Jasim Uddin Haroon Around a dozen power projects placed by private entrepreneurs to set up joint ventures with overseas principals have been facing severe bureaucratic tangles although the government wants power generation by either private or public ventures.Many entrepreneurs, in...
Nazmul AhsanForeign aid disbursement increased by about $ 500 million or 74 per cent during the first five months (July-November) of the current (2009-2010) fiscal year compared with that of the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, according to provisional...
Former Malaysian Premier Mahathir Mohammad urged the Malaysian entrepreneurs to relocate their labour-intensive sunset industries to Bangladesh for the mutual benefits of both the nations, reports UNB.He made the call while addressing a dinner party organised Saturday as part of...
FE ReportA fire broke out at 'Polli Bhaban', the head office of Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB), in the city's Karwan Bazar commercial area Sunday. Witnesses said the fire originated from the basement of the seven-storied building at about 2:30pm...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in New Delhi Sunday evening on her maiden state visit to neighbouring India since her party formed government one year back, reports bdnews24.com. A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines took off from Zia International...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is contemplating introducing a separate window in BRTA offices to accept different types of taxes, including newly introduced advance income tax, from vehicle owners who often fall prey to harassment and deception.The...
Siddique Islam The country's overall import recorded a rise by over 20 per cent in December over the previous month of last calendar year, officials said Sunday. The settlement of letters of credit (LCs) for imports, generally known as actual...
FE ReportStock prices continued to surge amid buying and selling onslaught Sunday on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) setting new records in turnover and indices.The market seesawed throughout the session as the investors booked profit on financial stocks while betting...
A Dhaka court has rejected a motion filed by former army chief Moeen U Ahmed for dismissal of a Tk 1.0 billion (100 crore) defamation suit, his lawyer said Sunday. Former state minister for power Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku filed...
The government will table in parliament the vested property return bill and the Criminal Procedure Code amendment bill when it reconvenes today (Monday) after a six-day recess. As per parliamentary tradition, the House was adjourned on Jan 4 after president...
A Z M AnasBangladesh will push Libya for receiving more workers and in turn promise to stem "visa forgery" when overseas employment minister and his team meet this week their Libyan counterparts in Tripoli, officials said Sunday. Tripoli signed a...
FE ReportThe REHAB housing fair in the city saw bookings worth Tk 10.83 billion (1,083 crore) for plots and apartments.Tanveerul Haque Probal, president of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB), made the disclosure at the formal closing...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Jan 10: Economic indicators, China being a rare exception, worldwide remain feeble and fragile to predict that the global economic turnaround is round the corner. The US economy shed 85,000 more jobs in December dashing hope...
The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Sunday expressed its opinion that though the President had the prerogative to grant mercy, it would not be judicious to pardon the condemned convicts of the Bangabandhu Murder Case, reports UNB.Three of...
FE ReportBook publishers and sellers Sunday observed a nationwide dawn-to-dusk strike in protest against confiscation of, what they termed, exercise books under a 'backdated law' and police harassment.During the strike, publishing houses and shops remained closed across the country including...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will announce the monetary policy for the second half of the current (2009-'10) fiscal on January 19. The central bank has already finalised the half-yearly policy after discussions with different groups including economists, business leaders and some...
A Z M AnasSome 72,000 Bangladeshis returned home jobless last year as global recession sapped demand for workers in the country's traditional overseas job markets, manpower officials said Friday. That figure was an increase of 33 per cent compared with...
Nazmul AhsanThe schedules of two important events have been changed because of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's visit to India and the Middle East. The three-day conference of the least Developed Countries (LDCs) of Asia-Pacific will now be held in Dhaka...
FE Report The country's overall balance of payments (BoP) continued to maintain a surplus position during the first four months of this fiscal due mainly to higher surplus in current account balance, officials said Saturday. The current account balance recorded...
The export of freshwater shrimp to the European Union (EU) resumes tomorrow (Monday) after six months' suspension since last June following a perceived act of disservice, reports UNB from Khulna.On detection of health-hazardous antibiotic-nitrofuran in the exported shrimps in January...
The Bangladesh segment of the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2011 was officially launched Saturday evening with a colourful ceremony at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city, as the countdown to the extravaganza began, reports UNB. International Cricket Council...
Land grabbing, particularly encroachment of rivers and water bodies, has earned a mafia-type notoriety. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on January 3 made a chilling disclosure. She said one of her cabinet colleagues was receiving threat for his efforts to protect...
Shahiduzzaman KhanWhile inaugurating the REHAB Fair in the city recently, the state minister for housing issued a veiled warning to the real estate developers. He said many developers are allegedly indulging in corruption and irregularities, and trying to influence the...
Fazle RashidCorporate America prides itself on the fact being a part and parcel of Manhattan. Vacant places for offices equivalent to 920 football fields are now available for rent in the fashionable district of New York city Depressed business has...
The Rohingya is a group of Arakanese people in Myanmar. They inhabit mainly Maungdaw, Buthidaung, Akyab, Rathedung and Kyauktaw townships close to neighbouring Bangladesh. From the 7th century, merchants from the Yemen, Arabia and other parts of the Middle East...
WE feel worried, shocked and concerned that the standard of education -- general knowledge, language skills, specially of English and knowhow of mathematics -- among our secondary school boys and girls is so deplorable.Many of them cannot even read their...
Maswood Alam KhanA sports fan cannot embrace defeat because it is neither easy to accept defeat nor simple to endure embarrassment and shame that come along with it. Feelings of frustration and embarrassment stir up in any sports fan as...
Professor Zillur R. KhanThere is a need for rethinking security, sovereignty and justice -- three vital concepts shaping human relationships at different levels since recorded history. I'll raise a few questions with a special focus on South Asia. First, in...
SINGAPORE, Jan 9 (Bloomberg): Asian stocks advanced for the third week as higher retail sales and expanding manufacturing activities in the US boosted confidence in the global economic recovery. Nintendo Co, the maker of Wii gaming consoles, surged 16 percent...
NEW DELHI, Jan 9 (Economic Times): Norway's Telenor Friday bought 11 per cent more in Uninor, the mobile phone joint venture with real estate developer Unitech, for Rs 15 billion. The move will help the Indian venture fight the tariff...
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