Syful Islam | 2017-06-10 00:00:00
The Equity and Entrepreneurship Fund (EEF) is set to see major policy changes after its operational disorders through which many borrowers fled or defaulted on loan repayment. Official sources said the government has asked the authorities concerned to scrutinise loopholes...
Talha Bin Habib | 2017-06-10 00:00:00
Special launch service will start from June 23 with over 50 additional vessels being added to the existing fleet to carry an increasing number of home-bound people on the occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Usually, 75 to 80 launches ply 41...
Babul Barman | 2017-06-10 00:00:00
Stocks extended the winning streak for the three consecutive weeks that ended Thursday, the first post-budget week, as some investors continued their buying appetite on sector specific issues. Brokers said the market maintained the upward trend in the week after...
Gazi Delwar Hosen | 2017-06-10 00:00:00
Access to justice is still a major challenge pertaining to the discourse of good governance, rule of law and democratic values as core ethos of liberation struggle in Bangladesh even after 45 years of Independence. Judiciary is considered the last...
Diallo of Al Jazeera in Paris | 2017-06-10 00:00:00
Over the past week, France has been engulfed in a scandal over a festival organised by black feminists that was allegedly going to be "forbidden to whites". The controversy was instigated by the National Front (NP), the extreme right-wing party...
Prof. Dr. Akbaruddin Ahmad and Touhid Alam | 2017-06-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh on an annual basis is battered by floods, tidal surges and earthquakes that have become more frequent since the recent past. More than 300 rivers and alluvial soil with annual siltation of land and low -lying areas have become...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-06-10 00:00:00
To many, sculpture and idols or statues of worship are not different. Most idols or images of gods and goddesses are, however, built with clay and when dry are coloured beautifully. Some statues or images of rock, basalt or other...
Ferdous Ara Begum in the second of three-part article on Challenges in water use efficiency | 2017-06-10 00:00:00
The water sector in Bangladesh is being managed by a number of government organisations. With the increasing importance of green growth, water security, climate change and many other global issues, managing water sector in a sustainable manner has become a...
Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled | 2017-06-10 00:00:00
The number of high-rise buildings in Bangladesh's major cities has mushroomed in recent years. Already having a scarcity of land, Bangladesh does need high-rise buildings to save the few available lands in cities. However, the problem lies elsewhere. As far...
Abdul Bayes | 2017-06-10 00:00:00
An important element of analysing livelihood system in any society is its demographic characteristics. A society might be poor in terms of endowments of natural resources but, given appropriate policies and their proper implementations, a developed human resource base could...
Wolfgang Schäuble | 2017-06-10 00:00:00
Africa's enormous economic potential is not news. But, until now, policymakers around the world have not successfully defined the political and economic steps that must be taken to enable Africa to realize this potential fully. That is why the German...
Nabil Azam Dewan | 2017-06-10 00:00:00
Rivers such as the Bangshi, the Dhaleshwari and the Turag used to act as the lifeline of Dhaka for several years contrary to the abject conditions they are in now. Rivers girdling the capital are literally turning into virtual cesspools...
Kemal Dervis and Caroline Conroy in Washington, DC | 2017-06-10 00:00:00
Many commentators have described Emmanuel Macron's victory in the French presidential election as a triumph for the centre-right, because he received votes that otherwise would have gone to the scandal-plagued mainstream conservative candidate, François Fillon. But this electoral dynamic does...
Syful Islam | 2017-06-09 00:00:00
The government has moved to stop running of unauthorised insurance business by the non-government organisations (NGOs), officials said. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) will soon ask the microcredit regulatory authority (MRA) for issuing necessary directives to the NGOs to stop...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-06-09 00:00:00
National Board of Revenue (NBR) has estimated that steps proposed under the under the new VAT and Supplementary Duty Act-2012, if implemented, would fetch Tk 112.98 billion in additional revenue in the fiscal year (FY) 2017-18. The additional amount would...
Syed L Ali Bahram | 2017-06-09 00:00:00
Bureaucracy is a major tool of modern civilisation. However, now-a-days, it is often said that we depend on it for our survival, but it is failing. It is also said that we are rapidly approaching a point where we can...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-06-09 00:00:00
When workers meet their tragic end at construction sites, they make news but only briefly. The job is fraught with risks but it is made riskier by not following the required safety rules. In most cases the death of construction...
Syful Islam | 2017-06-08 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) had no proper system in place for monitoring foreign exchange inflow and its utilisation before the sudden hike in price of US dollar in April last, a senior central banker admitted. "Now we are monitoring everything....
Siddique Islam | 2017-06-08 00:00:00
The overall excess liquidity with the commercial banks decreased by nearly 19 per cent or Tk 230 billion in April from a level it was four months ago due to accelerated credit growth particularly in the private sector, officials said....
Rezaul Karim | 2017-06-08 00:00:00
The government is going to grant Tk 10 billion to the scam-hit BASIC Bank to meet its capital shortfall, once more. Besides, officials said, five state-owned banks (SoBs), one private bank, a specialised financial entity and restructured Grameen Bank (GB)...
Liu Junguo, Zhou Hanbo, Xie Yahong, Leng Shumei and Ma Xiaoning | 2017-06-08 00:00:00
The China-proposed "Belt and Road" initiative is a great blueprint since it incorporates several billion population under the same framework of win-win development, Shigeo Katsu, president of Nazarbayev University, told the People's Daily in a recent interview. The scholar made...
Special Correspondent | 2017-06-08 00:00:00
Dhaka Bank Ltd will be a marquee name in near future among the country's financial institutions riding on its growing brand image. "We expect Dhaka Bank to be the top financial institution of the country with a substantial global footprint...
Ferdous Ara Begum in the first of three-part article on Challenges in water use efficiency | 2017-06-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh is one of the most densely-populated countries in the world with approximately 1,052 people per square kilometre. As many as 160 million people live in a 148,460 sq. km area of the country (land:130,170 sq km and water: 18,290...
Anne-Sophie Stevance and David McCollum in Paris | 2017-06-08 00:00:00
In just the latest example of popular support for science, tens of thousands of people around the world recently marched to advocate for a worldview based on facts, not fiction. They understand that science could actually save the world, because...
Rain Newton-Smith in London | 2017-06-08 00:00:00
Nearly a year ago, the British voted - 52 per cent to 48 per cent - to leave the European Union (EU). Many expected the vote to produce severe economic volatility. But the economy, so far, has proved resilient, though...
Siddique Islam | 2017-06-07 00:00:00
The government opted for costlier borrowing with increased interest rates on its securities as banks were least interested to buy the instruments ahead of Eid. Such borrowing through auction of different tools is meant for financing government budget deficit, and...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-06-07 00:00:00
The government has incorporated a new provision in Customs Act 1969 to award Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status to honest and genuine exporters and importers to facilitate them with privilege in release of goods from customs stations. The Finance Bill...
Babul Barman | 2017-06-07 00:00:00
Net foreign investment in stocks marked a 120 per cent rise on month-on-month basis in May, after hitting eight months low in April, as overseas investors invested more funds in stocks, anticipating positive market scenario. Market insiders said the favourable...
Ahamadou Cisse and Sebastien Rieussec of AFP in Bamako, Mali | 2017-06-07 00:00:00
In Mali, where skin conditions are widespread and skin doctors are scarce, physicians have turned to technology to treat patients remotely. From his Bamako office, Professor Ousmane Faye, one of a small number of dermatologists in Mali, examines photos of...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2017-06-07 00:00:00
The shipping minister recently informed that mobile courts have been directed to realise hefty amount of fines from those involved in encroaching or polluting rivers. He said this after the task force meeting on checking pollution and restoring the navigability...
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