Maswood Alam Khan | 2018-07-13 00:00:00
Croatia among the quarterfinalists were the most tired team. They were extremely worn-out of extra-time and penalty shoot-outs in their previous matches. After England scored their opener, at the 5th minute into the second semi-final of World Cup on Wednesday...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2018-07-13 00:00:00
The late Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah (July 10, 1885-July 13, 1969) was our national pride because of his many glorious contributions to our national heritage, language and culture. As a celebrated philologist, Dr. Shahidullah made our national language Bangla significant and...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2018-07-13 00:00:00
On Wednesday last, DSEX, the main index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) gained more than 100 points. The daily turnover was more than Tk 11 billion, one of the highest in recent months. However, there is no reason for...
Nilratan Halder | 2018-07-13 00:00:00
If geneticist Maqsudul Alam's groundbreaking genome sequencing of jute has changed the scientific and agricultural map of the country, it has been ably followed by Dr Mubarak Ahmad Khan's invention of jute polymer, another milestone breakthrough of scientific, industrial and...
Asjadul Kibria | 2018-07-13 00:00:00
The current issue of the Banks in Switzerland, published on June 28, 2018, may bring some relief to the country's policymakers. The annual publication of the central bank of Switzerland is a "commented collection of statistical source material on the...
Munima Sultana | 2018-07-12 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Railway (BR) formally announced the commencement of Padma Rail Link project two months after signing a loan deal with China.The announcement came after meeting all the conditions attached by the Chinese government.Bangladesh inked a $2.67-billion loan with Chinese...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2018-07-12 00:00:00
The government has prohibited sale, distribution and commercial advertisement of over two dozen products unless those meet certain standards.State-run Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has made compliance with Bangladesh Standard (BDS) mark mandatory for 28 products.The restrictions would come...
Nabila Anzum | 2018-07-12 00:00:00
We associate with brands at relatively every phase of our day. From the minute we wake up, we are being bombarded with logos, commercials, and products, all intended to make our lives simpler yet in addition to influencing us to...
Maswood Alam Khan | 2018-07-12 00:00:00
France have made it to the World Cup and may deservedly or fortuitously lift the trophy, a coveted prize of solid 18-carat gold, in Moscow on Sunday. Samuel Umtiti's header put France in the final with a 1-0 win over...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2018-07-12 00:00:00
The distant rumbling is not distant any more, it has arrived sending shock waves around the world. To use another metaphor, the spectre of war appears now more corporeal, as clear and present danger. The drum beat is about a...
Rezaul Karim | 2018-07-11 00:00:00
Between January 1991 and May, 2018, some 11772 farmers could not be traced even after warrants of certificate cases were served. As a result, over Tk 415.39 million disbursed as agri-loan has remained unrealised.Banking sources said the number of certificate...
Sakib Amin, Foqoruddin Al Kabir and Farhan Khan | 2018-07-11 00:00:00
United Nations has recently declared Bangladesh as a lower middle-income country with a per capita income of US$ 1610. The country has made significant progress over last few years from socio-economic standpoint such as increased per capita income level, life...
Mohamed A. El-Erian in New York | 2018-07-11 00:00:00
The latest round of tit-for-tat tariffs by the United States and China has intensified the ongoing global debate about whether the world is facing a mere trade skirmish or heading rapidly toward a full-blown trade war. But what is really...
Munima Sultana | 2018-07-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway (BR) is going to establish rail link up to Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) site for smooth and safe transportation of major consignments of the challenging project.A joint venture firm between Indian and Bangladeshi companies will construct 26.5-km...
Siddique Islam | 2018-07-10 00:00:00
The central bank has started preparations to formulate its next monetary policy, giving top priority to curb the rising trend of inflation and help the productive sectors achieve maximum economic growth.The priorities were suggested at an internal preparatory meeting on...
Syful Islam | 2018-07-10 00:00:00
The government has decided to reduce the minimum investment ceiling for projects to be implemented under the public private partnership (PPP) on a government to government (G to G) basis, officials said.Under the existing policy, the lowest investment under such...
Larry Hatheway | 2018-07-10 00:00:00
Henry Kissinger once observed that "Peace can be achieved only by hegemony or by balance of power." The same principle applies to trade. It's no accident that the two greatest periods of globalisation — the decades leading up to World...
Sk. Shamim Iqbal | 2018-07-10 00:00:00
Internet is a source of cheap banking, cheap music and cheap movies other than being a great platform for wasting hours of time. Internet banks these days are offering more for less to people who are brave enough to give...
Abdul Bayes | 2018-07-10 00:00:00
The current performance of the Bangladesh economy is really remarkable. Sustained gross domestic product (GDP) growth at the rate of around 6.5 per cent or 7.0 per cent a year for a decade is a testimony to the resilience of...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2018-07-09 12:00:00
No taxpayer will be able to get exemption from any audit by showing only a gross increase in the annual income compared to that of the previous year, according to a new guideline.Taxpayers now will have to show an increase...
Munima Sultana | 2018-07-09 00:00:00
The state-owned Bangladesh Railway (BR) missed the annual targets set at the start of fiscal year (FY) 2017-18, official sources said.With an average income of Tk 7.5 million (75 lakh) per month, it was clear the BR would earn more...
Rezaul Karim | 2018-07-09 00:00:00
The security printing press is facing difficulties in meeting the growing demand for bank cheques due to lack of required printing machines, official sources said.One out of two printing machines has been lying inoperative for long. The Security Printing Corporation...
Neil Ray | 2018-07-09 00:00:00
Dhaka city is no stranger to air-conditioned (AC) buses. Commuters subjected to the routine ordeals of traffic chaos welcomed this comfortable transport service because of the relief it brought to them in the boiling cauldron it becomes in the summer...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2018-07-09 00:00:00
Two and a half years old Raifa Khan died at Chattogram city's Max Hospital and Diagnostic Centre on June 29 under tragic circumstances. The parents of the victim alleged that their daughter died due to negligence and wrong treatment by...
Harold James in Princeton, New Jersey, USA | 2018-07-09 00:00:00
The European Union (EU) is currently facing challenges more severe than even the debt crisis that threatened to sink the eurozone earlier this decade. North-South and East-West tensions in Europe have continued to rise since then, and are now being...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2018-07-08 00:00:00
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has recommended the central bank to exempt the banks from showing the short term loans to their brokerage subsidiaries in their Total Investment in Capital Market (TICM) report.The banks have to show the loans, that facilitates...
Maswood Alam Khan | 2018-07-08 00:00:00
Brazil's defeat was a spectre they were not prepared to witness. Neither the stylistic virtuosity of football they were eager to learn. Taking defeat with grace was not an impression registered in the limbic system of their brain. They are...
M Serajul Islam | 2018-07-08 00:00:00
A news headline succinctly underlined the extent of frustration in Bangladesh on the Test cricket humiliation of the Bangladesh Test Team in the First Test against the West Indies in Antigua. The news headline said we should have sent the...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2018-07-08 00:00:00
Challenges are aplenty in maintaining cities in a way that continues to create jobs and prosperity while not straining land and resources. Common urban challenges include congestion, lack of funds to provide basic services, a shortage of adequate housing and...
Syful Islam | 2018-07-07 00:00:00
India has proposed enhancement of value addition criteria for 22 more products under the proposed BIMSTEC-FTA (free trade area agreement), officials said.Now the member countries of the regional trade block are weighing the proposal as to whether it would come...
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