Monira MunniBangladeshi frozen food export faces a key test in January when a top EU team will visit fish farms and processing plants here to find out whether the country produces match the quality required by European consumers. Exporters and...
Mashiur RahamanFishermen communities in 72 offshore islands who are struggling to sustain their mere existence are most vulnerable to frequently striking cyclones and rough sea, experts said.Total 0.5 million households of fishermen along with about 2.7 million family members depend...
S Arabia FE ReportThe Bangladeshi expatriates working in Saudi Arabia face a major hassle of translating the Arabic part of their visas into English just to know the date of their departure, when they intend to leave the host country....
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has given each tax office a target to help bring an additional 425,000 new individuals under the tax net by the end of this fiscal. The NBR has set the target for 16 tax...
FE ReportThe government has framed an exclusive manpower export policy for Iraq as it attempts to put a lid on fraud that characterises Bangladesh's overseas recruitment sector, officials said Saturday. They said the 16-point policy aims to better protect potential...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Nov 21: Everything seemingly have gone awry during the devastating economic meltdown. Many have failed to keep their cool under growing pressure. Three very reputed rating companies have come under fire. The number of ragulators at...
FE ReportDhaka is the third most air polluted city in the world in terms of total suspended solids (TSP) concentration, caused by emissions from motor vehicles and brick kilns.It was revealed in an international seminar on "Air Pollution: Perspective Dhaka",...
FE ReportDhaka Metropolitan Police would enforce series of traffic rules from Sunday and fully implement automatic signal system after more than a decade to ease chronic congestion in the city, its chief said.DMP commissioner AKM Shahidul Hoque told the FE...
Amnesty International (AI) has urged Bangladesh not to execute five convicted killers, former army officers, sentenced to death for the assassination of Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports bdnews24.com. The international human rights watchdog said that the murder of Sheikh...
President Barack Obama's week-long visit to Japan, Singapore, China and South Korea, from November 13-19, marks a new turn in the relations of the United States with the countries of the Pacific Rim, with China as the centerpiece of the...
Shahiduzzaman KhanTHE cabinet committee on economic affairs last week gave the much-cherished nod for constructing the proposed Dhaka City Elevated Expressway under Private Public Partnership (PPP) initiative to ease traffic congestions in the capital. The committee has asked the communications...
Amirul IslamReal estate sector developers have played an appreciable role in adding to the home ownership of a large number of people in Dhaka city. From building comfortable multi-storied buildings with modern amenities within a reasonable time period and then...
MICRO-credit should be provided only to the ultra poor and poor. But studies conducted by development agencies from time to time show micro-credit is given to the well-off as well. And the interest charged on publicly run micro credit programmes...
The quality of the buses plying the Motijheel-Uttara route have become too below-standard for some reason. It coincides with the coming to power of the Awami League government beginning this year. One wonders if there is any link. Have the...
The judgement delivered on Thursday is a new milestone for the nation. After 34 years of uncertainties, manipulation and agonising delay, the legal process of the Bangabandhu Murder Case has come to an end. Evidently in this case justice has...
Philip H. de LeonAs we all live in the present, it is very hard to fully assess the future implications of decisions supported or made by political and business leaders. An extraordinary game of geo-strategy is under way to lock...
Maswood Alam KhanOne day I asked Sheikh Kamal, my classmate at Dhaka College in 1968-1969: "Your father has been spending most of his time in prisons for his political belief. How do you feel with your father not around?" His...
Fazle RashidSetting all speculations to rest 27-member European Union (EU) the other day unanimously elected Herman Van Rompuy, currently prime minister of Belgium, as its first president. Britain's Lady Ashton, Union's trade commissioner for a year was elected to the...
M A IslamJUST like taking note of teacher's lecture in the class is important, it is also necessary to take notes while one is studying on one's own. Notes taken while studying becomes helpful for one to remember and recollect...
FE Spcial Tajul is a student of class nine in a high school. He studies very hard throughout the year. He reads much, and writes very little. He cannot write in the exam to his satisfaction since he has not...
Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only that the cat died nobly. -- Arnold Edinborough The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot...
HONG KONG/ SHANGHAI, Nov 21 (Reuters): Shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai fell Friday, tracking losses in other Asian markets, while Chinese lenders dropped on reports Beijing may adjust their reserve requirements.In China, the Shanghai Composite Index ended down 0.37...
Nokia will start selling its E72 model in the local market tomorrow (Monday). The latest full QWERTY smart phone brings a rich mobile email and instant messaging experience right out of the box, making it the ideal device for people...
TORONTO, Nov 21 (PTI): Canada has announced a new liberal business visa regime for Indian businessmen to catch up with other industrialised nations in boosting trade with India.The new visa regime was announced by the government here close on the...
KARACHI, Nov 21 (Business Recorder): The KSE-100 index Friday witnessed an increase of 55.17 points to close at 9,306.36 points from 9,251.19 points. The market opened on a positive note and remained volatile throughout the day. The index KSE-100 hit...
MUMBAI, Nov 21 (PTI): ICICI Bank today said it has raised $750-million by issuing five-year bonds at its Bahrain branch.The issue, which had an order book of over $3-billion, was participated by over 250 investors, the country's second largest lender...
TOKYO, Nov 21 (Reuters): Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 0.5 per cent Friday and logged its first four-week losing streak in over a year, with Sony sliding after its new growth strategy failed to reassure investors. Helping to temper the...
NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters): The chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc says the SkyTeam alliance of global carriers would be willing to invest more than its proposed $1.02 billion in Japan Airlines, the Wall Street Journal reported.The final...
LONDON, Nov 21 (AFP): Gold prices scaled historic heights above 1,150 dollars per ounce this week, buoyed by the weak greenback and recent central bank purchases of the precious metal, analysts said. Traders said the dollar's overall weak tone was...
FE ReportThe first meeting of the capital market investment committee of Takaful Islami Insurance Ltd was held at the head office of the company in the city recently.Chairman of the committee Anwar Hossain presided over the meeting.Managing Director Abul Kashem...
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