Zeenat Khan from Maryland, USA | 2016-07-31 00:00:00
After the July 15 sensational and outrageous murder of Qandeel Baloch, a model and social media star, the Pakistani lawmakers, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, have finally stated that there is no honour in "honour killings." Qandeel was only 26-years-old....
Munima Sultana | 2016-07-30 00:00:00
Performance of railway projects being implemented under the Indian line of credit of US $ 1.0 billion is still poor even six years after signing of the credit agreement. According to the Bangladesh Railway, almost half of the projects involving...
Syful Islam | 2016-07-30 00:00:00
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has come up with $100 million loan for the Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC). However, it has attached a couple of conditions to the loan, officials said. The conditions are opening of an 'Islamic...
Babul Barman | 2016-07-30 00:00:00
Stocks posted marginal fall last week that ended Thursday, snapping a three-week gaining spell, as investors were mostly cautious amid lack of clear direction of the market. Market insiders said the investors remained vigilant throughout the week as the central...
Md Joynal Abdin | 2016-07-30 00:00:00
Industries are playing a vital role in entrepreneurship development, self-employment, and new-employment opportunity creation and increasing economic growth throughout the world. Therefore governments are keen to promote industrialisation for fostering economic growth, fighting unemployment and reducing poverty. The government used...
Md. Matiul Islam | 2016-07-30 00:00:00
This is an unusual story of Lt. Gen. Azam Khan, one of the troika of army generals, who toppled President Iskender Mirza and installed General Ayub Khan as the Chief Martial Administrator of Pakistan on October 27, 1958. A Pathan...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-07-30 00:00:00
At a time when militant attacks have hogged -and not unjustifiably -- the media attention, other brutalities do not make screaming headlines. But brutalities against children have assumed such a level of insanity, the crime can almost match the carnage...
Saleh Akram | 2016-07-30 00:00:00
A news item on inflow of remittance in the country in the just concluded fiscal 2015-16 carried by local media has revealed that the remittance from the Middle Eastern countries has gone down by 5.17 per cent against the preceding...
Abdul Bayes | 2016-07-30 00:00:00
With the passage of time, poor households in rural Bangladesh have increasingly been linked to rural non-farm activities (RNFA) for livelihoods. This is not surprising given their perceived fluctuations in earnings following swings in agricultural output levels. Thus, more often...
M. Serajul Islam | 2016-07-30 00:00:00
Donald Trump is Hillary Clinton's trump card. In US politics, a two-term President from one of the two major parties is usually replaced by a President from the other party. Thus, the next American President should be a Republican given...
Barney Jopson in Philadelphia | 2016-07-30 00:00:00
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire entrepreneur and former New York mayor, launched a scathing attack on Donald Trump's business record in a bid to discredit the property developer's pitch to bring corporate skills to the White House. Mr Bloomberg, who toyed...
Munima Sultana | 2016-07-29 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Railway has taken a move to set up a joint workshop for repair and maintenance of electric and DEMU (Diesel Electric Multiple Unit) trains. Sources said, the move was taken even when the authorities are yet to start...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-07-29 00:00:00
Jute 'activated charcoal', a new export item made out of jute sticks, has the potential to help the country attain its export target of US$ 60 billion by 2021 if the sector gets necessary policy supports from the government, according...
Syed Badrul Haque | 2016-07-29 00:00:00
Essentials of the Qur'an for Muslims, authored by Barrister Salauddin Ahmed, is yet another seminal publication in the broad spectrum of Islam. In the present book, the author has covered the very essentials of the Qur'an which a Muslim needs...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2016-07-29 00:00:00
'Education' is a social phenomenon as well as an indispensable component of social structure. Since ancient times, education has been considered the main engine for reconstruction of society. As a result, social thinkers and reformers have been emphasising the relation...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-07-29 00:00:00
The first anniversary of death of Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, known as the missile man of India, was on Wenesday, July 27, 2015. A career scientist, APJ Abdul Kalam became the 11th president of India. He studied physics and...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2016-07-29 00:00:00
Almost dramatically central banks have escalated their role in economic growth and employment generation (poverty reduction) outweighing their pre-occupation with maintaining price stability. Their minor role of promoting growth has now assumed overarching importance. This policy stance became overt in...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-07-28 00:00:00
The committee on land-tariff fixation for the economic zones (EZs) will be reconstituted for determining tariffs for the investors at revised rates, where deemed fit. As per instruction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the fourth governing body meeting of...
Siddique Islam | 2016-07-28 00:00:00
The central bank has raised substantially the net open position (NOP) limit for commercial banks to hold higher amounts of foreign exchange. Officials said the measure is meant for keeping the inter-bank foreign exchange (forex) market stable. The NOP has...
Special Correspondent | 2016-07-28 00:00:00
Citi NA has stressed the need for enhancing the quality of workforce and addressing the skill gap to help align the supply side factors with prudent fiscal measures. "To achieve sustainable growth and investment, it is imperative to reap the...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2016-07-28 00:00:00
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, recently published its H1 2016 Market Highlights. According to it, cash equity markets experienced a decline of 24.0 per cent in terms...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2016-07-28 00:00:00
In mid-July, US Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir I. Putin and proposed an extensive military cooperation agreement that would, for the first time, coordinate American and Russian air attacks on Islamic State...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-07-28 00:00:00
For the last couple of years, Bangladesh is trying to increase its export destinations beyond traditional West Europe and North America. These two regions attract the country's 80 per cent exports while emerging markets have got attention for the last...
Anas Alhajji in Irving, Texas, USA | 2016-07-28 00:00:00
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is dead. Saudi Arabia killed it. Now, OPEC is just a toothless zombie, attracting attention, but without having any impact on the living. Few have noticed OPEC's demise for a simple reason:...
Syed Mafiz Kamal and Muhammad Shafiullah | 2016-07-28 00:00:00
Earlier this year, the local poultry farmers staged a protest in front of a central market in Gaibandha district in northern Bangladesh. They, along with feed traders and dealers, formed a human chain demanding reduction of accessory prices in the...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-07-27 00:00:00
The volume of both non-performing and written-off loans has been rising unabatedly in the country's banking sector with the state-owned banks leading the way. There exists a direct relationship between the rise in the volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) and...
Siddique Islam | 2016-07-27 00:00:00
The central bank of Bangladesh is expecting to recover the entire amount of US$ 81 million stolen from its account, as the Philippines' central bank is probing the involvement of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) in the transactions process. Bangladesh...
FHM Humayan Kabir with Rezaul Karim | 2016-07-27 00:00:00
President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Dr Shinichi Kitaoka is coming to Dhaka in the first week of next month to assess security measures taken for the Japanese development personnel in Bangladesh. The JICA president's visit is very important...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-07-27 00:00:00
The government is set to revise the rates of cash incentive/subsidy on export for several export-oriented sectors, including readymade garment (RMG), for the current fiscal year (FY), officials said. In this regard, Finance Minister A M A Muhith is going...
Pete Sweeney and Tetsushi Kajimoto of Reuters in Shanghai and Tokyo respectively | 2016-07-27 00:00:00
China dodged criticism of its economic management at a G20 meeting it hosted on the weekend, even winning plaudits for yuan transparency, much to the frustration of Japanese officials who are calling for more reforms from Beijing. It was a...
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