FE Report The country's apex chamber Thursday demanded a major overhaul of tax structure in the upcoming budget, seeking a raise to minimum income tax threshold and slash duties on machinery, raw materials and intermediate goods.The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers...
FE ReportThe seventh National Pay Commission (NPC) submitted Thursday its report on new pay hikes, which also recommended introduction of dearness allowance (DA) each year for the public servants based on the average annual inflation in future.The 13-member Commission, headed...
FE ReportDhaka stocks fell on price correction Thursday, led by insurance companies, non-banking financial institutions, mutual funds and most of the banking issues.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened on a positive note but trimmed the early gain of 25 points...
BNP chairperson and leader of the Opposition in parliament Khaleda Zia Thursday sent in a demand-of-justice notice asking the government to withdraw or revoke the notice for vacating her leasehold Dhaka cantonment residence within five days, reports UNB.Barrister AM Mahbubuddin...
Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haque Mostafa Shaheed Thursday said all local NGOs and foreign organisations working in the country would be brought under one umbrella by forming an organisation styled 'National Security Council.' The minister made the remarks when a...
Speaker Advocate Md Abdul Hamid Thursday said he is contemplating to allocate some more seats in the front row for the opposition in spite of their small number in the House. "Members of the Opposition bench were given more time...
The government Thursday appointed eminent industrialist Abdus Salam as the Chairman of the Chittagong Development Authority (CDA). — BSS
Mahmudur RahmanAbout a year ago a leading Bangla national daily celebrated its anniversary with a powerful message-"Change things, change yourselves" (Bodley dao, bodley jao). It was backed up by a short but spirited campaign that picked on examples of every-day...
Bangladeshi expatriates in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) have expressed interest to invest in reopening and reviving the country's closed and sick industries in line with the present government's plan to turn Bangladesh into a modern, self-reliant country by the...
M Azizur RahmanSeven pre-qualification documents have been submitted on the closing day Thursday for the installation of the 450 megawatts (MW) gas-fired Bibiyana power plant, officials said.This is the first ever document submission for setting up of a power plant...
FE ReportThe upcoming budget will create opportunity for investment by private investors as the government will bring back their confidence on its policy, said finance minister AMA Muhith on Thursday."We have to build the confidence of the businessmen for more...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, April 23: The joint meeting of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) begins in Washington from Saturday. The finance ministers of the member nations have started descending on the US capital amidst...
BNP unveiled a month-long political programme demanding resolution of such wide-ranging issues as water, power and gas shortages, deteriorating law and order, violence in educational institutions and fixing fair prices of agricultural crops, reports bdnews24.com. Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain...
FHM Humayan KabirThe country's second largest state-owned bank, Janata bank, will open six booths outside the capital by June next for encouraging the expatriates to send their remittances to the country by providing them exclusive services, the bank's chief said...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 23 (UNB): Movement of ships to and from Chittagong seaport resumed partially Thursday morning through a passage created by dredging the bay channel jammed following the capsize of a clinker-laden lighter vessel.In the shipwreck, the master of the...
Amid already-prevailing high prices of milk, Fishers and Livestock Minster Abdul Latif Biswas Thursday came up with a complaint that milk-processing private companies are trying to create an artificial crisis for milking the market, reports UNB.The minister said that the...
Jahangir Bin Alam IT is needless to say that mobilisation of internal resources of any country, irrespective of its development status, is the sine quo non for achievement of its economic objectives and to improve the living condition of the...
Moazzem HossainTHE findings of the survey carried out by the Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund (BICF) of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), provide some broad ideas about the state of the economy, particularly in relation to its business environment and investment...
Professor Mahfuz R. ChowdhuryIT is entirely possible that the perilous situation that awaits Bangladesh with its population growth isn't getting the kind of consideration that it so deserves. Or it may be that people are very indifferent about the whole...
The findings of two separate research studies in the Indian state of West Bengal, claiming that pollutants in the air are linked to a fall in male fertility as well as congenital malformations or premature births among women, simply confirm...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanTHE Awami League government which was in power in 2001 and faced elections, was full of confidence that it would be elected to power again. This expectation was born out of a sense of having done well in...
Mahbubul Haque ChwodhuryThe USA and the member-countries of the European Union (EU) are trying individually and jointly to face the onslaught of economic recession which have already led many countries to massive job cuts in their industries. At the forums...
THE intention to legalise a huge amount of black (or, undisclosed) money in the country was indicated recently by the Finance Minister's statement to that effect. The apex chamber body of the country, the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce...
THE Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is loved by a majority of the people of Bangladesh. It is reflected in the election results.The emergency caretaker government wanted to finish the politics of Sheikh Hasina...
The first public exam, the Secondary School Certificate (SSC), has an undeniable importance for students. So, they usually want to accomplish best as they can March and April, being hot and humid, are far from suitable for the SSC exams....
LAST Sunday the government announced a stimulus package of Taka 34.24 billion (3,424 crore) to offset the possible impact of global economic recession. Out of this, the share of agriculture is 43 per cent, power, 18 per cent, agriculture loan...
SINGAPORE, Apr 22 (AFP): Oil prices rose in Asian trade today, tracking gains on Wall Street ahead of the release of the latest report on US crude inventories, dealers said. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery...
ALMATY, Apr 22 (AFP): Big powers are dispatching envoys to an energy conference in Ashgabat this week amid shifts in Central Asian oil and gas politics the West hopes could loosen Moscow's grip on the strategic region. An explosion earlier...
NEW DELHI, Apr 22 (PTI): India has emerged as one of the most energy efficient country piping developed economies like the US and China. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Director General Ajay Mathur told PTI, "India stands parellel to...
FE Report Chief coordinator (CO) of Institute of Hazrat Mohammad (SAW) Habiba Tasneem Chowdhury left Dhaka Tuesday to attend the Civil Society Policy Dialogue of 2009 World Bank-IMF spring meetings in Washington DC, USA.Ms Chowdhury will represent the Institute at...
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