Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2017-10-26 00:00:00
Almost every country follows a development policy that forms part of the general economic policy. Where the development policy is comprehensive embracing all sectors, the latter is subsumed under it, making no distinction between the two. The best example of...
Hou Lulu | 2017-10-25 00:00:00
BEIJING, Oct 24: China's retail business has shown a sign of structural recovery as its large retailers began to pick up growth since the second half of 2016.Sales of 2,300 retailing enterprises in China grew by 4.1 per cent year...
Special Correspondent | 2017-10-25 00:00:00
First Security Islami Bank (FSIBL) has launched vigorous campaign to promote SME, agriculture and women entrepreneurship aiming to contribute more in the development of country's home-grown economy."SME, agriculture and women entrepreneurship are our key priorities to help create a supportive...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2017-10-25 00:00:00
Aiming to promote rooftop solar energy across the country, the government has initiated a move to conduct a study on framing "Net Metering Policy", or "NMP". Under the proposed policy, according to official sources, users of rooftop solar power will...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2017-10-25 00:00:00
This year's Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences went to the University of Chicago professor and US economist Richard Thaler for his incorporation of psychologically realistic assumptions in the analyses of economic decision-making by humans. He has demonstrated through his studies...
Syful Islam | 2017-10-24 00:00:00
Striking a difference of opinion, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) suggests declaring Matarbari area a landing station instead of port of call for transportation of goods for two under-construction power plants.Also under study is construction of a deep-sea port at...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-10-24 00:00:00
Government's revenue authority turned down the relevant ministry's proposal for duty waiver to woo large investment into the country's power sector, officials said. Tax-exemption 'culture' has to be phased out, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said in regretting the...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2017-10-24 00:00:00
Shifting of tanneries to Savar from Hazaribagh is still going on. After disconnecting gas and power at Hazaribagh, 92 tanneries out of 154 have started their operation at Savar. Most of the tanneries have not yet been able to complete...
Paola Subacchi | 2017-10-24 00:00:00
In the dystopian fantasy Blade Runner 2049, Los Angeles 32 years from now looks a lot like China's megacities today: grey, polluted, and dominated by tall towers emblazoned with flashing neon advertisements. The viewer never learns much about the outside...
Abdul Bayes | 2017-10-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has very recently released a preliminary report on Household Income and Expenditure Survey-2016 (henceforth, HIES 2016). Based on a representative national survey of approximately 46 thousand households (rural: 32000 and urban 14000), the report warrants...
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka | 2017-10-24 00:00:00
The pain and anger of more than a million people who tweeted #MeToo in the last week have crowded social media with personal stories of sexual harassment or assault. This virtual march of solidarity marks both the urgency of finding...
Han Xiaoming and Liu Junguo | 2017-10-23 00:00:00
BEIJING, Oct, 22: Chinese delegation topped the medal table at the WorldSkill 2017 that concluded last week in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by scoring 15 gold medals, seven silvers, eight bronzes, and 12 medallions.It was the fourth...
Munima Sultana | 2017-10-23 00:00:00
After six years of efforts, the Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway (DAEE) project is likely to get approval as a government-to-government scheme from the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) tomorrow (Tuesday). Sources said against a US$ 1.36-billion commercial proposal...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-10-23 00:00:00
National Board of Revenue (NBR) would soon issue statutory regulatory orders (SROs) allowing the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Bangladesh Police to carry out anti-smuggling drives and arrest the suspects in areas under its jurisdiction. Officials said the law...
Ismail Hossain | 2017-10-23 00:00:00
Accident Research Institute (ARI) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has developed a traffic management system that, if introduced, would help cut road accidents by 50 per cent in the country over a period of only five years....
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2017-10-23 00:00:00
Bernard Mannes Baruch (August 19, 1870 - June 20, 1965) was a self-made US millionaire, financier, philanthropist, statesman, political consultant, stock trader and venture investor. For most of the first half of the 20th century, he epitomised the "good side"...
Neil Ray | 2017-10-23 00:00:00
Last Thursday this city brought the nation face to face with an ugly reality -one that is shocking, disgraceful, outrageous and heart-wrenching too. The incident involves three health facilities' refusal to help a poor woman in labour because she did...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2017-10-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh faces a dilemma over how to tackle the latest influx of Rohingyas from neighbouring Myanmar. It has allowed nearly 600,000 Rohingyas to enter its land on humanitarian grounds. Now it has started counting the cost --economic, social and environmental....
Anatole Kaletsky in London | 2017-10-23 00:00:00
Like many divorce proceedings, Britain's negotiations with the European Union (EU) have reached an impasse that can be broken only by compromise. The solution is for both sides to admit that a permanent new relationship cannot be agreed in the...
Siddique Islam | 2017-10-22 00:00:00
Overall deposit growth in the banking sector recorded a falling trend recently while credit growth increased significantly, indicating a strong possibility of a tight liquidity situation in the near future, bankers and officials said. The deposits had a slower growth...
Raj Persaud and Peter Bruggen in London | 2017-10-22 00:00:00
The Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal shows no sign of winding down. Just the opposite: police in the United Kingdom are now investigating several allegations involving the Oscar-winning film producer. While Weinstein has "unequivocally denied" allegations of non-consensual sex, and...
collateral database and collateral locking system | 2017-10-22 00:00:00
Media reports say that Bangladesh Bank (BB) is in the process of developing a database for collateral securities retained by banks against granting loans and advances. The purpose of developing such collateral database is to prevent fraudulent practices of submitting...
Abdul Hannan | 2017-10-22 00:00:00
The government made prompt and sustained efforts to keep the world community informed about the grim situation arising out continuing exodus of more than half a million of Rohingya Muslims into Bangladesh, fleeing ruthless atrocities, terror and scotched-earth campaign unleashed...
Rezaul Karim | 2017-10-21 00:00:00
Release of nearly US$ 1.64 billion worth of pledged Japanese ODA loans for Bangladesh's six projects is being delayed due to complexity arisen over the payment of bank commission, officials said."A meeting has been held on the issue of commission...
Liu Junguo | 2017-10-21 00:00:00
A breeding base run by villager Gao Xueliang in Lankao County in central China's Henan Province. The base was established with the help of a cadre sent to help the villagers. Lankao was singled out as the first county in...
Babul Barman | 2017-10-21 00:00:00
Stocks extended the losing streak for the second straight week that ended Thursday as cautious investors continued their selling binge amid mixed earnings and dividend declarations.Brokers said small investors were cautious about fresh exposure to the market, while institutional investors...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2017-10-21 00:00:00
The military experiences of the Euro-American clique suggest that technology in some way is a dynamic, absolute force to which people's doctrines, strategies and force structures must be adapted and adjusted on a continual basis. An emphasis on efficiency, cost-effectiveness...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-10-21 00:00:00
The Blue Whale saga is on a relentless march worldwide. The terrible computer or video game has been making screaming headlines in Bangladesh for a few days now. However, the picture is yet to be clear enough. When the first...
M. Serajul Islam | 2017-10-21 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Test Captain Mushfiqur Rahim and the Board President Nazmul Hasan aired publicly their differences over the former's media interview following the Team's humiliating whitewash in the two-Test series against South Africa. The Captain was emotional in the face...
Saleh Akram | 2017-10-21 00:00:00
The ministry of agriculture appears to have adapted the most appropriate theme on the occasion of world food day this year in the present context. It focused on the need to bolster development of the rural economy to prevent migration....
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