Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2020-04-30 12:00:00
As noted by Warwick Anderson, a University of Sydney professor of ethics, in a recent article titled 'Epidemic Philosophy', the Covid-19 pndemic galvanised many Western philosophers to philosophise about its meaning and significance within weeks of its becoming a global...
Siddique Islam | 2020-04-30 00:00:00
The country's foreign exchange (forex) reserve reached at US$33 billion-mark on Wednesday following lower import payment pressure on the economy due to the worldwide spread of coronavirus pandemic.The forex reserve stood at around $33 billion on the day, according to...
Mashfique Khalid | 2020-04-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh is going to face a big blow from the storm of Covid-19. Business and trade have already started to suffer. With Ramadan in an unprecedented period, consumer-oriented businesses need to think strategically to focus on people's core needs and...
Melita Mehjabeen | 2020-04-30 00:00:00
With the coronavirus spreading rapidly across the world, countries have taken rapid and decisive actions to shut down schools, colleges and universities to contain the virus and ease the spread of the pandemic. All kinds of assessments have been postponed...
Mohammad Saiful Islam | 2020-04-30 00:00:00
"Hello apa, I don't need any food. It's just my baby is starving. It needs some powder milk, even cow milk will do! Can you arrange some?" Out of hundreds of phone calls she receives everyday, this remains the most...
Nazimuddin Shyamol | 2020-04-30 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, April 27: The five mega projects of Chattogram of Tk 125 billion (approximately) have not been completed within the schedule as the work of the projects has been postponed since March 26 last due to coronavirus outbreak. As a...
Babul Barman | 2020-04-30 00:00:00
Share prices of all listed banks tumbled up to 72 per cent in the past one year until March 25, 2020 amid prolonged bearish trend in the country's capital market.All the 30 banks listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange witnessed...
Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad | 2020-04-30 00:00:00
In the past, pandemics killed large numbers of people. For example, Asian Flu (1957-58) killed between 1.1 million and 4.0 million people and Spanish Flu (1918-20) killed between 17million and 50 million or more people. The Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2020-04-29 00:00:00
All importers, both commercial and manufacturers, will enjoy waiver of port store rent until May 04 for the containers imported during the ongoing holidays.The waiver of store rent will be applicable to the products that have landed in Chattogram port...
Rezaul Karim | 2020-04-29 00:00:00
The government has asked key importers to explore alternative overseas market for essentials and pharmaceutical products to ensure smooth supply of the same amid prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.It also said there is need for resumption of transport services at local level...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2020-04-29 00:00:00
The RMG (ready-made garment) and textile companies should maintain 'operational manual' to contain the spread of COVID-19 among workers ahead of full resumption of production in the companies.However, the companies' productions right now should also be resumed in a limited...
Natalie Blyth | 2020-04-29 00:00:00
A bee sting nearly killed me. My passion for beekeeping therefore comes as a surprise to many. Through tending their hives, I observe nature's complex system of interdependency, adaptability and efficiency. It is fascinating to apply these observations to the...
Hasnat Abdullah, Mutasim Billah Mubde and Sajjad Zohir | 2020-04-29 00:00:00
Boro accounts for 54.0 per cent of the total rice produced in the country, while Aus accounts for another 7.0 per cent. Of the total rice marketed by local producers, Boro and Aus (reportedly) account for 80.0 per cent or...
Siddique Islam | 2020-04-28 00:00:00
The central bank has relaxed rules, allowing all the scheduled banks to submit their audited balance sheet by June 30, mainly due to spread of the coronavirus outbreak countrywide, officials said.The banks are now allowed to submit their audited balance...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2020-04-28 00:00:00
The economic downturn due to COVID-19 has severely affected the country's internal revenue collection that posted 2.73-per cent negative growth in March 2020.During the period under review, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) faced a shortfall of Tk 119.55 billion...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2020-04-28 00:00:00
Paid-up capital of a significant number of brokerage firms of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) still remain poor compared to stipulated capital requirements set to avert the risk of doing business.The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) enacted the risk based...
Prof. Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2020-04-28 00:00:00
The Covid-19 pandemic has left its effects on overseas jobs, and the inflow of remittance earning for Bangladesh. It is quite a disquieting news that Bangladeshi expatriates sent home around US$1.29 billion only in remittances in March 2020 - the...
M. A. Taslim | 2020-04-28 00:00:00
The novel corona virus Covid-19 which appeared first in Wuhan, China in December 2019 has spread all over the world in less than three months. The rapidity with which it spread is stunning. It has already infected over 2.8 million...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2020-04-27 00:00:00
Most of the educational institutions have launched online classes on a limited scale due to continuation of the coronavirus lockdown in Bangladesh.As the shutdown is unlikely to end soon amid the pandemic, schools, colleges and private universities, mostly English-medium kindergartens...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2020-04-27 00:00:00
Foreign currency dealers have requested its member banks to maintain a benchmark for quoting exchange rates to the overseas firms engaged in remitting money to the country.The Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association (Bafeda) said the exchange rate for overseas exchange...
Babul Barman | 2020-04-27 00:00:00
Net foreign investment in the Dhaka bourse has been on a downward trend for the last one year as the overseas investors continued to pull out their fund amid prolonged bearish market trend.The foreign investors withdrew a total of Tk...
Neil Ray | 2020-04-27 00:00:00
Scientists are in a race against time to beat coronavirus now rampaging all across the world. As the death toll is about to reach the 0.2 million mark, therapeutic remedy by existing drugs has not been quite effective. Hydroxychloroquine and...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2020-04-27 00:00:00
The novel coronavirus continues to be a mystery. Frantic efforts are on and funds worth billions of dollar have been deployed in an all-out war against this deadly invisible enemy the modern world has ever encountered. There have been questions...
Syeda Sultana Razia | 2020-04-27 00:00:00
Children are born to be creative, like eagles are born to soar, see the world, and find food, not scratch and fight for scraps in a coop. Instead of competing against each other on memorisation tests, when children utilise their...
Jakirul Islam and Akhand Tiwari | 2020-04-27 00:00:00
COVID-19 continues to affect people's lives in various ways. People are staying indoors because of restrictions on movement and from a fear of being infected. While this is the right thing to do, one still needs to purchase household essentials...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2020-04-26 00:00:00
Goods transportation from Chattogram port has become costlier as charges have almost doubled for inadequate carriers and drivers amid coronavirus lockdown.Sources said drivers and labourers who went back to villages since announcement of the lockdown could not reach the workstation,...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2020-04-26 00:00:00
Tax officials are finding it difficult to maintain physical distancing in the customs houses due to congested premises, exposing them to coronavirus contraction.After the government resumed full-fledged customs assessment from April 22 to keep the supply chain uninterrupted, the customs...
Ismail Hossain | 2020-04-26 00:00:00
The country's microfinance institutions, or MFIs, have sought Tk 225 billion refinancing fund as stimulus package to overcome the economic losses from the coronavirus pandemic.Credit and Development Forum, or CDF, a national grouping of the MFIs, has sent letters to...
TALHA BIN HABIB | 2020-04-26 00:00:00
The government has taken some pragmatic steps with an eye to ensuring employment of the nation's youth amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Bangladesh.As part of the move, industries ministry has taken multiple measures to equip the youth,...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2020-04-26 00:00:00
Number of mobile app users still remains very insignificant compared to total number of BO (beneficiary owner's) accounts as the exchanges' promotional activities were not sufficient to make the app popular.Resumption of share trading on the bourse is not being...
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