Mariann Bassey-Orovwuje in Lagos, Nigeria | 2018-10-20 00:00:00
First, the agribusiness giants came to take our land and disrupt our food systems with synthetic pesticides, fertilisers, proprietary seeds, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Now, these firms' hired hands are upping the ante with "gene drives," a deliberately invasive...
S. M. Waliullah Hossain | 2018-10-20 00:00:00
The position of a management trainee/probationary officer in a bank is fairly lucrative among the fresh graduates in view of the career growth, remuneration package, etc. To create capable and mission-critical future leaders, The Human Resources Division (HRD) of a...
Nilratan Halder | 2018-10-20 00:00:00
How the police boxes came into being may be quite intriguing -only more so because of the sponsors' renewed interests in the construction of those. Their utility cannot be denied in a city that is perhaps the most chaotic on...
Siddique Islam | 2018-10-19 12:00:00
The central bank has relaxed regulations for local industries in export processing and economic zones to get short term foreign currency loans from their sister concerns.Under the relaxed provision, "C" category industries located at export processing zones (EPZs) and economic...
Talha Bin Habib | 2018-10-19 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) sealed off a total of 30 factories for producing unsafe drinking water in the capital from January to mid-October this year, an official said. The national standards agency conducted the drives through its...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2018-10-19 00:00:00
Almost everyone, starting from top policymakers down to banking sector experts, is worried about the future of the state-owned banks. Newspapers do dedicate enough space regularly to highlight their precarious state. The multilateral donor agencies are no less worried about...
Nilratan Halder | 2018-10-19 00:00:00
The way he protests a misdeed is unique, indeed. On hunger strike right at the foot of the Raju Smarak Bhaskarja, a student from the Law Department of the University of Dhaka has brought into sharp contrast the ambivalence of...
Thalif Deen in UN Headquarters, New York | 2018-10-19 00:00:00
Nikky Haley, the vociferously anti-Palestine US Ambassador to the United Nations, warned member states last year she will "take down names" of those who vote against American interests in the world body-perhaps with the implicit threat of cutting US aid...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2018-10-18 00:00:00
National Board of Revenue (NBR) has requested Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) to determine specific standards for energy drinks, soft drinks and malt beverages on urgent basis for the sake of consumers and the government's revenue earning.In a letter...
Siddique Islam | 2018-10-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh's imports grew by more than 6.0 per cent in the first two months of fiscal year 2018-19, after a record 105.07 per cent increase in oil, officials said.The actual import in terms of settlement of letters of credit (LCs)...
Anabil Digarna | 2018-10-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh Medical Students' Scientific Congress 2018, popularly known as BIMSSCON 2018, took place on October 04 and 05 at Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS). After completing successful rounds of BIMSSCON in 2015 and 2016, BIMSSCON 2018 came with...
Asjadul Kibria | 2018-10-18 00:00:00
Despite a number of efforts, public transport system in the country continues to be inefficient and chaotic. The inefficiency has made mobility of the people costlier, mostly in the urban areas. But it is the capital city where the cost...
Syful Islam | 2018-10-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh has largely differed with India's proposal for the value addition requirement for 22 more products under the proposed BIMSTEC free trade area (FTA) agreement, officials said.The disagreement came as Dhaka found that the proposed change in rules of origin...
Rezaul Karim | 2018-10-17 00:00:00
Banks concerned are likely to suffer financial losses if the country's jute sector is allowed block account facilities, the central bank has opined.It may also create liquidity crisis including drop in profits in the banking sector, it said. The Bangladesh...
Siddique Islam | 2018-10-17 00:00:00
BRAC Bank has undertaken a number of projects aiming to become the best bank in Bangladesh using modern and world-class digital technologies by 2020, the bank's top executive has said."We're now working with some leading financial technology (FinTech) solution providers...
Taslim Ahammad | 2018-10-17 00:00:00
Industrial psychology is almost as old as psychology itself. It is a branch of applied psychology that deals with the science of psychology with an aim to enhance the efficiency and productivity of workers.Industrial psychology is the study of people...
Herve Verhoosel in Geneva | 2018-10-17 00:00:00
How much would you expect to pay for the most basic plate of food? The kind of thing you might whip up at home - nothing fancy, just enough to fill you up and meet a third of today's calorie...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2018-10-17 00:00:00
Inequality income has been a global phenomenon for long and has drawn attention of academicians, think tanks and civil society organisations. Surprisingly, not much has been done by way of amelioration, not to speak of bridging the gap between the...
Asjadul Kibria | 2018-10-16 00:00:00
The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) globally declined sharply in the first half of the current calendar year.The amount is estimated at $470 billion in the January-June period of 2018 while it was $794 billion during the same period...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2018-10-16 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Monday clarified that a 15 per cent Value Added Tax on the distribution of natural gas to the consumers will remain unchanged.The VAT policy wing of the board issued a clarification regarding this...
Talha Bin Habib | 2018-10-16 00:00:00
The government has prepared a draft summary report on the development of trade and investment which will be discussed at a WTO meeting next year, an official said. Issues like import-export policy, tax policy, investment scenario, regulatory policies, compliance issue...
Woalid Hossain Khan | 2018-10-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh has witnessed a massive development over the past 10 years. Beside health, education and transportation, country's internet infrastructure and information and communications technology (ICT) sector has improved the most. With cheap and easy access to internet, we already have...
Abdul Bayes | 2018-10-16 00:00:00
The conventional wisdom suggests that education is the 'gun' to be used against child marriage. Governments in many countries, including Bangladesh, have embarked on a number of programmes to attract girls to schools, and avert dropouts. The critics, however, tend...
Siddique Islam | 2018-10-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh's trade deficit crossed US$ 2.0 billion in the first two months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2018-19, mainly due to its higher import payments than lower export receipts, officials said.The gap in trade with the rest of the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2018-10-15 00:00:00
New Delhi has assured Dhaka of prioritising entry and exit of third country transit cargo to and from Nepal and Bhutan, officials said.The assurances came following proposals of Bangladesh as the joint group of customs (JGC) between the countries sat...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2018-10-15 00:00:00
Effects of climate change, largely caused by rapid industrialisation and urbanisation, is soon going to cover most countries of the globe in the form of low economic productivity and deteriorating standard of living. However, the population in one of the...
Md. Joynal Abdin | 2018-10-15 00:00:00
Ensuring employment at optimum level for citizens who can work efficiently is one of the major challenges for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), developing economies and also for the developed nations. The number of vacancies in public service is very...
Neil Ray | 2018-10-15 00:00:00
Why does egg refer, in general, to no other but hen's only? Duck, goose and swan also lay eggs but invariably of all varieties of fowls, the hen takes the crown. Duck takes the runner-up trophy. Today quail is also...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2018-10-15 00:00:00
The rate of caesarean birth in Bangladesh was 4.0 per cent in 2001. When it increased to 12 per cent in 2010, people felt quite disturbed. But since then, the number of women going through caesarean section (C-section or caesarean...
Jochen Andritzky in Brussels | 2018-10-14 00:00:00
US President Donald Trump is using economic warfare to pursue his foreign-policy objectives. In August, his administration announced that it would double tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Turkey, in order to pressure the Turkish authorities to release an...
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