Nilratan Halder | 2021-12-31 00:00:00
As the curtain is about to fall on a year that has seen both unprecedented highs and lows in human spirit on account of the worst pandemic in history, the world people look forward to the New Year for a...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2021-12-30 00:00:00
Around half of the active BO (beneficiary owner) accounts have not played any role in daily transactions over the years as those accounts either have zero balance or have never been used in share trading.On the other hand, an investor...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2021-12-30 00:00:00
The securities regulator has decided to keep unchanged the banks' 'full discretion' regarding cancellation of distributions or payments - to facilitate their capital formation through issuing perpetual bonds.In a letter, sent to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Wednesday, the Bangladesh...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2021-12-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh's hungry securities market swallows a gain-only bond as the Tk 50-billion government Sukuk was oversubscribed nearly five times to Tk 233.04 billion in its auction held Wednesday.A total of 31 institutions -- both conventional and Shariah-compliant financial institutions --...
Ipshita Maliat Rahman | 2021-12-30 00:00:00
Youth must be one of the most confusing states ever. One day someone is a student full of energy doing every activity under the sky, and the next day they're expected to work to pay bills, take responsibility, and start...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2021-12-30 00:00:00
From the Alpine valley where geologist Jean-Pierre Perraudin found a huge boulder in 1815 and wondered how did it settle there to the city of Glasgow where the COP-26 the annual conference of countries was held under the UN Framework...
Masum Billah | 2021-12-30 00:00:00
Media reports and practical situation clearly hinted that students are not going to get new textbooks on the first day of the New Year (2022). The NCTB has released the news that pre-primary students usually don't get free textbooks, they...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2021-12-30 00:00:00
Elderly population (65+) in Bangladesh will reportedly make 16.30 per cent (31,413,697) of the total estimated population of 192,690,991 in 2051-- only in thirty years from its 2021 share of 5.33 per cent (8,865,237) out of the current total population...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2021-12-29 00:00:00
The central bank has relaxed further the loan repayment policy for the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) to help them expedite their recovery effort from the fallouts of Covid-19 pandemic.The borrowers under the stimulus package will now have...
REZAUL KARIM | 2021-12-29 00:00:00
Thailand has decided to offer the duty-free, quota-free (DFQF) facility for Bangladeshi products in its market until 2026 to enhance bilateral trade volume, officials said.The previous such arrangement between the countries expired on December 31, 2020.The Thai Embassy in Dhaka...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-12-29 00:00:00
A large number of Bangladeshi subscribers to global technological giants are subjected to double taxation for legal lacuna and lack of expertise to track transactions by the non-resident companies, sources say.Those who are placing any advertisement with or obtaining any...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2021-12-29 00:00:00
Archbishop Desmond Tutu's death at the age of ninety takes away from our mortal world one more of the individuals who have shaped modern South Africa. And modern in this context refers to the country as it emerged following the...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2021-12-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh relaxed regulations allowing foreigners working in the country to repatriate most of their wages monthly and the remainder at yearend to encourage them to send their incomes through official channels. Under the eased rules, authorized dealer (AD) banks now...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2021-12-28 00:00:00
The latest in the waterway accidents took place in the early hours of Friday (December 24) night on the river Sugandha near JhalakathiUpazila. Strangely, it was not the usual case of sinking of a ferry, or launch, that happens often...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2021-12-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh's apex chamber stands to whistle stop a drafted new income-tax law to have the authority to elicit private sector's recommendation as businesses see in it 'loopholes'.Stating in a petition that they were held distant onlookers in the law-farming process,...
Morten Seja and Komal Mohindra | 2021-12-27 00:00:00
The vast majority of businesses in the world are small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). They are the backbone of any economy and play a substantial role in developing economies in generating employment, alleviating poverty and spurring growth. Yet, they often...
Neil Ray | 2021-12-27 00:00:00
If Cox's Bazar is the country's prime tourist spot, it is also one of the most crime-ridden areas. A must-visit site like the Sunderbans is not for family tours, particularly when there are children. A journey to the world's greatest...
Md Mahmudul Hasan and Imtiaj Hossain Chowdhury | 2021-12-27 00:00:00
Injury to eye is a major cause of vision loss or blindness. A review completed for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1998 estimated that eye injuries caused 1.6 million people to become blind in both eyes, 2.3 million people...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-12-26 00:00:00
All is set to launch the bus route franchise (BRF) service on a pilot basis from Ghatarchar to Katchpur in Dhaka today. On the opening day, a total of 50 buses will provide the service. Of them, 20 buses from...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2021-12-26 00:00:00
Most banks are about to miss the target of lending from the second tranche of recovery stimulus also to cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs). Now close to the December deadline to a bifurcated target, the banks are still...
Nilratan Halder | 2021-12-25 12:00:00
Winter is the time when people of this part of the world have traditionally given indulgence to their gastronomical luxuries and made time for various cultural activities. No, all these are way different from the Christmas and the New Year’s...
REZAUL KARIM | 2021-12-25 12:00:00
A government body says no to a commerce ministry's proposal for allowing import of venison as well as camel meat to let the local market grow more.The ministry recently wrote to the department of fishes and livestock (DFL), seeking opinion...
Shafiul Alam | 2021-12-25 00:00:00
The Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) of Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Ministry of Planning, has been operating a citizen portal (citizen.cptu.gov.bd) called Sorkari Kroy Batayan since 26 Aug 2020 that allows citizens to access public procurement data. The interactive...
A.Y.M. Fazlul Hoque | 2021-12-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh has made great progress in achieving rights of children as enshrined in the convention of the rights of the child (care). Effective leadership and guidance, firm determination as well as spontaneous and whole-hearted participation of the people and the...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2021-12-25 00:00:00
With no minimum penalty range set for labour-law violation, the inspectors sometimes fine such a lawbreaker as low as Tk 100 that virtually borders on impunity for more acts of contravention. Officials say the maximum penalty for labour-law violation is...
BABUL BARMAN | 2021-12-25 00:00:00
Stocks suffered yet another setback in the outgoing week, with the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) falling to four month low, amid confidence crisis among investors.The week featured five trading days as usual and four sessions ended...
Henrietta H Fore and David Malpass | 2021-12-25 00:00:00
As the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic approaches, classrooms remain fully or partially closed for as many as 647 million schoolchildren around the world. Even where schools have reopened, many students continue to lag behind.It is now abundantly and...
Ozair Islam | 2021-12-25 00:00:00
Domestic extremist incidences in the United States have reached unprecedented highs, fueled by white supremacists, anti-Muslims, anti-Asians, anti-Hispanic and anti-government fanatics. Homegrown terrorism is defined by 'the Prevention of Violent Radicalisation and Homegrown Terrorism Act' of 2007 as "the use,...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2021-12-25 00:00:00
The US has thanked Pakistan, the host of a recently-held meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)'s foreign ministers in aid of Afghanistan. The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has been deteriorating since mid-August when the US-led foreign forces left...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-12-24 00:00:00
An epoch change in Bangladesh's rail communications looks forthcoming as all train services are being converted to electric traction that would cut operational cost and travel time both, sources say. Bangladesh Railway's long-held move for switching to electric traction finally...
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