Qazi Azad A discourse, half complete, is at best useless or it may be food for confusion. Having read one Mr. Maswood Alam Khan's letter on Mother Teresa in the FE issue of last Tuesday this scribe was impelled from...
Kamran T. RahmanLest we forget, the jute industry was the life blood of our economy for several decades and continues to be one of the mainstays of our rural economy even today. About 15 million farmers are involved in growing...
Martin Wolf"At particular times a great deal of stupid people have a great deal of stupid money . . . At intervals . . . the money of these people -- the blind capital, as we call it, of the...
Syed Fattahul AlimConsciousness is the attribute that draws the line between the world of the living and the non-living. But one may question whether the very primitive forms of life such as the protozoa possess what is usually understood by...
Many people have the impression that polls produce highly discrepant findings that simply do not add up. However scholars of public opinion have found that by organizing public opinion research across studies and carefully reading the wording of questions there...
Shanu Mostafiz Shefali spends much of her time taking care of her younger brother. She also has to fetch drinking water for her family from nearly a half-mile away every morning when girls her age go to school.Shefali, a seven-year-old...
Enayet Rasul Lots of things are said at talk-shops such as seminars, symposiums, roundtables, etc. But the flurry of words produce nothing in the end because the authorities running this country are always found to be extremely cooperative in only...
As Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf heads towards an election that is expected to secure him another five-year term, his alliance with the United States in the war on terror is increasingly alienating members of his cabinet and the ruling party....
V Radhika In a world that is still witnessing a great deal of Islam-bashing, the recent Id celebrations in a Toronto mosque made history quietly. A young woman, Maryam Mirza, 20, led part of the Id sermon; and another woman,...
Steve JohnsonA headlong rush by pension funds into active currency management has resulted in losses for many investors.And strategists are warning of further losses to come if the carry trade - the practise of borrowing in low-yielding currencies and buying...
Richard ParkhouseFund management firms had a great year in 2006.The latest research on global fund management shows operating profit margins are at record levels, while cost/income ratios are at their lowest recorded level. And even though performance-based pay went up...
William BarnesThe recent sharp rise in the value of the Thai baht is helping reshape a hithertoconservative fund management industry by encouraging investment overseas, according to the secretary-general of the Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).The Bank of Thailand has...
Ruth SullivanInvesting in Africa has traditionally not been for the faint-hearted, but investors are beginning to see opportunity in the continent, particularly in sub-Saharan countries.Signs of a more favourable investment climate are emerging as economies strengthen and diversify, fuelled by...
Deb Riechmann President Bush will urge U.S. allies at an Asia summit next week to stand firm against North Korea's nuclear program and to keep their troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.The president arrives in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday evening local time...
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Asia is being fuelled by the sexual behaviour of wealthy men and not by poverty as is widely believed, says a new study by UNAIDS and the Asian Development Bank.Rich men who often have unprotected...
Isabel ReynoldsChina tried to ease Tokyo's worries over its ballooning military spending in a meeting on Thursday at which the Asian rivals' defence ministers agreed to stage the first-ever visit by a Chinese warship to Japan.Cao Gangchuan's trip to Japan...
John WilkinsonChina's gross domestic product (GDP) for the first half of this year was 11.5 per cent, which is its 11th year of significant GDP growth.Invesco Hong Kong investment director Maggie Lee said for the past 10 years China has...
Rupa DamodaranTHE Malaysian economy expanded 5.7 per cent in the second quarter of this year, beating market expectations that gross domestic product (GDP) growth would come in at 5.5 per cent year-on-year.Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar...
Jason SimpkinsThe state-run Bank of China and its Hong Kong subsidiary last week stunned investors by revealing a combined $11.25 billion in holdings related to the U.S. subprime debt market, the largest potential exposure reported by an Asian company and...
FE Report Bangladesh National Committee of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the world business body, in collaboration with German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) will hold a day-long workshop on the latest international commercial terms, known as 'Incoterms 2000' today (Saturday) at...
FE ReportPrices of vegetables and green chilli declined slightly while the prices of other essential commodities remained unchanged in the city markets over the past week, traders said.Traders said the prices of vegetables declined in the city markets mainly due...
Call rate maintains steady levelSarwar ZahanThe inter-bank call money rate remained steady throughout last week despite withdrawal of large amounts of cash through auctions of reverse repurchase agreement (repo), treasury bills, Bangladesh Bank treasury bills and Bangladesh Bank (BB) bills,...
FE Report Continental Insurance Limited (CIL) has declared 7.5 per cent dividend for its shareholders. The dividend was approved in CIL's 7th annual general meeting (AGM) held in the city recently. The company's Chairman Md Musa Meah presided over the...
FE ReportBRAC Bank Limited recently relocated its Agrabad branch to C and F Tower at 1222 Sheikh Mujib Road from Progoti House at 1070 Sheikh Mujib Road in the port-city.BRAC Bank Managing Director and CEO Imran Rahman formally inaugurated the...
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) President Ahmad Mohamed Ali Friday visited the Islamic University of Technology (IUT), a subsidiary organ of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), reports UNB.IUT Vice-Chancellor M Fazli Ilahi apprised him of the objectives and various...
FE ReportIndia-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) President and Nitol Group Chairman Abdul Matlub Ahmad left the city for Kolkata Tuesday.During his stay in Kolkata Matlub Ahmad will join a meeting with the members of FICCI and other business...
Commercial Bank of CeylonAug 26 - Aug 29, 2007In the last week of August, US dollar kept its bullish tone againstBangladesh taka due to continued high demand for foreign exchange to meet import-related obligation and relatively lower inward remittances as...
LONDON, Aug 31 (Agencies): Princess Diana's family gathered Friday to solemnly mark the 10th anniversary of her death, while admirers tied scores of bouquets, poems and pictures to the gates of her former home. It was a day for broadcasting...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 (Agencies): Exiled former leader Benazir Bhutto is gambling her future on a power-sharing deal with President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, hoping to revive a political dynasty. Bhutto is urging Musharraf to step down as military chief and drop...
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and landslides are some of the additional catastrophes that climate change and its rising sea levels and melting glaciers could bring, a geologist says. The impact of human-induced global warming on Earth's ice and oceans is...
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