowed without 'clinical compliance certification' by the state veterinary office, according to a protocol prepared by a Chinese authority.The General Administra-tion of China Customs (GACC) has recently communicated...
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana | 2021-03-31 00:00:00
The world is emerging from the biggest social and economic shock in living memory, but it will be a long time before the deep scars of the Covid-19 pandemic on human well-being fully heal.In the Asia-Pacific region, where 60 per...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2021-03-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh, in the face of opposition from India, failed to accommodate a provision of 'pre-initiation consultation' on the anti-dumping issue in the MoU on trade remedial measures, signed between the two countries on Saturday last, officials said.Dhaka and New Delhi...
Neil Ray | 2021-03-29 00:00:00
As the nation celebrates the golden jubilee of the country's independence on a high note of its achievements, in one particular area the tiding is quite disappointing. The area concerned is sports and games. First the shooters who took part...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2021-03-29 00:00:00
How is Dhaka's transport system set to look like after a decade? Will the roads remain clogged during peak hours, causing untold sufferings to the commuters? Will experts continue to count the economic toll that the worst traffic situation takes...
Rizwanul Islam | 2021-03-29 00:00:00
The Covid-19 pandemic that started at the beginning of 2020 is still raging in many parts of the world. Although the rate of infection fell somewhat during summer, it started to rise again in autumn, and struck a number of...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-03-28 00:00:00
The Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) has finally made a move to purchase a server in order to complete the installation of an automated traffic system at four intersections.The authorities failed to recover the stolen server of the 'Dhaka integrated...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2021-03-28 00:00:00
Merchant bankers have urged the securities regulator to defer the implementation of its directive regarding cap on margin loan interest till June 30, 2022.They said the market may face sell pressures if the directive is not deferred until the low...
Siddique Islam | 2021-03-28 00:00:00
Shahjalal Islami Bank Limited (SJIBL) has decided to diversify its investment portfolios focusing on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and retail banking aiming to minimize risks, the bank's top executive has said."We've given special importance to SMEs, which is one...
Charles Pierson | 2021-03-28 00:00:00
Since 2015, the United States (US) has been assisting a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which is at war with Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The coalition's declared aim is to restore the government...
Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman | 2021-03-27 12:00:00
The first major achievement is Bangladesh's transformation from disaster victim to disaster manager. In the past, Bangladesh was defined by its disasters. It was a disaster victim.In only one incident of the Bhola cyclone of 1970, three 300,000 deaths were...
Munima Sultana | 2021-03-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh has gradually been readying its physical infrastructure for establishing connectivity with its neighbouring countries for the last 50 years but experts are still sceptical of a win-win situation.Academicians and think-tanks see a lack of integrated development plans of necessary...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-03-27 00:00:00
A subcommittee has been formed to help the main committee draft a policy to maintain and operate rest houses meant for drivers of goods-laden transporters.As the main committee was still to make headway, sources said, road transport and highways division...
BABUL BARMAN | 2021-03-27 00:00:00
Stocks plunged further for the second straight week as worried investors continued to dump their holdings amid fears over impact of the fresh wave of Covid-19 virus due to rising trend of infected patients.Week-on-week, the DSEX, the benchmark index of...
Dona Bertarelli | 2021-03-27 00:00:00
Around the world, women are excessively affected by climate change, by market fluctuations, or shocks like the pandemic, which has put millions of jobs at risk.Gender equality matters for women and men, in and out of the workforce; for girls...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2021-03-27 00:00:00
The twentieth century came with its revolutions in the two major areas of human endeavour: social and scientific. With the social revolutions like the ones that took place in Russia in the second decade and in China at the end...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-03-26 12:00:00
The country's notable achievements in the last 50 years would be fragile and frugal unless it addresses youth employment issues along with growing socio-economic inequalities as well as concentrate on structural and institutional reforms, said Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya in an...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2021-03-26 12:00:00
Bangladesh's real economy has grown significantly, though the financial sector has not performed up to the desired level after 50 years of independence, senior economist Dr. Mohammed Farashuddin has said."The real sector of economy has grown, but the financial sector...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2021-03-26 00:00:00
The civil servants of Bangladesh, including members of the Police and Ansar forces, technical and professional personnel, played a crucial role in the days leading to the declaration of independence by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the subsequent War of...
Asjadul Kibria | 2021-03-26 00:00:00
It was 50 years back when Bangladesh emerged as an independent country in South Asia. The war-ravaged country without any natural resource was quite vulnerable to any disaster as more than 70 per cent of its population was very poor....
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2021-03-26 00:00:00
It is a piece of welcome news that the Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) board has declined to approve the proposal to increase the water tariff by 5.0 per cent. Millions of consumers would thank the board for doing...
Nilratan Halder | 2021-03-26 00:00:00
For a young nation, celebration of the golden jubilee of its independence with several feathers in its cap is a mighty statement. The Banglalees have proved their worth to be euphoric on this seminal occasion. Fifty years ago, the people...
Siddique Islam | 2021-03-25 00:00:00
The central bank on Wednesday extended again the policy relaxation involving loan repayments to the country's scheduled banks by their borrowers.The borrowers would get three more months' time to repay their due loan instalments on the basis of banker-customer relationship...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2021-03-25 00:00:00
Despite having the flag vessel protection law at hand, the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has signally failed to earn a huge sum by carrying importables.According to officials and stakeholders, poor planning, weak management and failure to procure required vessels have...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-03-25 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has allowed repatriation of outward remittance up to 6.0 per cent of the previous year's sales value, for companies in commercial operation, without its approval to facilitate foreign investors.With this relaxed measure, time for...
Nafis Almas Siam | 2021-03-25 00:00:00
Leader, legend, Bangabandhu--is any attribution really enough for him? Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the epitome of patriotism, the father of the nation, is a name inseparable from the name Bangladesh. The nation remembers him solemnly on his 101th birthday, just...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2021-03-25 00:00:00
Agriculture is still one of the largest sectors in Bangladesh economy. Although the rural economy recorded considerable growth in recent years, the health and wellbeing of farmers engaged in agriculture do not get adequate attention or care. Rather, it has...
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