Jonathan Cook of Al Jazeera in Nazareth | 2016-07-27 00:00:00
Israel's parliament, the Knesset, awarded itself a draconian new power last week: A three-quarters majority of its members can now expel an elected politician if they do not like his or her views. According to Adalah, a law centre representing...
Abdul Bayes | 2016-07-27 00:00:00
Nepal C. Dey, Sujit K. Balab and Seiji Hayakawa carried out an excellent economic exercise on wastage of water and the ways to wane it. Published in the Water Policy 8 (2006), the paper produces food for thoughts for those...
Saleh Akram | 2016-07-27 00:00:00
One of the encouraging features of Bangladesh economy has been a steady growth in its export earnings over the years. In the just concluded 2015-16 financial year, Bangladesh earned US$34.25 billion from exports which is equivalent to about Tk.2739.34 billion...
Syful Islam | 2016-07-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh is set to tie up with a new economic bloc, led by Russia, aiming to explore untapped export potential in markets of its member-countries, officials said. "We have, in principle, decided to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on...
Siddique Islam | 2016-07-26 00:00:00
Written-off loans continued to rise until March, 2016 as the banks cleaned their balance sheets by reducing default loans, officials said. "The rising trend of written-off loans indicates lack of due diligence while sanctioning credits," a senior official of the...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-07-26 00:00:00
The authorities of Dhaka city developer snapped on Monday utility services to unauthorised commercial establishments in Uttara to kick-start evection drives in the capital's residential areas amid security concerns. Officials of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk), Titas and power departments...
Munima Sultana | 2016-07-26 00:00:00
A move has been taken up to open an office of Assistant High Commission (AHC) in Guwahati to facilitate visa process of Indian nationals living in parts of the Seven Sister states. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has already...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2016-07-26 00:00:00
The latest enhancement of paid-up capital by commercial banks for their subsidiaries has given a 'breathing' space and scope of adopting existing business to the banks amid the sluggish trend of capital market, the top officials said. As per the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-07-25 00:00:00
India has requested Dhaka to allow duty-free export of their non-alloy steel billet to Bangladesh through a reversal of the recently levied regulatory duty and value added tax (VAT) on the item. To back up their desire, the Indian High...
Munima Sultana | 2016-07-25 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Railway has taken a move to construct two separate rail bridges over the Meghna and the Meghna-Gumti rivers. The new move was taken as a technical committee has ruled out the possibility of establishing rail-cum-road bridges over the...
Mohammad Wazed Ali | 2016-07-25 00:00:00
The rising demand of construction and resurgent real estate in recent times has helped the cement sector flourish, insiders have said. The domestic demand for cement has been surging from 5.0 per cent to 8.0 per cent over the last...
Virginia Vigliar of Al Jazeera in Herat | 2016-07-25 00:00:00
Roya Mahboob knew that she wanted to build a career in technology from the first time she set her eyes on a computer in the only internet cafe in Herat, Afghanistan, when she was 16 years old. In 2010, at...
M. Serajul Islam from Maryland, USA | 2016-07-25 00:00:00
The four-day Republican Convention ended on July 21 endorsing Donald Trump. The Convention articulated the message with which Donald Trump had hit the campaign trail over a year ago, which was that unless Americans elected him the President, the country...
Mohd Jamil Hossain | 2016-07-25 00:00:00
Banks are a vital part of a nation's economy. In their traditional role as financial intermediaries, banks serve to meet the demand of those who need funding. With the advent of globalisation, banking activities are no longer confined to the...
Neil Ray | 2016-07-25 00:00:00
Abandoned open pipes of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) and open sewerages in the city have turned into veritable death traps. Children in particular fall victim as much to the open traps as to the negligence of the authority...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-07-25 00:00:00
The nation has largely overcome the rude shock from the terror attack on the Gulshan café and Sholakia in Kishoreganj in the first week of the current month. Despite a lingering fear at the back of their mind, the people...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-07-24 00:00:00
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Saturday suspended recruitment of single male domestic workers from Bangladesh temporarily. The decision was taken by the Saudi Labour and Social Development Ministry. The ministry has asked applicants (mainly Saudi citizens) to search...
Local version begins in city today | 2016-07-24 00:00:00
The 4th Bangladesh Summit on Sustainable Development begins in the city on Sunday to review the implementation and monitoring process of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The two-day Summit is being jointly organised by Secretariat of Global Citizens' Forum on...
Alice Ritchie of AFP in London | 2016-07-24 00:00:00
While British politicians have spent the month since the EU referendum in a whirl of resignations, recriminations and political backstabbings, civil servants have been quietly beginning the mammoth task of implementing Brexit. Unpicking 43 years of EU laws and regulations...
Majeda El-Batsh of AFP in Khirbet Zanuta, Palestinian Territories | 2016-07-24 00:00:00
A tiny Palestinian village in the Hebron hills could soon cease to exist after a nine-year legal battle with Israeli authorities who say its 167 residents live on an archaeological site. Israel's supreme court is expected to make a final...
Pascale Trouillaud of AFP in Istanbul | 2016-07-24 00:00:00
More than his security forces, what saved Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the night of the coup attempt was the extraordinary devotion the charismatic strongman inspires among his followers. In the tense hours when rebel troops attacked with fighter...
Marco Sibaja of AFP in Penas Blancas, Costa Rica | 2016-07-24 00:00:00
Europe's toughened borders are prompting migrants to switch focus to the United States, but their trek is being thwarted in Central America, where a bottleneck has formed, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). In Costa Rica, a makeshift...
Shamsul Alam | 2016-07-24 00:00:00
The Constitution of Bangladesh provides for equal opportunities for all citizens and the government is committed to implementing this, while mindful that this is a long vision commitment and continued efforts are necessary. This commitment is reflected in Vision 2021,...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-07-23 00:00:00
The government has moved to enact a new law with the objective of expediting the recovery of non-performing loans (NPLs) of banks, officials said. The proposed new law will have provisions that would strengthen central bank's inspection work. The other...
Md Saifullah Khaled | 2016-07-23 00:00:00
Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan {pen-name Ghalib (1797 - 1869)} was born in Kala Mahal, Agra into a family that descended from Aibak Turks. His paternal grandfather, Mirza Qoqan Baig Khan, was a Saljuq Turk who had immigrated to India from...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-07-23 00:00:00
The world is at war with itself. So turbulent is the time that hardly anywhere people feel secure. Human civilizations have perished time and again not so much because of exogenous reasons but because of their inherent suicidal tendencies. To...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2016-07-23 00:00:00
China's Belt and Road Initiative is seemingly attracting some Central Asian and Eastern European countries to actively participate in this 'win-win' proposition for 'enlightened self interest'. The Brexit shock, which prompted many to question the future of the European Union...
Abdul Bayes and Hasanuzzaman | 2016-07-23 00:00:00
As is well-known, access to and availability of good nutrition for the people allows for healthy growth of an economy and of a nation. The virtuous circle is not difficult to follow: better nutrition ? increased productivity/earning ?improved nutrition?increased productivity/earning....
Kemal Dervis | 2016-07-23 00:00:00
The Brexit vote has unleashed a huge amount of commentary on anti-establishment politics, the failure of experts, the abdication of the left, and much else. Juxtaposed to the presidential campaign in the United States, Brexit is regarded by many as...
Siddique Islam | 2016-07-22 00:00:00
All scheduled banks can now invest Tk 45 billion more in the capital market after availing the Bangladesh Bank's (BB) policy support for adjustment of their stock market overexposure by July 21. "The investment opportunity has been created following the...
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