S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2019-02-15 00:00:00
Each and every day, millions of people are moving from a part of the world to another. Most of them are in search of better opportunities, i.e. education, career and lifestyle. In the process, people of different cultural backgrounds often...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2019-02-15 00:00:00
Banks are reportedly worried because their deposit growth has declined lately. The central bank statistics show the banks' deposit growth had been on a declining path during the last three years. In December, 2016, the deposit growth rate was 13...
Nilratan Halder | 2019-02-15 00:00:00
What a time it is! The first day of Falgun is celebrated as Basontotsab (celebration of the Spring). Then the following day it is the Valentine's Day. For once the East meets, it seems in defiance of Kipling, the West...
Siddique Islam | 2019-02-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh's payment service providers will have to take prompt remedial measures against frauds and forgery for ensuring public confidence in the financial system, the central bank has said.Cross-border financial transactions need to be dealt with due diligence because of increasing...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2019-02-14 00:00:00
Businesses and VAT (Value Added Tax) officials on Wednesday reached a consensus over the implementing the long-delayed VAT law from next fiscal year.In a close-door meeting with the National Board of Revenue (NBR), the business leaders have expressed their positive...
Salwa Rafi | 2019-02-14 00:00:00
Mashiyat, a recent humanities graduate, wants to pursue her master’s in humanities at a reputed university abroad. While searching for a study abroad programme best fit for her, she was lost and puzzled by a plethora of online information. From...
Asjadul Kibria | 2019-02-14 00:00:00
After posting the highest ever trade deficit in the past fiscal year (FY18), there is an indication that the deficit is likely to decline moderately in the current fiscal. Besides the trade gap, current account deficit also widened in FY18...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2019-02-13 00:00:00
A revenue board committee has proposed the government to impose Value Added Tax (VAT) at a reduced rate on all businesses by scrapping the provision of exemption ceiling for small businesses in the new law.In a recently-submitted report to the...
Syful Islam | 2019-02-13 00:00:00
The mainline operators (MLOs), who carry containers to and from Bangladeshi ports, have been asked not to realise charges on importers violating regulations of the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), sources said.Importers allege that shipping agents, on behalf of the vessel...
Thalif Deen in UN Headquarters, New York | 2019-02-13 00:00:00
The United Nations- once facetiously described as an institution whose bloated bureaucracy moves at the leisured pace of a paralytic snail - is steadily zooming into the field of fast-paced, cutting-edge digital technology where humans may one day be replaced...
M Alamgir Hossain | 2019-02-13 00:00:00
Every year, Bangladesh observes February 13 as Agriculturist Day. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had given agriculturists first class status in 1973 in a bid to make the profession attractive for brilliant students who can develop the agricultural sector in the...
Donald P. Kaberuka in Kigali, Rwanda | 2019-02-13 00:00:00
When the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was founded in 1963, Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, the bloc's first president, issued a clarion call: "What we require is a single African organisation through which Africa's single voice may be heard,...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2019-02-13 00:00:00
Following an unwritten agreement between America and the European Countries and acquiescence by other member countries of the World Bank at the time of its establishment, the post of president of the Bank has been filled up by a candidate...
Siddique Islam | 2019-02-12 00:00:00
The exchange rate of the Bangladesh Taka (BDT) depreciated significantly against the US dollar on Monday, mainly due to higher demand for the greenback in the market for settling the import bills.The local currency deflated by 10 poisha in the...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2019-02-12 00:00:00
The state of health of the country's banking sector has not been good for quite some time. If the banks can be compared to the blood circulation system of a body, then it can be said that it is haemorrhaging...
Importance of libraries | 2019-02-12 00:00:00
A library is a place where one can come to know and learn about world culture and civilisation. Recently, North South University (NSU) celebrated National Library Week. NSU Central Library observed a week from February 03 to 09 with different...
Muhammad Shafiullah and Faridul Islam | 2019-02-12 00:00:00
Among the major aims of economic policy for Bangladesh, economic growth has a high priority. Reaching the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth target has led to increased industrialisation and initiation of a number of mega-projects all at more or less...
Jesse Griffiths in London | 2019-02-12 00:00:00
Nominations opened last week for the World Bank presidency, one of the most powerful and important jobs in the international system. Many commentators have assumed that US President Donald Trump's pick for the job will be a shoo-in. But history...
Syful Islam | 2019-02-11 00:00:00
The Payra Port Authority (PPA) last month signed a deal with Belgian firm 'Jan De Nul' for capital dredging of the port's main access channel.The dredging of the 75-kilometre long and 100-metre wide channel will start within six months.Officials said...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2019-02-11 00:00:00
Finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal instructed on Sunday the customs authorities to scan all export and import products at entry and exit points.He also directed them to conduct physical inspection of at least 10 per cent products at customs points.Mr...
Babul Barman | 2019-02-11 00:00:00
Mahindra & Mahindra, a part of the $20.70-billion Mahindra Group, is planning to further expand its business in Bangladesh.The Indian multinational automaker has an ambitious goal to expand its global footprint and Bangladesh is a key part of this growth...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2019-02-11 00:00:00
Some listed multinational companies (MNCs) have witnessed a continuous rise in their share prices over the last 10 sessions.The share prices rose as high as 34.73 per cent from January 27 to February 10 on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).LafargeHolcim...
Neil Ray | 2019-02-11 00:00:00
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan broke the silence over what he has rightly termed Hercules mystery. No, the Roman hero and god, equivalent of Greek hero Heracles, is not reborn on this soil in the new millennium. But the epitome of...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2019-02-11 00:00:00
The issue of appropriate skill development surfaced again on last Saturday when the pharmaceutical industry honchos told the Samson H Chowdhury Conference that they were still dependent on expatriate professionals, particularly on those coming from neighbouring India. It was apparent...
Harold James in Princeton, New Jersey, USA | 2019-02-11 00:00:00
It has now been just over 100 years since the opening of the Paris Peace Conference, which produced the Treaties of Versailles, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Trianon, and Sèvres, bringing an end to World War I. To this day, resentment over the...
Ismail Hossain | 2019-02-10 00:00:00
Premier Bank Ltd., a leading third generation private sector bank, looks to expand its credit portfolio in the Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSMEs) sector to 50 per cent of the total credit exposure from existing 35 per cent...
Talha Bin Habib | 2019-02-10 00:00:00
The government is set to take up a pilot project for exploration of marine resources in the Bay of Bengal, an official said.Under the project in line with directives from the Prime Minister's Office, the fishermen, who are engaged in...
Muhammad Quamrul Islam | 2019-02-10 00:00:00
As life members of an association of the aged, it has become a specific responsibility for people like us to relate the present with the past and look to the future. This is done while not ignoring our traditional status...
Md Aminul Haque | 2019-02-10 00:00:00
In the age of social media, big data and artificial intelligence (AI) which continue to evolve at a rapid pace, businesses are embracing these technologies to move towards a model digital workplace. When it comes to human resources (HR) and...
Ali Ahmed and Nesar Ahmed | 2019-02-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh has met all the three criteria for graduating from the Least Developed Country (LDC) status and if everything goes right, will finally be graduated in 2024. After graduation, the country will no longer be entitled to enjoy any LDC-specific...
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