Talha Bin Habib | 2017-03-11 00:00:00
The government has initiated a process to form Joint Trade Council (JTC) with Cambodia aiming to help boost bilateral trade between the two countries, officials said. Under the move, the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) recently held a meeting with other...
Dilip Pal | 2017-03-11 00:00:00
Mr. Mridha, who owns 1462 shares of a mining company, one day comes across a piece of news on extension of mineral patent exemption up to 2033 securities. Questions pop up in his mind instantly" "Will it have any kind...
Andy Hazel of IPS in the United Nations | 2017-03-11 00:00:00
Religious advocacy groups have a long history of working with the United Nations, pushing back against progressive interpretations of the terms 'family' and 'marriage' as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. That effort was seemingly rewarded in 2016...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-03-11 00:00:00
This is the era of publicity. Publicity-positive and negative-can make or break anything from commodities to coordinated ventures, simple folks to celebrities. Well, of the human species, some are born with popular appeal, some achieve celebrity status and some have...
Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad of IPS in Dhaka | 2017-03-11 00:00:00
The year 2015 was highly significant in relation to global convergence on ways forward towards achieving sustainable development at local, national, regional, and global levels. Global leaders reached four groundbreaking agreements that year, the first of which was the Sendai...
Nabil Azam Dewan | 2017-03-11 00:00:00
Dhaka requires a radical restructuring of its transportation network in alignment with its dynamic growth - physical and social. Since Dhaka consists of an aquatic geography, a waterborne transportation system with waterbuses and water-taxis will be instrumental in developing appropriate...
Md Shafiqul Islam | 2017-03-11 00:00:00
Trade facilitation refers to broader range of measures that aims to streamlining the movement of goods, reduction of red tape, procedural barriers including tariff structures and other broad trade supporting services. Trade facilitation impacts on the percentage growth of Gross...
Michael Heise in Munich | 2017-03-11 00:00:00
One of US President Donald Trump's most significant reform proposals is aimed at the American tax system. His administration wants not only to lower the overall tax burden, but also to "rebalance" the tax system to encourage domestic production and...
Siddique Islam | 2017-03-10 00:00:00
Country's overall imports grew by more than 12 per cent in the first seven months of the current fiscal year (FY) thanks to a steep rise in import of capital machinery, officials said. "Overall imports increased during the period mainly...
Talha Bin Habib | 2017-03-10 00:00:00
The ministry of commerce (MoC) has suggested some changes in the proposed Corporate Social Responsibility guidelines including slashing of a company's three-year net profit to 0.50 per cent from two per cent for spending on CSR purposes. Besides, the ministry...
Munima Sultana | 2017-03-10 00:00:00
Officials of Bangladesh and Brazil are set to meet for the first time in Dhaka on March 20 to explore areas of bilateral cooperation, mainly to reduce huge trade gap. Sources said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will lead the...
Iqbal Siddiquee | 2017-03-10 00:00:00
SYLHET, Mar 09: Most of the tea gardens in tea producing region couldn't yet start the season's tea leaf plucking due to the drought-like situation. However, only a few tea gardens in North-Sylhet region started plucking this week as it...
Chen Yanan and Wang Yunna of People's Daily in Beijing | 2017-03-10 00:00:00
The story of how the Jing ethnic group of Wutou village on a remote island in South China empowered themselves to shrug of the shackles of poverty to step into prosperity has become a highlight of the ongoing "two sessions",...
Hoo Chiew-ping traces the history of this unusual relationship for BBC | 2017-03-10 00:00:00
Malaysia is not alone in sharing what some have called a "special relationship" with North Korea. In fact, many other South East Asian nations have developed close ties with the reclusive and rogue state. But their history begins in conflict...
Athens Zaw Zaw of AFP in Thanlyin, Myanmar | 2017-03-10 00:00:00
From spells to win back an errant lover to help communing with the spirits, Myanmar's mediums, soothsayers and wizards dabbling in the occult, are in high demand. Most people here believe in a brand of Buddhism laced with animism and...
Mersiha Gadzo of Al Jazeera in Gaza Strip | 2017-03-10 00:00:00
At 42 per cent, Gaza has the world's highest unemployment rate - and while the rate of women in the workforce is only 15 percent, compared to 71 per cent of men, many of them are trying to close the...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-03-10 00:00:00
The overpouring exuberance centring around the International Women's Day gives, more often than not, a misleading impression. Does it celebrate what in conventional sense is understood as womanhood or feminism? Successful women's rise to fame is highlighted in glowing terms....
Syful Islam | 2017-03-09 00:00:00
Intergovernmental body OECD has requested Bangladesh to sign a multilateral convention to implement tax-treaty-related measures in a global combat to prevent base erosion and profit shifting, especially to tax havens. Tax avoidance through Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BESP) is...
Siddique Islam | 2017-03-09 00:00:00
The country saw its current-account deficit widen further in the first seven months of this fiscal mainly as trade and inward remittance both remained on a downturn. Officials said the nation's current account counted a deficit of US$754 million during...
Nabila Anzum | 2017-03-09 00:00:00
Entrepreneurship plays a vital role in the growth of economy of a country. For a growing country like Bangladesh, the success of entrepreneurs is indispensable to create workplaces for the growing population. However, there is lack of proper platforms where...
BEIJING, Mar 08: By further streamlining administration and delegating power, strengthening supervision and improving the service level, China will mobilise social forces to participate in the development of elderly care industry, lower the institutional cost for entrepreneurship and create a...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2017-03-09 00:00:00
Some stakeholders, including Dhaka bourse, seek changes in the book-building method in trading to avert any doctoring during determining the cut-off prices of stocks. The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has already submitted a proposal to Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission...
Emdadul Haque | 2017-03-09 00:00:00
BOGRA, Mar 08: A good number of farmers of Sadar upazila in Joypurhat are becoming self-reliant by cultivating strawberry. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), a total of 20 hectares of land have been brought under strawberry cultivation...
Nabil Azam Dewan | 2017-03-09 00:00:00
Perhaps, it is impossible to think of organisations without a managerial hierarchy. But experiments show businesses may function better if the rigidity of a centralised managerial system is removed. Recently, tech-savvy entities like the US-based online shoe/clothing shop Zappos and...
Harold James in Princeton | 2017-03-09 00:00:00
The Russian Revolution's centennial this year coincides with the Trump Revolution in the United States, which itself followed the Brexit Revolution in the United Kingdom. Like the Bolsheviks in 1917, the political movements behind Trump and Brexit consider themselves to...
Asjadul Kibria | 2017-03-09 00:00:00
Global geo-politics is becoming increasingly volatile. No wonder, it is the President of the United States Donald Trump who is fuelling the volatility. His steps in the last seven weeks at the helm of the US government have created great...
pankajdastider@gmail.com | 2017-03-08 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Mar 7: Western Marine Shipyard will build a fishing vessel for Norwegian company. A kick-off meeting and conference was held in this connection today at Chittagong Club. Chittagong City Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin was present as the chief guest...
Rezaul Karim | 2017-03-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (BHBFC) has constituted a squad aiming to check corruption and irregularities at its loan processing and sanctioning level, officials said. The state-owned specialised financial institution has formed the squad headed by its deputy general manager,...
Selima Ahmad | 2017-03-08 00:00:00
Entrepreneurship has been regarded as one of the most important determinants of any economy's growth both in the developed and in the developing countries. Despite this emergence of women entrepreneurship is a new phenomenon all over the world. It's no...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-03-08 00:00:00
Around 50 per cent of the country's population are women. There is no denying of the fact that development and participation of women for the country's economic and social development are crucial. Over the decades, they are doing better in...
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