Shamsul Alam | 2016-05-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh is now well on its way to fulfil its ambitions to become a high middle-income country. The economic growth rates and poverty reduction have been achieved in spite of extreme adverse climate variability, with frequent storm and tidal surges,...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
A new concept called 'tax day' is likely to be introduced in the upcoming fiscal year (FY) to end the traditional practice of the revenue board on extension of deadline for submission of individual tax return. Officials said the revenue...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
Country's apparel makers want the government to provide funds/loans at 3.0 per cent interest rate instead of 9-10 per cent from the foreign remediation fund for ready-made garment (RMG) factories, sources said. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has...
RAK starts commercial production from new tiles plant | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
RAK Ceramic Limited (Bangladesh), a Bangladesh-UAE joint venture listed company, started commercial operation of the extended production capacity on Tuesday. "The work of expansion of factory and installation of machineries for increasing the production capacity of tiles plant by around...
Muhaiminul Islam | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
Think about the time when you were in college or university. When was the best time to study for an exam or finish your project and when did you actually start working on it? A common answer would be -...
Mohammad Asiful Mowla | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
CreADive is regarded as the national inter-university creative advertisement making competition, which is organised by the Business and Communication Club of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). Before the inter university rounds, the intra-university rounds took place in March, 2016 in...
Md Tawhidul Islam | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
MobiCon 2016 recently took place at Independent University of Bangladesh. Google Developer Group (GDG) along with Preneuer Lab brought developers, designers, innovators, development thinkers, tech enthusiasts and representatives from telecom brands under one roof to showcase the future of mobile...
Abdul Mannan | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
Recently the Hon'ble High Court Division of the Supreme Court (HD of SC) declared, in a judgment, the 16th Constitutional Amendment void and unconstitutional. Thoughts fomented this writer's mind last few days to make some contribution in the basket of...
Abu Afsarul Haider | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
In today's world both private and public sector firms can fail and both can also succeed. Ownership is not the sole factor; what matters is the efficient and effective performance of the enterprises in carrying out policies, controlling and improving...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
Foreign direct investment (FDI) from global tax havens to Bangladesh has been increasing over the years. Statistics of the Bangladesh Bank (BB), the central bank, reveal that the FDI flow from six tax havens increased four times in the last...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
The gap is too large between the two estimates of Bangladesh population having access to internet facility. A World Bank (WB) study report has said nearly 148 million people (2014 data) in Bangladesh do not have access to internet. But,...
Siddique Islam | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
Country's banking system gasps under an over 15 per cent rise in their non-performing loans (NPLs) in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, belying the central bank surveillance. The volume of the dud loans rose to Tk 594.11 billion...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith is likely to propose a tax-revenue target of Tk 2.31 trillion in the national budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2016-17. The budget is set to be placed before parliament on June 02 next. The target...
Syful Islam | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
Disbursement of funds on Asian Development Bank (ADB)-financed projects until April this year has exceeded the annual target while contract awarding is found lagging behind, sources said. Until April last, some US$ 627 million was disbursed against the executing agencies'...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the global tax havens to Bangladesh has been increasing over the years. Bangladesh Bank statistics unveil that FDI from six tax havens increased by four times in the last six years. The six tax havens...
Md. Touhidul Alam Khan | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an international independent organisation that has been conducting corporate sustainability reporting since 1997. GRI helps businesses, governments and other organisations understand and communicate the impact of business on critical sustainability issues such as climate change,...
Philippe Legrain in London | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
Those campaigning for Britain to exit the European Union (EU) claim that doing so would make their country both freer and richer. They assert that after "Brexit", the UK could quickly negotiate a bespoke agreement with the EU that offers...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
Rice farming may face a setback as many farmers say they are incurring a loss by growing the staple crop and are now looking for alternatives. Low procurement rate, export and import of rice are to be blamed. A mysterious...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
Adopted by the United Nations in September last year, the formal implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- the 15-year global development agenda -- has commenced on January 01, 2016. Under the highly ambitious 17 goals, global communities are committed...
Mohamed A. El-Erian in Los Angeles | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
Saudi Arabia has captured the world's attention with the announcement of an ambitious agenda, called Vision 2030, aimed at overhauling the structure of its economy. The plan would reduce historical high dependence on oil by transforming how the Kingdom generates...
Abul Basher | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
It is irrefutable that the world has failed to stop the march of hunger and equally irrefutable is the fact that the facets of hunger and food security are continuously changing, underscoring the importance of staying ahead of the curve....
M. A. Taslim | 2016-05-17 00:00:00
A section of the business community has been demanding free access to global financial markets in order to borrow funds at global interest rates. Such demand became strident when the global rates tumbled to near zero in the wake of...
Siddique Islam | 2016-05-17 00:00:00
NCC Bank treats its clients as partners with offering maximum benefits for facilitating their business activities, the bank's top executive said. "We're committed to meet the revolving needs of our demanding customers for ensuring sustainable growth of our bank," Golam...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-05-17 00:00:00
An extensive code of conduct (CoC) is in the pipeline for over 25.11 million clients of the microfinance institutions (MFIs) with an aim to make them more aware, responsible and ethical, officials said. Recently, the World Bank (WB) has proposed...
Abdul Bayes | 2016-05-17 00:00:00
The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) every year produces a report on Bangladesh Economy. It has long been engaged in this kind of exercise - a critical assessment on the performance of the economy as well as of effectiveness of...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2016-05-17 00:00:00
Early this month, Londoners have created history by electing Sadiq Khan, a fast-talking secular Muslim lawyer and son of a London bus-driver, against arch conservative rightwing millionaire Zac Goldsmith. Noted author and New York Times (NYT) columnist Roger Cohen said:...
M.A. Taslim | 2016-05-17 00:00:00
The people who are egging the government on to borrow overseas are no doubt assuming that the infrastructure built with the borrowed funds will add to the physical capital that will enhance productivity and attract more investment. Apparently this is...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-05-16 00:00:00
Country's apex trade body has sought the prime minister's intervention to resolve raging tensions over the move on the part of the Ministry of Finance to enforce a new law that would levy a blanket rate of 15 per cent...
Syful Islam | 2016-05-16 00:00:00
The government is going to withhold a move to introduce premium and investment bonds in euro and pound sterling as it finds the new instruments unnecessary when adequate foreign currency is in hand, officials said. Four bonds were supposed to...
Munima Sultana | 2016-05-16 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway (BR) has started improving its image by maintaining schedule in running trains faster than a few months ago, officials said. Due to the improvement of timetable, they said, BR has taken a move to reschedule the train journey...
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