Jafar Ahmed Chowdhury in the first of a two-part article on ADP and budget implementation | 2017-03-29 00:00:00
The implementation of Annual Development Programme (ADP) plays a very important role in the socio-economic development of the country. In spite of criticism, data show that Bangladesh has experienced, on an average, implementation of about 80 per cent of original...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2017-03-29 00:00:00
Once a bastion of protectionism and dogmatic ideologies, China has now emerged as a champion of globalisation, as evidenced from its involvements all over the world in economic development ventures, investment projects as well as liberalisation initiatives in trade and...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-03-28 00:00:00
All export-oriented industries can release their products sent back by the buyers and re-export those without paying duty-taxes on certain conditions. The exporters have to follow six-point dos issued by the National Board of Revenue (NBR), including re-export of the...
Syful Islam | 2017-03-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh and Bhutan will soon work out ways for striking a bilateral transit deal to boost trade among the two countries, officials said. The decision was taken at a bilateral commerce secretary level meeting in Thimphu last week. A joint...
Munima Sultana | 2017-03-28 00:00:00
Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has adopted a project to extend the country's four-lane road network up to Rangpur for improving connectivity with India through Banglabandha. The extension of the regional corridor has been taken under SASEC road connectivity project-II...
Saeba Ruslana Abedin | 2017-03-28 00:00:00
Footwear exports are steadily approaching the one billion dollar mark, having rapidly risen to $714 million in the fiscal year (FY), 2015-16. Only export of jute goods ($746 million) and home textiles of the readymade garments (RMG) family ($753 million)...
Rabiul Hossain | 2017-03-28 00:00:00
A central bank or monetary authority is an organisation that manages a country's currency, interest rates and money supply. Central banks are usually held with the responsibility of overseeing functions of the scheduled banks of their respective countries. The central...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2017-03-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh has planned to launch a campaign to explore newer markets for jute products as the country is facing a setback in its export to India, a major destination of the items. The State Minister for Textile and Jute spoke...
Abdul Bayes | 2017-03-28 00:00:00
Demographic characteristics play an important role in rural livelihood system in terms of earning members or dependency ratio. A society might be poor in terms of endowments of natural resources but given appropriate policies and their proper implementation, a developed...
Benedicta Marzinotto in Brussels | 2017-03-28 00:00:00
Despite recently experiencing an overall economic uptick, the eurozone remains fragile and uninsured against the risk of another crisis. And a major reason is that it is still vulnerable to asymmetric boom-and-bust cycles. Simply put, while all eurozone members can...
Asjadul Kibria | 2017-03-28 00:00:00
Whether the country's economic growth is generating required or sufficient employment is a matter of debate. Policy makers believe that 7-plus growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is successfully generating necessary employment. Economists and analysts are, however, sceptical...
Gina Cherelus of Reuters | 2017-03-26 00:00:00
Uber Technologies Inc suspended its pilot programme for driverless cars on Saturday after a vehicle equipped with the nascent technology crashed on an Arizona roadway, the ride-hailing company and local police said. The accident, the latest involving a self-driving vehicle...
Rabiul Hossain | 2017-03-26 00:00:00
A central bank or monetary authority is an organisation that manages a country's currency, interest rates and money supply. Central banks are usually held with the responsibility of overseeing functions of the scheduled banks of their respective countries. The central...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2017-03-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh has planned to launch a campaign to explore newer markets for jute products as the country is facing a setback in its export to India, a major destination of the items. The State Minister for Textile and Jute spoke...
Abdul Bayes | 2017-03-26 00:00:00
Demographic characteristics play an important role in rural livelihood system in terms of earning members or dependency ratio. A society might be poor in terms of endowments of natural resources but given appropriate policies and their proper implementation, a developed...
Benedicta Marzinotto in Brussels | 2017-03-26 00:00:00
Despite recently experiencing an overall economic uptick, the eurozone remains fragile and uninsured against the risk of another crisis. And a major reason is that it is still vulnerable to asymmetric boom-and-bust cycles. Simply put, while all eurozone members can...
Asjadul Kibria | 2017-03-26 00:00:00
Whether the country's economic growth is generating required or sufficient employment is a matter of debate. Policy makers believe that 7-plus growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is successfully generating necessary employment. Economists and analysts are, however, sceptical...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-03-26 00:00:00
The number of wealthy people in the country grew 6.80 per cent this fiscal over the previous year, swelling the wealth-tax collection by 42 per cent, revenue data show. A total of 11,670 tycoons having net asset above Tk 22.5...
Munima Sultana | 2017-03-26 00:00:00
A Free Trade Area (FTA) framework agreement of the BIMSTEC is likely to be finalised for signing during its next summit for facilitating trade and investment in South Asia and South East Asian countries. Bangladesh, being the lead country on...
Maswood Alam Khan | 2017-03-26 00:00:00
Yesterday, 25 March, was the Genocide Day. It was the Day in 1971 when the final nail was hammered in the coffin of Pakistan. It was by killing innocent Bengalis in the early hours of the day that the Pakistani...
Aeman T Rasul | 2017-03-26 00:00:00
Philosopher Marcus Tillius Cicero had once famously quoted, "The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living." I truly believe that as people leave this world to the heavenly world, they surely leave behind bountiful memories....
Saif Kamal | 2017-03-26 00:00:00
Professor Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), describes the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in his book, The Fourth Industrial Revolution, as fundamentally different from the earlier industrial revolutions. The 4IR will bring in new technologies that...
Muhammad Quamrul Islam | 2017-03-26 00:00:00
I was 30 years old in March 1971. The 'Paltan-Stadium Group' comprising our 1961 Dhaka University batch mates, juniors as well as seniors used to meet every evening to exchange views on different affairs including socio-economic and political aspirations of...
Rezaul Karim | 2017-03-25 00:00:00
The government moves to establish reform units in its ministries to act as think-tanks to help run the administration as per SDG-era requisites. Officials said the prime minister's office (PMO) has asked the ministries and divisions to create such knowledge...
Syful Islam | 2017-03-25 00:00:00
Four local private companies have expressed their interest to form joint venture (JV) company with the Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) to buy or charter mother vessels for carrying crude oil, officials said. They submitted proposals to the BSC as the...
Talha Bin Habib | 2017-03-25 00:00:00
The government is set to take up a project aiming to boost the meat, milk and egg production to meet their growing demand in the country, officials said. "We will soon undertake a project in cooperation with the World Bank...
Lamia Mohsin | 2017-03-25 00:00:00
These days you will wonder how such atrocious events can occur in your city-the city you live in, a very familiar, 'glitzy', 'glamorous' metropolis where you get aromatic coffee in some posh, upscale cafes, where you can go with your...
The government's move to set a ceiling on the costs of migration cost to Singapore is a welcome development. Escalating recruitment costs are a big factor causing distress to Bangladeshi workers in Singapore. Enforcement will, however, be the key to...
Anis Chowdhury in Sydney and Jomo Kwame Sundaram in Kuala Lumpur | 2017-03-25 00:00:00
Recent disturbing trends in international finance have particularly problematic implications, especially for developing countries. The recently released United Nations report, World Economic Situation and Prospects 2017 (WESP 2017) is the only recent report of a multilateral inter-governmental organization to recognise...
Manipadma Jena in New Delhi | 2017-03-25 00:00:00
In Asia, it likely will not be straightforward water wars. Prolonged water scarcity might lead to security situations that are more nuanced, giving rise to a complex set of cascading but unpredictable consequences, with communities and nations reacting in ways...
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