Mohamed A. El-Erian in Singapore | 2017-11-09 00:00:00
Impressive quarterly results from the biggest technology companies show that they are nowhere near saturating their consumer markets, exhausting their innovation cycles, or reaching growth maturation. Dig a little deeper, and those reports also illustrate the sector's substantial and growing...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2017-11-09 00:00:00
Demonstration effect is a commonly used term that refers to the behaviour of individuals caused by observation of the actions of others and their consequences. According to the Financial Times lexicon, it is the idea that 'people expect or want...
Douglas H. Paal in Washington, DC | 2017-11-08 12:00:00
A year after his election, US President Donald Trump is making his first official visit to Asia. The 12-day tour of five countries - Trump's longest foreign trip so far - will, according to official briefings, focus on easing doubts...
Munima Sultana | 2017-11-08 00:00:00
More than a year after the Chinese president laid the foundation stone, the construction work of the country's first tunnel under the Karnaphuli river is yet to start as Chinese Exim Bank has not yet released funds.Sources said although several...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2017-11-08 00:00:00
Commercial banks' stock-market subsidiaries lament that their activities on the capital market got squeezed for alleged arm-twisting through central bank's prohibitive watch against overexposure. Operators of the subsidiaries and their parent organisations said such shrinkage in their stock-business operations stems...
Baher Kamal in Rome | 2017-11-08 00:00:00
Facts are facts, and one of them is that while everybody talks about the growing forced movement of people -be they migrants or refugees-decision-makers haven't seriously acted on the root causes of why millions of humans are compelled to leave...
Md. Monirul Islam | 2017-11-08 00:00:00
Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme has been drawing a lot of attention of the economists and policymakers in relation to people's welfare. UBI may crucially be one of the innovative macroeconomic indicators that may have a significant role to play...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-11-07 00:00:00
Government authorities are making 'prospective tax measure' providing for consistent tax rates for several years so that investors can make longer-term business plans. Officials said this provision of foreknown stable tax rates is likely to be incorporated into the new...
Special Correspondent | 2017-11-07 00:00:00
With adoption of some new strategic changes, Premier Bank Ltd has vowed to grab a leading position in coming months in the competitive businesses."We will be among the top five private commercial banks (PCBs) in 2018 as our bank has...
Harold James in Princeton | 2017-11-07 00:00:00
President Emmanuel Macron's election in France and the likely continuation of Angela Merkel's chancellorship in Germany are dramatically at odds with developments in the rest of Europe, which has become increasingly unstable and unpredictable. One wonders if the European Union's...
Abdul Bayes | 2017-11-07 00:00:00
The causal connection between food availability and food security or food availability and nutritional improvement is documented in various research papers. The historically mooted perception appears to be that availability of food automatically translates into access to food and hence...
Asjadul Kibria | 2017-11-07 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched an initiative under its South Asian Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) programme to conduct country and regional diagnostic studies on Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) and Technical Barriers to Trade (NTB) in the SASEC countries....
Rezaul Karim | 2017-11-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) moves to borrow US$ 700 million from International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) to import fuel oils for the calendar year 2018, officials said.The state-owned agency has already sought opinions from the Ministry of Finance about...
Babul Barman | 2017-11-06 00:00:00
The government revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell 24 per cent month-on-month in October this year on the back of falling trade volumes.Market insiders said sluggish trading activities coupled with low share sales by sponsor-directors affected the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-11-06 00:00:00
Government's revenue authority served Sunday five demand notices on telecom-operator Robi Axiata Limited for realising Tk 9.24 billion in unpaid VAT.Officials said the Value Added Tax (VAT) authority issued the time-bound notices as the Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU) under the...
Asjadul Kibria | 2017-11-06 00:00:00
The country counted a steep current-account deficit worth $1791 million ($1.71 billion) in the first quarter of this fiscal, resulting mainly from a yawning trade gap.Official figures show during the corresponding period (July-September) of the past fiscal year (FY17) the...
Edmund S. Phelps in New York | 2017-11-06 00:00:00
Why is unemployment so low in countries where inflation remains subdued? For economists, this is a fundamental question. And when economists confront a fundamental question, fundamental disagreement often follows.I was one of the rebel economists of the 1960s who rejected...
Neil Ray | 2017-11-06 00:00:00
Even in one's wildest imagination one cannot picture irate teachers of the University of Dhaka pushing, shoving and trading blows against each other. But shamefully such an incident took place on Thursday last. What is particularly sickening is the fact...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2017-11-06 00:00:00
One of the main attractions of government service is the pension benefit that a public servant receives on his/her retirement. The benefit being an assured one is seen as a financial protection for the retired government servants and also for...
Syful Islam | 2017-11-05 00:00:00
As China has held out hefty finances for bankrolling Bangladesh's development programmes, the Paira Port Authority (PPA) proposed that the government keep port's two major components on next year's priority list of funding.The two nations are in talks on preparing...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-11-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh is set to offer duty and quota-free market access to Bhutan for exports of lime stone powder in the upcoming meeting of the joint customs-group. The third meeting of Bangladesh-Bhutan joint-group of customs is scheduled to begin from tomorrow...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2017-11-05 00:00:00
The Institute of Child Health (ICH) and Shishu Sasthaya Foundation Bangladesh (SSFB) at Mirpur, Dhaka set up by National Professor Dr M.R. Khan, under the aegis of Shishu Sasthaya Foundation, is an epoch-making initiative in the healthcare sector of the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-11-04 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has exempted income tax from the country's first Floating LNG Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) for the next 15 years.The income tax wing of the NBR issued a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) dated October...
Babul Barman | 2017-11-04 00:00:00
Stocks rebounded last week that ended Thursday, snapping a three-week losing streak, as enthusiastic investors went on buying spree on lucrative stocks.Brokers said the price indices rose as retail investors started buying shares after year-end earnings and dividend declarations by...
Syed Badrul Haque | 2017-11-04 00:00:00
October 26 is a date with an asterisk in our national life. On this day, 144 years ago, Sher-e-Bangla A K Fazlul Huq was born at his grandparents' village home at Saturia in Jhalakathi district. A unique figure in the...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-11-04 00:00:00
A quiet revolution has taken place on the bread and biscuit manufacturing front. Not long ago, tinned biscuits, sealed cakes from a few South-east Asian countries captured the market here. Even parata from Malaysia gained some popularity here. All because...
Saleh Akram | 2017-11-04 00:00:00
With the new development paradigm developed by economists in recent years, economic development means economic growth alongside social justice, good governance and a declining trend of income inequalities among citizens. According to the concept, development has to be inclusive and...
Abdul Bayes | 2017-11-04 00:00:00
Sustainable uplift of the ultra-poor from grinding poverty has long captured the centre stage of development discourse. One school tends to reckon that mere asset transfer may do more harm than good while others cling to the veracity of the...
Prasad Kariyawasam in Colombo | 2017-11-04 00:00:00
At this crucial juncture of international migration, where numerous push and pull factors have engendered unprecedented migration flows across the globe, the ongoing discussions at the United Nations must lead to meaningful and practical outcome.It is, however, paramount that all...
M. Serajul Islam | 2017-11-04 00:00:00
The Rohingya tragedy is one of the worst man-made tragedies in recent history. A look at Bangladesh's predicament in 1979 would help those with the powers to resolve the tragedy if they were sincerely interested in resolving it that still...
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