THE investments in education are considered as social investments which pay off by meeting the major prerequisite -- the availability of an educated or literate workforce with varied skills for successful application in different forms of economic activities -- of...
Shahiduzzaman KhanWith the simplification of raw materials import process, the country can make the export earnings of plastic products double by 2010. Due to inadequate supply of raw materials, Bangladesh is now missing a chance to raise its foreign currency...
Luke JohnsonEarly this month I sat in an audit committee meeting of a smallish listed company. I was intrigued to hear both the finance director and audit partner declare that the accountancy profession had "lost the plot". Or rather, the...
Md. Ashraf HossainBANGLADESH is an overpopulated country in to-day's world. Its economy is mainly agro-based. The contribution of its industry and service sectors to the gross domestic product(GDP), though increasing, is still not very significant. The agriculture sector is considered...
THE Boro rice crop is one of the two main ones in the country. Any significant fall in the production of the Boro crop is bound to have adverse repercussions for the country's food security. Lower productivity in the Boro...
A foolproof system is needed to prevent the recurrence of a political crisis in the future. It would require reconstitution of institutions. The condition for holding elections scrupulously would have to be created.Common people can't have ideas about what should...
THERE are too many places in the country where the heavy withdrawal of underground waters have disturbed the soil layers. The lands are facing subsidence conditions in many places and even mild earthquakes could cause any great havoc on such...
Syed Fattahul AlimON the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war US President George W Bush made a frank admission. Speaking before the armed forces and defence officials he said he acknowledged that he could not anticipate the costs of the...
Md. Mahfuzur Rahman SiddiqueTHE second Indo-Bangladesh Bangla Games concluded on February 26 in Dhaka opening a new avenue for furthering the ties between Bangladesh and 'Bharat' (India). It further cemented the ties between the Bangladeshis and the people of Indian...
Snigdha Madhuri of News NetworkAFTER a long affair, Hena Islam married her fiancé, Sohel, barely six months ago. They were having a great time indeed. All on a sudden, a trouble broke out in their paradise. The reason: Unwanted calls...
BEIJING, Mar 22 (AFP): China turned its back Saturday on appeals for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, vowing to smash anti-China forces in Tibet, where it said the death toll in recent unrest had risen to 19. A day after...
RIYADH, Mar 22 (AFP): US Vice President Dick Cheney and Saudi King Abdullah discussed chaotic energy markets here, focusing primarily on medium- and long-term ways to promote stability, a US official said Saturday. In meetings that also included Oil Minister...
TAIPEI, Mar 22 (Reuters): Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party's (KMT) presidential candidate, Ma Ying-jeou, has won more than half the vote in Saturday's election, the party said, auguring improved ties with diplomatic rival China. Ma had won more than 7 million...
SHAJOY, Afghanistan, Mar 22 (Reuters): Afghan police backed by US troops killed three Taliban fighters and captured three more in a 40-minute gunbattle in southern Afghanistan Saturday, a Reuters witness said. The firefight erupted after some 40 Afghan police officers,...
SIDON, Lebanon, Mar 22 (AFP): Quiet returned to Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp Saturday after a ceasefire between Islamic militants and fighters of the mainstream Fatah faction ended heavy clashes. The hundreds of civilians who had fled the fighting in...
WASHINGTON, Mar 22 (AFP): The International Monetary Fund signalled yesterday that it was ratcheting up its scrutiny of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) due to their rapidly growing financial clout. IMF officials are planning to develop a blueprint of voluntary best...
COLUMBIA, SC, Mar 22 (AP): The subprime mortgage crisis has yielded at least one benefit for states: Mortgage-related investments have become so cheap that they are luring some pension funds to buy.Retirement systems in South Carolina and Pennsylvania are nibbling...
TOKYO, Mar 22 (Reuters): Acting Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said yesterday that dealing with global market turmoil was his top priority, but warned those expecting a cut in interest rates that he has no preconceptions on where...
LONDON, March 22 (AFP): Gold and oil prices scored fresh lifetime peaks this week as investors snapped up commodities in favour of the weak dollar and sought safety from falling equity markets. Oil approached 112 dollars per barrel and gold...
AGBARHA-OTOR, Nigeria, March 22 (AFP): Record high oil prices have done little for the people of the oil-rich Niger Delta, where many earn a dollar a day if they can find work at all and rundown villages sit neglected. The...
DUBAI, Mar 22 (PTI): The UAE and other Gulf countries, which are facing acute shortage of workers, are looking at countries like Bangladesh and Nepal to get labourers needed to complete mega projects worth a whopping USD 1.9 trillion. In...
JOHANNESURG, March 22 (Reuters): South Africa's government yesterday backed a plan to raise electricity prices more than 50 per cent to tackle a power crisis hitting vital mines, despite fears it could fan inflation in Africa's biggest economy. State-owned power...
New York, Mar 22 (PTI): In the UN-declared International Year of sanitation, a report by WHO and UNICEF released ahead of the World Water day says more than 60 per cent Africans lack access to a proper toilet. The UN...
FE ReportWalton, a renowned and well established brand of the RB Group in the electrical and electronics sector of the country, inaugurated its exclusive showroom Emajoy Electronics and Motors at 22 Tipu Sultan Road, Wari, Dhaka recently. Senior Deputy Director...
FE ReportFareast Islami Life Insurance Company Ltd's Policy and Claims Sub-Committee Chairperson Iffat Jahan has achieved 'Begum Rokeya Award 2008' for her remarkable contribution to the insurance industry of the country. Former caretaker government adviser Sultana Kamal handed over the...
Dubai, Mar 22 (PTI): The International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) of Abu Dhabi and Borealis AG have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) for the development of a new chemicals industrial city. The multi-billion...
Adviser for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mohammad Anwarul Iqbal said Saturday, it is possible to prevent 70 per cent of water and excreta-borne diseases through practicing proper hand washing across the country, reports BSS. Iqbal as the chief...
RAJSHAHI, March 22 (BSS): Speakers at a symposium here today underscored the need for taking an effective and urgent step to protect the existing water resources in the region particularly in its vast tract of Barind area from all sorts...
FE Report Some 2.6 billion people worldwide do not have access to sanitation, and to raise awareness for this crisis, this year's World Water Day will focus on sanitation.Worldwide, about 1.7 million deaths per year, 90 per cent of which...
FE ReportInfluential members of the society should come forward and work spontaneously to enhance the life of the underprivileged members of the society and seek the establishment of equal rights for all mankind in the spirit of Islam and the...
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