Mohammad Mufazzal | 2020-02-14 00:00:00
The country's premier bourse will hold a mock trading session for listed treasury bonds soon in a move to activate the long-awaited trading of such government debt securities through bourses.The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has decided to begin mock trading...
ABDUL MONAYEM KHAN | 2020-02-14 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Feb 13: Young Rohingya women of the trawler that sank in the Bay of Bengal recently were going to Malaysia in hopes of getting married, most of the rescued Rohingya women said to the Coast Guard officials.According to...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2020-02-14 00:00:00
Customers have to pay an additional 11 per cent for money transfer through direct carrier billing, though uses of other channels cost less, industry insiders said.This type of billing allows mobile phone users to make online payments, but operators find...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2020-02-14 00:00:00
Writing is an art which helps a person to express himself effectively. It is one of the ways that we translate our thoughts for other people. Some people are better at expressing themselves in writing than any other way, and...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2020-02-14 00:00:00
At least four developments marked this year's Aman rice production season. They are: (a) bumper production, (b) lower paddy price at the growers' level and higher price of rice at the consumers' end, (c) failure on the part of the...
Nilratan Halder | 2020-02-14 00:00:00
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus in an epidemic form in China is giving a nightmarish time not only to that most populous country on the planet but also to the rest of the nations. Already patients infected with the...
Chris Fogwill, Chris Turney, and Zoë Thomas | 2020-02-14 00:00:00
Rising global temperatures and warming ocean waters are causing one of the world's coldest places to melt. While we know that human activity is causing climate change and driving rapid changes in Antarctica, the potential impacts that a warmer world...
Stefaan G. Verhulst and Mona Sloane | 2020-02-13 12:00:00
Every new technology rides a wave from hype to dismay. But even by the usual standards, artificial intelligence (AI) has had a turbulent run. Is AI a society-renewing hero or a jobs-destroying villain? As always, the truth is not so...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2020-02-13 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 12: The construction of Karnaphuli Tunnel, a dream project which can change Chattogram forever by connecting the north and south of the district, is on course to be completed within 2022 as scheduled.The project work is going on...
Rezaul Karim | 2020-02-13 00:00:00
The government is set to review the progress in attainment of sustainable development goals (SDGs) this April, officials said.The progress in the development agenda implementation is likely to come up for review at a three-day national conference scheduled for April...
Siddique Islam | 2020-02-13 00:00:00
Banks' excess liquidity has crossed the Tk 1.0 trillion-mark again, fuelled by lower private credit growth in a sign that the investment situation has cooled. Surplus cash surged by nearly 19 per cent to Tk 1,056.46 billion as on December...
Kamal Uddin Ahmed | 2020-02-13 00:00:00
The framers of the United States Constitution empowered Congress to remove presidents from office. Article 11, section 4 stipulates that a President "shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes or...
Claire Lim and Jomo Kwame Sundaram | 2020-02-13 00:00:00
Patents, a form of intellectual property rights (IPRs), are believed by many to be necessary to incentivise innovation, and to recover research and development costs, by creating a temporary legal monopoly. IPRS ARE MONOPOLY RIGHTS: After securing patents, patent holders...
Asjadul Kibria | 2020-02-13 00:00:00
After a big jump in the bilateral trade in goods between Bangladesh and India, the total trade dropped moderately in the past fiscal year mainly due to a big decline in import from India. At the same time, exports of...
Wayne Cole in Sydney | 2020-02-12 12:00:00
Asian share markets followed Wall Street higher on Tuesday as China's factories struggled to re-open after an extended break, though analysts warned investors might be underestimating how economically damaging the challenge was likely to be.The death toll from the coronavirus...
Munima Sultana | 2020-02-12 00:00:00
The Dhaka metro-rail company is planning to acquire the land of government agencies and also the land of some private buildings for the Motijheel-Kamalapur part of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line-6 in the capital.The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited...
Abdul Monayem Khan | 2020-02-12 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Feb 11: At least 15 Rohingya people died and 40 went missing on Tuesday as a trawler believed to carry more than 100 Malaysia-goers capsized near the Saint Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal.According to sources, the...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2020-02-12 00:00:00
As India declined to lift the anti-dumping duty on Bangladeshi goods, the commerce ministry high-ups have asked one of its wings to start dispute settlement procedure in the World Trade Organisation (WTO).India turned down Bangladesh's plea to withdraw the anti-dumping...
Mazharul Islam | 2020-02-12 00:00:00
In the age of information and communication technologies, the flow of information is fundamental to doing business in the global economy. Business operations and consumer expectations have undergone a major shift due to development of technology and the nature of...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2020-02-12 00:00:00
Financial repression may be defined as direct government intervention that alters the equilibrium in the financial sector. It is usually aimed at providing cheap loans to business firms and governments by reducing their burden of repayments through lowering returns to...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2020-02-11 00:00:00
The government has started framing a series of policies to regulate the country's booming private helicopter services, officials say.The proposed policies and guidelines aim to bring the private helicopter operators under a regulatory framework, they said. The rules on heliport...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2020-02-11 00:00:00
The securities regulator has stepped up its efforts to facilitate the process of divesting the shares of some selected state-owned enterprises (SoEs) in a bid to revamp the country's stock market.As part of the move, the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange...
SIDDIQUE ISLAM | 2020-02-11 00:00:00
The central bank has allowed all scheduled banks to create a special fund worth Tk 2.0 billion each of five-year tenure, only for investment in the capital market, officials said.Under the fresh arrangement, the banks may form the special fund...
Md. Shamsul Arefin | 2020-02-11 00:00:00
Citizens play a critical role in advocating and helping to make public institutions more transparent, accountable and effective, and contributing innovative solutions to complex development challenges of the 21st century. Citizens' engagement pursues and facilitates the involvement of those people...
Johan Rockström, Lars Heikensten and Marcia McNutt in Potsdam, Germany | 2020-02-11 00:00:00
The last decade was the hottest on record, according to independent data analyses from NASA and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The reality of climate change is sinking in, with millions now feeling its effects - from rising...
Abdullah A. Dewan | 2020-02-11 00:00:00
The new interest rate caps (6.0 per cent on deposit and 9.0 per cent on lending) will have its debut on April 1, 2020. In a February 06 piece entitled "Should all loans come under 6-9pc ceiling?" (Drs) Aminul Karim...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2020-02-10 12:00:00
The government, apparently, is in a difficult situation as far as its borrowing to meet the budget deficit is concerned. Criticism comes in plenty when it borrows more through the sale of high-yield bearing savings tools as it inflates the...
TALHA BIN HABIB | 2020-02-10 00:00:00
The government has planned to develop a total of 188 non-municipal upazilas for ensuring balanced development across the country, officials said. The authorities concerned are devising a master-plan to this effect for implementation. The plan will focus on infrastructure development,...
REZAUL KARIM | 2020-02-10 00:00:00
An intelligence agency has sounded the alarm over the possible price hike of essential commodities during the holy month of Ramadan."It will be difficult to control the commodity market during this Ramadan if the government does not rein in the...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2020-02-10 00:00:00
After long 59 years, the existing Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation Act is going to be revised with the incorporation of a provision to increase its paid-up capital from Tk 60 million to Tk 10 billion.A bill titled Bangladesh Road Transport...
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