MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-10-12 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) has taken a move to purchase 54 metre-gauge (MG) passenger carriages -- to operate exclusive luxurious tourist trains from Dhaka to Cox's Bazar -- despite its plan to convert the MG lines into broad-gauge (BG) ones.Sources...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2021-10-12 00:00:00
Fifty four years ago, on 9 October 1967, Ernesto Che Guevara was murdered in the Bolivian village of La Higuera. Trapped a day earlier by Bolivian soldiers in the jungles near the village, thirteen days into the siege he and...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2021-10-12 00:00:00
This year's Nobel Peace Prize has gone to two journalists. The chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, while awarding the journalist duo, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, 2021's Nobel Peace Prize, said the pair were being honoured "for...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2021-10-11 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 10: Traffic congestion, which has become a regular phenomenon in the port city in the last few months, is causing sufferings to the city-dwellers, including traders, students and office goers.Business people said the snarl causes huge losses to...
Neil Ray | 2021-10-11 00:00:00
At a time when local fish varieties have been depleting fast, the use of what is known as Gill or Current net has only expedited the process. To add to the danger, another fishing net called China net or Darki...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2021-10-11 00:00:00
It's Covid time. Life has never been so difficult. Families have lost their near and dear ones to the deadly virus---SARS-CoV-2. People in their thousands fought a hard battle with the pathogen and survived. Millions lost their jobs and sources...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-10-10 00:00:00
The Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) has drafted an interim policy to pilot the bus route franchise (BRF) service from Ghatarchar to Katchpur from December 01.Sources said the 'BRF Piloting Policy 2021' would help the owners of over 120 buses...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2021-10-10 00:00:00
Excise-duty collection for government exchequer from principal amounts of bank depositors swelled amid a surge in deposits and expansion of banking sector in Bangladesh. Two cardinal financial factors are being cited by analysts for certain classes of people keeping money...
Siddique Islam | 2021-10-10 00:00:00
Meghna Bank Limited is diversifying its investment portfolios with focus on retail and small and medium enterprises (SME) business to minimize risk, the bank's top executive has said.Under the plans, the investment in retail and SME will reach at 50...
Delwar Hossain | 2021-10-10 00:00:00
The 18th Speech of the Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the largest stage of global diplomacy, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), is a testimony to global justice and peace. Forty-six years ago, Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh...
Asjadul Kibria | 2021-10-10 00:00:00
Another set of leaks is now in hand and it is quite massive. Dubbed Pandora Papers, some 11.90 million documents on financial transactions and taxes, it has exposed how the wealthy and the powerful in different countries use the global...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2021-10-09 12:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 08: GPH Ispat Limited has exported a total of 120,000 MT billet to China and earned a total of 71 million US dollar so far. The GPH exported the billets by five shipments since November last year till...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2021-10-09 00:00:00
The Indian line of credit (LoC)-funded projects in the road-transport sector are still slow in progress, excepting those taken to procure goods.Eight projects are under implementation under three LoCs at an estimated cost of $947.61 million to upgrade infrastructure facilities...
REZAUL KARIM | 2021-10-09 00:00:00
Different state agencies show reluctance to pay over Tk 3.72 billion they owe the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), officials said.State-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBA) tops the list of defaulters, they added.It owed the CAAB over Tk 3.28 billion...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2021-10-09 00:00:00
The country's insurance sector had gone through intensive reforms during the last half a decade and the efforts paid off remarkably, said Sena Kalyan Insurance Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Brig Gen (Retd) Shafique Shamim. The trust deficit and malpractices in...
Abul Quasem Haider | 2021-10-09 00:00:00
Chinese President Xi Jinping calling on the world's political parties said everyone must work together to build a one-size-fits-all economic globalisation that is more open, inclusive, and participatory and win-win. He was speaking at the Great Hall of the People...
Mohammad Jahangir Alam and Lin Crase | 2021-10-09 00:00:00
Regardless of the remarkable progress of some industries across South Asia, agriculture remains the primary source of employment and income for a large portion of the population. In Bangladesh, for instance, 38 per cent of the working population was employed...
Nilratan Halder | 2021-10-09 00:00:00
It was an essay on the biography of a thief many veteran of today in their school days have read. The thief narrates how once he was caught red-handed and being meted out merciless physical punishment by the assembled crowd....
BABUL BARMAN | 2021-10-09 00:00:00
Stocks posted a modest rise in the outgoing week, extending the gaining streak for the third straight week, riding on selective large-cap issues.Week-on-week, DSEX, the key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up 13.93 points or 0.13 per...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2021-10-09 00:00:00
In 2013 the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), a global collaborative platform of media organisations and journalists, obtained 260 gigabytes of leaked offshore data contained in 2.5 million documents from Portucullis offshore group in Cook Islands. In 2016, the...
Francesca Caselli and Prachi Mishra | 2021-10-09 00:00:00
The economic recovery has fuelled a rapid acceleration in inflation this year for advanced and emerging market economies, driven by firming demand, supply shortages, and rapidly rising commodity prices.We forecast in our (International Monetary Fund or IMF) latest World Economic...
BABUL BARMAN | 2021-10-08 00:00:00
The government's revenue earnings from Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) marked a whopping 85 per cent rise in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year, compared to the same period of the previous fiscal.With the rising trading volume, government's...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2021-10-08 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 07: All is set for opening on trial basis the multilane Bangabandhu Tunnel under the River Karnaphuli in the port city Friday.Planning Minister MA Manan has said that the 9.092 kilometres (km) long four-lane tunnel under the river,...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2021-10-08 00:00:00
If everything goes as planned, Bangladesh is set to gain the developing country status by 2026. The United Nations reportedly has again recommended the graduation. But the country has to deal with a few challenges during the five years it...
Nilratan Halder | 2021-10-08 00:00:00
A study titled "Secondary education programme: Governance challenges and way out" unveiled by the Transparency International, Bangladesh finds massive irregularities, particularly exchange of bribe money for teachers' appointment, transfer and approval of monthly pay order (MPO). The TIB based its...
Chuck Collins | 2021-10-08 00:00:00
The Pandora Papers, a massive expose about the secret shell games and tax avoidance schemes of the world's ultra-wealthy, has hit headlines around the globe. This colossal undertaking involved 600 journalists from 117 countries and was coordinated by the International...
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana | 2021-10-08 00:00:00
The growing number and share of older persons in Asia and the Pacific represent success stories of declining fertility and increasing longevity; the result of advances in social and economic development. This demographic transition is taking place against the backdrop...
Sirajum Munira Tuli | 2021-10-07 00:00:00
Year 2019. Maliha Rahman (pseudonym) always wanted to prepare for 'D' Unit exam in admission test with the dream of studying at Dhaka University. Her father, however, told her either to be a doctor or an engineer. "You don't even...
Tofael Mahmud | 2021-10-07 00:00:00
The university admission battle has started once again. These exams often focus on testing the aspirants on their group subjects. However, falling short here doesn't mean the end of the world. There is always a plan B for smart ones....
Tchuda Na Blaga | 2021-10-07 00:00:00
The Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has clearly affected all areas of social and economic activity, and both governments and nongovernmental organizations around the world are mobilising to find ways of arresting its harmful impact. However, in order to respond and build...
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