Nilratan Halder | 2018-11-02 00:00:00
The 48-hour countrywide strike enforced by the Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation (BRTWF) on Sunday and Monday last has once again demonstrated the power and influence the transport operators wield. Some of the ugly incidents including transport workers' forcible halting...
Siddique Islam | 2018-11-01 00:00:00
The central bank has relaxed regulations on forward sale and purchase of foreign exchange (forex) to bring dynamism in hedging transactions, officials said. Following the relaxations, non-deliverable forward (NDF) contracts will be facilitated to minimise exchange rate risk in the...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2018-11-01 00:00:00
Amidst the tightening measures and unfavourable external factors such as a full-blown trade war, ensuring a stronger SME sector is crucial for strengthening the Bangladesh economy. The government has acknowledged the need to continue developing SMEs to achieve an inclusive...
Asjadul Kibria | 2018-11-01 00:00:00
The governments of Bangladesh and India have agreed to sign a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). Formal announcement in this regard was made in the last week of September this year in Dhaka. Commerce ministers of both countries expressed high...
Shamsul Alam | 2018-11-01 00:00:00
It has been three years since the global leaders agreed upon and adopted "Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" on September 25, 2015. The agenda is built on the declared principle of people, prosperity, planet, peace and...
Syful Islam | 2018-10-31 00:00:00
Heads of missions of several western countries, which signed Bangladesh Sustainable Compact, again requested the government to take necessary steps for extending the tenure of Accord, officials have said.Following a High Court order, the Accord, factory inspection agency of European...
Munima Sultana | 2018-10-31 00:00:00
The volume of Bangladesh's external debts surged by 141 per cent to US$ 54.73 billion in two years to June last, says the central bank.The volume of external debts at the end of March 2016 stood at US$ 38.88 billion,...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2018-10-31 00:00:00
By now there is almost a surfeit of literature on the subject of globalisation. From erudite academics to well-known journalists, books on globalisation are pouring in the market endlessly. There have been few subjects in recent memory that have attracted...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2018-10-30 00:00:00
The government has spent a staggering Tk 320 million for more than a decade and a half for the central tax survey zone that is running without conducting survey.The zone, which virtually turned into a white elephant at the taxpayers'...
Babul Barman | 2018-10-30 00:00:00
The earnings of most of the listed banks plummeted in January-September period of this year compared to that of the same period last year.Market operators said most of the listed banks saw their EPS fall because of huge provisioning against...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman, from Boao Island, Hinan, China | 2018-10-30 00:00:00
Rising oil prices, high debt level, trade war and low productivity pose serious threat to the world economy, experts warned on Monday. They said Asian countries need to be united to face this looming uncertainty."Oil prices may shoot up to...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2018-10-30 00:00:00
The fate of the unfortunate Rohingya Muslims forcefully driven out of their own country Myanmar to Bangladesh and those still living there is still uncertain. As per a United Nations' (UN) fact-finding team's report presented on October 24, 2018 at...
Abdul Bayes | 2018-10-30 00:00:00
Migration has long been the attention of academics and policymakers as, at macro level, remittances play a pivotal role. The role of remittances in Bangladesh's growth and development needs no elaboration as two Rs (ready-made garment and remittance) on the...
Siddique Islam | 2018-10-29 00:00:00
The central bank is set to place the proposals for approving three more banks before its board of directors' meeting today (Monday) ahead of the upcoming national election."The preparations have been almost completed to place the proposals for establishing three...
Neil Ray | 2018-10-29 00:00:00
She is not Helen Keller. But who knows Subarna Das would not be one like her illustrious predecessor! Helen was not born blind and deaf but at the age of 19 months she became so. Subarna from Rajbari, Faridpur, on...
Mohamed A. El-Erian in Paris | 2018-10-29 00:00:00
Global markets, policymakers, and risk managers are watching the budget skirmish between Italy's government and the European Commission closely. The episode highlights a growing tendency among governments in both advanced and emerging economies to question economic policy orthodoxy. As this...
José Antonio Ocampo in Bogota, Colombia | 2018-10-29 00:00:00
Two major events early this month bear directly on global debates about climate change and how to address it. The first was the release of a report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which sets out...
Abdoulaye Mar Dieye in UN Headquarters, New York | 2018-10-29 00:00:00
As the old adage goes: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". Nowhere is this more appropriate than when it comes to conflict. Violent conflict causes not only human suffering and destruction but robs entire societies of...
Kamal Uddin Ahmed | 2018-10-28 00:00:00
In a rare foreign policy move, the Australian government on October 23, 2018 imposed sanction on five powerful and high-ranking Myanmar military officials. They are believed to be suspects for supervising brutal violence against the Rohingya people of Buddhist-majority Myanmar's...
Nilratan Halder | 2018-10-27 12:00:00
People in this part of the world have earned an undeserved infamy for living in their own cocoon. To go by the great epics unsurpassed by any ancient people, expeditions were made in the hoary past to discover -and perhaps...
Syful Islam | 2018-10-27 00:00:00
The opening of IFAD's host country office by in Bangladesh has been languishing for years, as the ministry of finance (MoF) repeatedly remains non-responsive to providing its opinion on the draft agreement, officials said.The Economic Relations Division (ERD) has sent...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2018-10-27 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has launched reforms since the 1990s, but it has ignored direct tax, undermining the effort to ensure progressive taxation.Progressive taxation requires the top-earners to pay higher income tax, while the low-income group is subjected...
Rezaul Karim | 2018-10-27 00:00:00
The government is considering increasing the monthly allowance for the employees of 'Extra Department' under Postal Department by around 50 per cent, a finance ministry official said.The finance minister is supposed to discuss the issue soon. A proposal in this...
Babul Barman | 2018-10-27 00:00:00
Stocks plummeted last week that ended on Thursday, triggered by panic sell-offs, fearing further fall of share prices.Market operators blamed shrinking of foreign investment, fear of political turmoil ahead of national election coupled with thin participation of institutional investors for...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2018-10-27 00:00:00
Managing numerical data is one of the biggest challenges for journalists in the digital era. They get data from multiple sources and they have to filter, cross check authentication of those data before making any report. Many journalists become puzzled...
Altap Hossen | 2018-10-27 00:00:00
Nation branding is now a buzzword both in national and international front covering an extensive range of a country image including political, economic and cultural dimensions. It is an intangible asset comprising a country's vision, its drive, commitment and other...
Asjadul Kibria | 2018-10-27 00:00:00
South Asia has the highest coverage of post offices across the world. On an average, every 29 square km area of the region is covered by a permanent post office while the world average is 206 square km. Again, for...
Abdul Bayes | 2018-10-27 00:00:00
Like any other country, Bangladesh embraces both favourable and unfavourable ecosystems. Unfavourable or fragile ecosystems occupy a substantial proportion of land and population in Bangladesh where poverty is pervasive. The flood-prone ecosystem accounts for roughly one-thirds of the population as...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2018-10-26 12:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has initiated a plethora of reform initiatives since the 1990s, but those have produced little results in overhauling the taxation regime, officials and experts say.The revenue board spent roughly Tk 3.0 billion on these...
Munima Sultana | 2018-10-26 00:00:00
Moves have been taken to construct several underpasses in the city at the fag end of the government's tenure amid criticism of mismatch in the traffic planning decisions.Sources said the initiative to construct such tunnels at different points was taken...
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