Neil Ray | 2020-03-02 00:00:00
At her age, she ought to have been the delight of her parents' eyes, moving like a butterfly before her indulging grandpas and grandmas. But it was not to be for 10-year old Niti. Born to parents who parted ways...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2020-03-02 00:00:00
Statistics are often blamed for creating all sorts of confusion. This is more so when different sources do present different statistics about one particular issue. Bangladesh's grain import from Canada in 2019 is a case in point. The country's grain...
Nina Larson in Geneva, Switzerland | 2020-03-02 00:00:00
Washington is warning about the prospect of a Chinese national heading up the UN patent agency, saying that putting Beijing in charge of global intellectual property protection would be a "terrible mistake"."We want a candidate who comes from a country...
TALHA BIN HABIB | 2020-03-01 00:00:00
The government has drafted a plastic and packaging policy with some provisions that include formation of a national council and specific timeframe for implementing it. Besides, the policy stresses that the domestic industry achieves competitiveness in manufacturing, sales of plastic...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2020-03-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh comes top among 20 countries in Asia and Oceania for taking highest days in customs clearance for Japanese companies, according to a survey.The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) survey done in 2019 shows the average days of such clearance...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2020-03-01 00:00:00
The authorities are planning to scale back tax exemptions for sectors like ICT, power, charity and fisheries in the upcoming budget after flagrant abuse.The National Board of Revenue, or NBR, has uncovered the evidence of abuse in the blanket tax...
Harold James in Princeton, New Jersey, USA | 2020-03-01 00:00:00
The outbreak of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, that began in Wuhan, China, may well turn into a global pandemic. Nearly 50 countries have confirmed cases of the virus, with the precise nature of the transmission mechanism remaining unclear.Pandemics are not...
Md. Khaled Mamun | 2020-03-01 00:00:00
For the first time in the history of Bangladesh, 1st of March 2020 is going to be celebrated as the 'National Insurance Day' in the country in a befitting manner. This celebration will definitely be a stimulant for the insurance...
Abdul Bayes | 2020-02-29 12:00:00
Among the things the nation can proudly celebrate in Mujib Borsho is, one is the achievements in the food sector. It is mainly because. Over the past three decades or so, Bangladesh has achieved enviable progress in improving food security...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2020-02-29 00:00:00
Many listed companies failed to utilise the IPO (initial public offering) funds within the stipulated time mentioned in their prospectuses.Some of them even could not complete the fund use within the extended time while few companies allegedly earned interests on...
Babul Barman | 2020-02-29 00:00:00
Stocks tumbled in the outgoing week as worried investors' dumped their holdings amid concern on the looming impact of the single-digit interest rate on the banking business.Due to coronavirus pandemic, stock markets around the world plummeted last week as it...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2020-02-29 00:00:00
Local drug makers have requested the government not to sign the patent cooperation treaty (PCT) which, they say, may limit the scope for the poor people's access to medicines.If Bangladesh signs the treaty and ratifies it, they said, multinational companies...
Md Mazadul Hoque | 2020-02-29 00:00:00
After a gap of two years, the Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) organised by Economic Relations Division (ERD) was held in Dhaka. The objectives of arranging such a programme is to portray the gained economic performances before the representatives of donor...
Ashadul Latif | 2020-02-29 00:00:00
Amor Ekushay Boimela, the grand book-fair in memory of the heroes of the language movement, has not only turned into a display venue, but also has become a place for the book lovers to meet and interact. After a tiny...
Nilratan Halder | 2020-02-29 00:00:00
A few days ago the picture of an orangutan extending its hand to a man it thought was in trouble in the muddy river running through a Borneo conservation forest went viral. Why? Because, the wild beast was moved by...
Abdullah Al Mamun Bhuiyan | 2020-02-29 00:00:00
Digital Bangladesh is the electoral pledge of the present government to develop Bangladesh as a middle-income country by 2021. It is a good initiative as all developed countries have demonstrated that digitalisation plays a de facto role in the development...
Bob Baulch in Lilongwe and Danielle Resnick in Washington, DC | 2020-02-29 00:00:00
On February 12, the Malawi High Court upheld its original decision to nullify the country's May 2019 presidential election, and decreed that the poll must be rerun within 150 days. Malawi has thus become only the second African country, after...
Asjadul Kibria | 2020-02-29 00:00:00
The month-long Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela comes to an end today. Some 5,000 books hit the stand this year and the total sale reached at around Tk 1.0 billion (or Tk 100 crore). Thus the number of book appears in...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2020-02-29 00:00:00
In Dhaka, the city-dwellers are now going through a terrible time due to the abnormal air pollution in the atmosphere and chronic traffic congestions on the city roads. A study conducted by the Centre for Atmospheric Pollution Studies (CAPS) of...
ABDUL MONAYEM KHAN | 2020-02-28 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Feb 27: A new open-roof sightseeing bus was launched in Cox's Bazar on Thursday. The bus will run along the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf marine drive giving tourists an opportunity to watch the beautiful waterfront and hilly areas along the...
Rezaul Karim | 2020-02-28 00:00:00
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has instructed the commerce ministry to ensure adequate stock of essential commodities at least 15 days ahead of Ramadan in order to keep prices within a tolerable range, officials said.The ministry has also been asked...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2020-02-28 00:00:00
The investing public in Bangladesh have always been suspicious about the quality of the financials of companies, listed or otherwise. After what the top officials of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said...
Nilratan Halder | 2020-02-28 00:00:00
Before the news of Jubo Mohila League leader Shamima Noor Papia's arrest on charge of supply of counterfeit currency notes, drug and sex trade and possession of illegal firearms could become stale, the busting of ill-gotten treasure trove by law...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2020-02-28 00:00:00
Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases, clinically known as 'Diabetes Mellitus', in which a person has high blood sugar either because the body does not produce enough insulin or because cells do not respond to the insulin that is...
Asjadul Kibria | 2020-02-27 12:00:00
Keeping in view the long-term development objectives of the Vision 2041, the government has prepared a new perspective plan for the next 20 years. The National Economic Council (NEC) approved on Tuesday 'Perspective Plan of Bangladesh: 2021-2041'. The draft of...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2020-02-27 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided in principle to set up another Transfer Pricing (TP) cell for dealing with customs duty evasion.Some multinational companies (MNCs) evade duties and taxes by trade-based money laundering through over- or under-invoicing on...
Chowdhury Nabila Tasnim | 2020-02-27 00:00:00
On Saturday (February 22), the curtains were brought down on Career Expo 2020 organised by Economics Career Alliance (ECA). The three-day event started on February 20.Launched by ECA-- a club at the economics department of University of Dhaka -- the...
Shafiul Alam, Khadija Bilkis and Golam Shahnee | 2020-02-27 00:00:00
As the size of the national budget has increased significantly, it has been a challenging task for the ministries and divisions to ensure proper and effective utilisation of public funds. In that context, public procurement remains the single most important...
Anis Chowdhury in Sydney and Jomo Kwame Sundaram in Kuala Lumpur | 2020-02-27 00:00:00
Meeting the President of the Republic of Korea in September 2019, President Donald J Trump bragged that the "US economy is the envy of the world". Trump reiterated such claims in his State of the Union address in early February,...
Zabid Iqbal | 2020-02-26 00:00:00
Despite the bumper production of Aman rice in November-December 2019, the retail rice price has increased in January-February, 2020. According to Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), the average retail price of fine rice in Dhaka city was within the range...
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