Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2019-01-19 00:00:00
Election fraud and manipulations are considered pervasive throughout the developing world, giving rise to concerns that they facilitate corruption and inhibit economic growth, as the voters are prevented from holding the elected officials accountable. There are many ways to manipulate...
Aminul Hoque Tushar | 2019-01-19 00:00:00
The Bangladeshi migrant workers, both male and female, experienced two types of grievances, financial and social. Moreover, majority of the Bangladeshi survivors did not file cases or grievances and also were not aware of the process earlier. As per the...
Muhammad Rakibul Islam | 2019-01-19 00:00:00
Let me tell you a story of a certain butterfly in Brazil which flapped its wings causing a tornado in a distant land in Texas. This tale might sound familiar to you because it is the highly popularised concept called...
Nilratan Halder | 2019-01-19 00:00:00
The winter is the time for gastronomic extravaganza. Not only are the vegetables, fish and a variety of special fruits available at this time of the year but a person's appetite grows stronger than in the summer. Even one with...
Talha Bin Habib | 2019-01-18 00:00:00
The Ministry of Land (MoL) will issue a circular next week asking its officials to submit their wealth statements by next month. Earlier, Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury during a view-exchange meeting with journalists at the Chittagong Press Club on Saturday...
Syful Islam | 2019-01-18 00:00:00
The government has decided to offer concession on port charges for users during holidays in an attempt to keep cargo delivery uninterrupted like working days in the Chattogram port, people familiar with the development said.The decision was taken since cargo...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2019-01-18 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to make reduced rate of source tax, 0.25 per cent, on export proceeds effective from January, 1, 2019.The board will issue a clarification today (Friday), mentioning the date of effectiveness of the...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2019-01-18 00:00:00
Over the course of history, human creativity has moved hand in hand with technology. There is a greater need for creative thinking in this ever-changing world today than ever before, and new technologies are offering innovative ways to help children...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2019-01-18 00:00:00
The Power Division has, reportedly, suggested reduction in the volume of foreign development assistance earmarked in this year's original annual development programme (ADP) for its failure to utilise the same sufficiently. Surprise, surprise!The Power Division has recently written to the...
Nilratan Halder | 2019-01-18 00:00:00
Is happiness measurable? Even an individual does not experience unmixed happiness all the time. Life, after all, is an admixture of laughter and tears where one gets the better of the other at times. When it comes to a nation's...
Anis Chowdhury in Sydney and Jomo Kwame Sundaram in Kuala Lumpur | 2019-01-18 00:00:00
In light of the uncertainty caused by the US-China trade war, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the US economic growth to slow from a three-year high of 2.9 per cent in 2018 to 2.5 per cent in 2019, while...
Lee Howell in Geneva | 2019-01-18 00:00:00
Will global cooperation finally emerge from the doldrums in 2019? The international community's recent agreement on a "rulebook" for implementing the Paris climate agreement seems to offer some hope. But opinion polls suggest that many remain concerned that a global...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2019-01-17 00:00:00
The majority of the banks are in confusion over the effective date of reduced source tax on export proceeds as it remains unclear in the revenue board's order.On January 01, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) slashed the source tax...
Siddique Islam | 2019-01-17 00:00:00
The government's higher borrowing from both the central bank and commercial banks is set to pick up mainly due to revenue shortfall in recent months, officials and bankers said.The previous borrowing, which was availed by the government to meet extra...
Ibrahim Kamrul Shafin | 2019-01-17 00:00:00
Throughout the world, the revolutions caused by disruptive technology and its ubiquitous applications are easily noticeable. Strong applications of the 'gig economy' model are no more confined to the first world countries and are already affecting the regular lives of...
Tientip Subhanij and Daniel W. Lin in Bangkok | 2019-01-17 00:00:00
Infrastructure development is undoubtedly critical for a country's long-term economic growth and competitiveness as it impacts economic activities by increasing productivity, facilitating trade, and promoting innovation.Across the Asia Pacific region, however, economic growth as well as broader development goals are...
Razon Chandra Saha and Md Shamsul Hoque | 2019-01-17 00:00:00
Mongla is the second largest seaport of Bangladesh that features the great inland connections with the business hub Khulna by road and the facilities to act as backup of the country's principal seaport Chattogram. Its connectivity with the Padma Bridge...
Asjadul Kibria | 2019-01-17 00:00:00
The new commerce minister has assumed office with a lot of challenges, both internal and external. Although he has an advantage in terms of continuation of the Awami League government, it is not going to allow him or his ministry...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2019-01-16 12:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is now examining the tax returns of the owners of 930 luxury cars to find out whether they have evaded tax payment on account of the vehicles.The tax authority has collected information about all...
Rezaul Karim | 2019-01-16 00:00:00
The number of microcredit beneficiaries has risen significantly across the country although the rate of interest on the loan is higher than other credits. The total number of loan recipients increased to 24.85 million in June 2017 from 23.11 million...
Siddique Islam | 2019-01-16 00:00:00
Financial Institutions Division (FID) under the Ministry of Finance has formed a three-member team to recommend how to reduce the volume of classified loans in the country's banking system.The members of team met with the senior officials of Bangladesh Bank...
Thalif Deen in UN Headquarters, New York | 2019-01-16 00:00:00
The world's developing countries, comprising over two-thirds of the 193 UN member states, are complaining they are not being adequately represented in the higher echelons of the world body - despite competent candidates with strong professional and academic qualifications vying...
Siddique Islam | 2019-01-15 00:00:00
The central bank has injected more than US$1.20 billion so far this fiscal year into the market to help keep the country's foreign exchange (forex) regime stable, officials said.As part of the measure, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) sold the US...
Syful Islam | 2019-01-15 00:00:00
China remains silent about extending duty-free and quota-free (DFQF) access of Bangladeshi products to its market, though Dhaka agreed to sign a 'letter of exchange' nine months ago.Despite repeated reminders from Bangladeshi trade officials over the period, their Chinese counterparts...
Ismail Hossain | 2019-01-15 00:00:00
The ACI Agribusiness is developing a digital platform called 'Rupali', an android application, under a project to help farmers and other stakeholders get advice and information about aquaculture at their fingertips. The project will initially target five southwestern districts-Bagerhat, Khulna,...
Harold James in Princeton, New Jersey, USA | 2019-01-15 00:00:00
As the home of both the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, Italy has long been at the forefront of cultural developments in Europe and Western Eurasia. But it has also long served as an example of political decline. Edward Gibbon's...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2019-01-15 00:00:00
Of late, child labour is increasingly becoming a matter of concern for global observers. Last year, while observing World Day against Child Labour in June, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said that driven by an increase in conflicts and...
Taslim Ahammad | 2019-01-15 00:00:00
The internet is so dynamic that its features change every day. Platforms using the internet tend to be aware of these changes. Such changes can affect e-commerce and e-businesses.It is believed that an e-business becomes successful as soon as it...
Scott Morris and Gailyn Portelance in Washington, DC | 2019-01-15 00:00:00
China continues to borrow an average of $2.0 billion a year from the World Bank, making it one of the Bank's top borrowers - despite being the world's second-largest economy and itself a major global lender, according to our study...
Rezaul Karim | 2019-01-14 00:00:00
The state-owned Sonali Bank Ltd (SBL) has sought guarantee worth Tk 60 billion from the government to tide over its capital shortfall urgently, officials said.The SBL also requested the government to pay off the commission against the hefty Tk 942-billion...
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