Accurate statistics is one of the critical needs for proper planning, be it by the government, the private sector or the individual. Flawed statistics may adversely influence decision making --including vital ones involving expenditure and investment-- leading to undesirable outcome....
Qazi AzadWHEN two diagnosis centers offer radically different opinions on the ailment of a seriously sick patient, the victim's relatives go for the third opinion at an additional cost. Surely, we are in a similar situation.Two individual write-ups on the...
James WilsonA week at a business school should always prove illuminating for the executives who take up such opportunities. So it was for Arthur Francis -- in spite of the fact that most of his weeks are spent the same...
Mostafa AminTHE Dhaka University teachers, who taught and tell us that absolute power corrupts absolutely, have reacted sharply through their association against the government proposed Umbrella Act 2007 for the country's 28 public universities. Their association has branded it as...
THE postal department is gradually losing its attraction. E-mail and Internet and SMS by mobile have become too easy to communicate. In such a situation, the government is beginning to restructure the long-neglected postal department. The restructuring had in fact,...
THERE is a sad but interesting political tale in a parliamentary constituency outside Dhaka. The workers of a particular widely known person used to visit people at their residential addresses in that area to seek votes for him whenever he...
ON having bowed out of office to let his Chancellor of Exchequer, Gordon Brown, to replace him as the British Prime Minister on June 27, Tony Blair has taken up the odd job of a mediator in a region where...
Khan Ferdousour RahmanA passport is a travel document issued by a national government that usually identifies the bearer as a national of the issuing state and requests that the bearer be permitted to enter and pass through other countries. Passports...
Forrest CooksonTHERE is an important ongoing effort to prepare the National Coal Policy. Reports on this activity have "stakeholders" agreeing on a royalty rate in the range of 16-30%; much higher than the current level of 6%. These proposed higher...
Rob BarryIT is no secret that the predominantly African-American Newhall neighbourhood, in south Hamden, grew up on top of a number of toxic dump sites. Children at the old Hamden Middle School on Newhall Street used to be told they...
Syed Fattahul AlimThe military raid on the Lal Masjid compound in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad is over. General Musharraf's government is gloating over the success of the raid styled 'Operation Silence' since, it claimed, civilian casualties could be kept to a...
Taslima Hossain Shikha Ayan, an O level student, is a regular smoker. His looks have lost charm. He looks older than his age of 17. Black spots on his teeth, lips and below the eyes have compounded his ugliness. Ayan...
Lucy Hornby and Vivi LinAn elderly Japanese swordmaker painstakingly forges his final masterpiece in the opening sequence of "Yasukuni", Chinese documentary filmmaker Li Ying's exploration of a controversial Tokyo shrine.The enigmatic swordmaker, Naoharu Kariya, is the last craftsman at a...
Enayet RasulThe reconstituted caretaker government has been in power for the last six months . Every day, prior to the takeover by this government, people in Bangladesh woke up from sleep in the morning with anxieties and worries filling their...
Shikder Sohana Ferdoush Nigar Nazneen, who works at a car company, is a regular borrower of books from Biswa Sahitya Kendra library in Dhaka. It has become a habit for her to visit the library on her way back home...
Simon GardnerFirst there is a blazing back-flash, then a thunderous explosion -- squeezing the trigger of his rocket-propelled grenade launcher, Tamil Tiger fighter S. Kadalarasan imagines future kills.Lying in a 'foxhole' during a practice assault where Tiger fighters learn jungle...
FE ReportThe interim government has asked the World Bank to process a transitional budgetary support credit, which it requires to fund the country's deficit financing in fiscal 2007-08. "We've requested the bank to prepare groundwork for processing the interim budget...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe government, ending a long wait of fourteen months, is going to announce this week the fate of Indian business conglomerate Tata's $3.0 billion revised investment proposals excepting the one involving the Barapukuria coalmine."We will let them know our decision...
FE Report The growth of Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to remain around 6.5-7.0 per cent over the medium term, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.The growth will be led by an expected higher agriculture production again in...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan have little difference over reforms in the party, Joint Secretary General Gayeshwar Chandra Roy said Friday, reports bdnews24.com."Both the chairperson and the secretary general want reforms to take place and...
S M JahangirThe government has taken up step to carry out a detailed financial assessment of the newly corporatised Bangladesh Airlines to help initiate the necessary corrective measures for turning the national flag carrier into a viable entity.Simultaneously, a comprehensive...
FE ReportFertiliser importers have taken a move to get increased subsidy from the government and ensure smooth supply system across the country to make the agricultural input available at a reasonable price to the farmers.Bangladesh Fertiliser Association (BFA), a platform...
Krishna Guha, FT Syndication ServiceWASHINGTON: The Bush administration has urged China to step up efforts to ensure the safety of its exports to the US, following a spate of Chinese product recalls and food scares.Carlos Gutierrez, the commerce secretary, made...
NAOGAON, June 13: Some 1,454 domestic fowls were culled in the district town Thursday night following detection of avian influenza. Two separate teams, led by a first class magistrate, searched local houses at Pramanikpara, Mandolpara, Mollahpara and Shibpur area near...
BAGERHAT, July 13 : Pirates looted fish and other valuables worth over Tk 1.3 million from 18 fishing trawlers, leaving 20 fishermen injured at Narikelbaria area adjacent to the Sunderbans in the Bay here Thursday night. They also abducted 25...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The government is going to replace the existing insurance act shortly to protect the interests of policyholders and, at the same time, revitalise the country's insurance sector.Two separate drafts, one meant for the "Taqaful" (Islamic insurance) and...
Prices of different brands of powdered milk have increased 29 to 47 per cent over the past year, according to the information of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), reports bdnews24.com. The exorbitant price hike of powdered milk has compelled many...
The Election Commission is poised to announce the much-expected roadmap Sunday, detailing timetables for its future steps to hold the stalled parliamentary polls next year, reports UNB.Chief Election Commissio-ner Dr Shamsul Huda, who will spell out the roadmap through media,...
Controversial Judge of the High Court Faisal Mahmud Faizee, who resigned Thursday, wants to resume legal practice but there is little chance for him to do so, as the Bangladesh Bar Council revoked his enrolment as advocate for tempering with...
FE ReportStock prices remained mixed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) last week that ended Thursday though the market was affected in the last working day when the central bank said it will continue its cautious and restrictive monetary policy...
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