Sadiq Ahmed in continuation of his economic analysis—MPS July-December 2016 | 2016-08-09 00:00:00
The stickiness of domestic nominal interest rate is a related point that merits attention in order to examine the case of lack of sensitivity of private investment rates to private credit growth as well as real interest rate. This is...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-08-08 00:00:00
Importing goods by a number of diplomats at the North Korean embassy in Dhaka without paying duty caused serious concern to government's revenue authority, officials said. Such alleged duty dodging is seen as a violation of the customs law of...
Syful Islam | 2016-08-08 00:00:00
The debt burden of state-owned enterprises (SoEs) to five state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) declined by Tk 17.05 billion as of June last compared to the previous month's figure, statistics show. In an overall improvement in their debt-servicing status, the volume...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2016-08-08 00:00:00
Experts and the civil society usually stress the need for formulating a comprehensive home grown strategy for successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the coordinated efforts of policymakers, civil society and common members of the society. They...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2016-08-08 00:00:00
A guidance document is likely to be adopted very soon for increasing Intellectual Property (IP) cooperation among the countries involved in China's One Belt, One Road Initiative. The document would aim to inherit and promote the tradition of the historic...
Neil Ray | 2016-08-08 00:00:00
An Indian elephant, carried along by strong current of flood water to Bangladesh, has been making news for more than a month now. It crossed over to this side across the Roumari border of Kurigram. Currently the area it is...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-08-08 00:00:00
Few would dispute the fact that transport sector is a major area where anarchy reigns supreme. And it is, possibly, also only one area where the government hardly dares take action against wrongdoers. The transport minister does often try to...
Anders Åslund in Wshington | 2016-08-08 00:00:00
In July, the International Monetary Fund's Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) released a major report on how the Fund handled the euro crisis after 2010. The IEO report is critical of Fund behaviour; but, as with previous International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Anabel Gonzalez in Washington DC | 2016-08-07 00:00:00
The Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom and the presidential race in the United States have shown, among other things, that public distrust of global integration is on the rise. That distrust could derail new trade agreements currently in the...
Munima Sultana | 2016-08-07 00:00:00
Dhaka and Delhi meet in the city tomorrow (Monday) to make way for upgrading freight services, particularly stone-carrying capacity, of Bangladesh Railway to meet a growing demand for the gigantic Padma Bridge project. Smoothing and expanding the cross-border passenger train...
M. Serajul Islam from Virginia, USA | 2016-08-07 00:00:00
Donald Trump's bullying tactics that he had used to great effect to take the Republican nomination against a pack of 16 others despite the Party being opposed to him has finally hit a dead end. Hillary Clinton has already widened...
Jomo Kwame Sundaram in Kuala Lumpur and Vladimir Popov in Moscow | 2016-08-07 00:00:00
In its May 2010 "Global Survey," McKinsey & Company reported that, "the core drivers of globalisation are alive and well." In an April 2014 report, the firm went further, declaring that, "to be unconnected is to fall behind." But now...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-08-06 00:00:00
The finance minister has put the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on their toes in the chase against an upraised revenue-collection target of Tk 2.03 trillion, asking for intensive performance review bimonthly. "Since the tax revenue-collection target so high, it...
Syful Islam | 2016-08-06 00:00:00
The government is going for a fresh feasibility study of the Ashuganj inland container terminal (ICT) planned as a sub-regional gateway, and fears grow about construction-cost overruns for inordinate delays. Officials said the project couldn't take off even after a...
Munima Sultana | 2016-08-06 00:00:00
The government has taken a move to develop an 87-km-long circular road around the capital for establishing peripheral connectivity to let traffic exit from and enter to the city through different points. Officials concerned said the proposed circular road has...
Babul Barman | 2016-08-06 00:00:00
Stocks finished higher last week that ended Thursday, after witnessing mild correction in the previous week, as enthusiastic investors were on buying spree with large-cap stocks. Analysts said the market closed higher as few large-cap stocks showed steep moves, while...
Rashidul Bari | 2016-08-06 00:00:00
My son Isaac, known as "four-year-old Einstein" has become one of the most celebrated youngsters in the United States. I'm so proud of Isaac, who has won the heart and mind of many American academicians -- including Presidents of various...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-08-06 00:00:00
Aging is a natural process. No one wants to be old. There has been a frantic search for developing ways and means to stall youth. But until now not much progress has been made in this direction. Scientists, however, are...
Abdul Bayes | 2016-08-06 00:00:00
The BRAC 2015 Annual Report contains, inter alia, a case study on how a social enterprise imparts immense social and economic impacts on poor households in rural Bangladesh. The social enterprise theory suggests that, as opposed to philanthropic philosophy, the...
Harold James in London | 2016-08-06 00:00:00
"Brexit means Brexit," Theresa May, the United Kingdom's new prime minister, insists. It is a simple and powerful slogan that sends an unmistakable message to all who have been hoping for a reevaluation of June's referendum result. The UK, it...
Zeenat Khan from Maryland, USA | 2016-08-06 00:00:00
On August 06, in Hiroshima, Japan, people will gather at the Peace Memorial or A-Bomb Dome to reflect on the seventy-first anniversary of dropping of the Atomic bomb. This year will not be a landmark. Not a fiftieth, a twenty-fifth,...
Masum Billah | 2016-08-06 00:00:00
When a group of people meet to generate new ideas on an area of common interest, the situation can be called brainstorming which employs the group members' interest, time and efforts to go deep into a topic. People are able...
Iqbal Siddiquee and Ziaur Rahman | 2016-08-05 00:00:00
SYLHET, Aug 4: Tea gardeners in the country's north-eastern region look to beat last year's record of production this year pinning their hopes on favourable weather conditions, officials and industry sources said. In view of adequate rainfall and favourable weather...
Munima Sultana | 2016-08-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh has moved to develop rail corridors with India for trans-border train connectivity to facilitate trade and investment under the BBIN bloc. Officials said as part of the move, Bangladesh Railway has undertaken several projects to reestablish railway link through...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2016-08-05 00:00:00
We now live in a modern, consumerist and largely urbanised world, where environmental protection is generally acknowledged as a prime concern while dealing with the future of humanity. Economists, environmentalists, development professionals and academics these days are very much concerned...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-08-05 00:00:00
Bangladesh ranks eighth in the Happy Planet Index, 2016. Now this ranking should not be confused with the World Happiness Index (Report). In the World Happiness Report, usually the Nordic countries with their high per capita income, robust lifestyle and...
Rizwanul Islam | 2016-08-05 00:00:00
Labour force survey on a quarterly basis was introduced in Bangladesh for the first time in 2015, and July-September 2015 was the first quarter to be covered by the survey. The results of that survey, released earlier this year, naturally...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2016-08-04 00:00:00
The securities regulator has moved to launch the nationwide financial literacy programmes targeting existing, new and future investors to ensure their risk free investments in financial markets. As part of continuous job of conducing of financial literacy programmes, the Bangladesh...
Galib Shahriar | 2016-08-04 00:00:00
CENNOVATION, the biggest civil engineering fest of Bangladesh, was held on 29th July, Friday at Islamic University of Technology (IUT) campus. CENNOVATION 2016 was held for the 4th consecutive time as it has become a legacy of IUT Civil and...
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam concluding his two-part article | 2016-08-04 00:00:00
There are two types of financing under documentary credit: * Pre-shipment financing * LC * PACKING CREDIT * Post-Shipment Financing * BILL PURCHASED * UPAS * LATR * LIM DOCUMENTARY COLLECTIONS: A documentary collection is a transaction whereby the exporter...
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