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...
Munima Sultana | 2017-03-08 00:00:00
Women's representation in different trade bodies still remains at a miniscule level. A good number of trade bodies do not have even one single woman member. In such a situation, election of three successful businesswomen as the head of one...
Abu Afsarul Haider | 2017-03-08 00:00:00
In Bangladesh, the economic and social contribution of women is substantial but largely unacknowledged. They have made their mark in multiple fields, from the kitchen to the Gono Bhavan, from farms to the peak of the Himalayas, from sports arena...
M. Serajul Islam | 2017-03-08 00:00:00
Senator Lindsey Graham, the Republican Senator from South Carolina, has finally said what is now becoming the central focus of the Trump administration: the alleged role of Russia in the 2016 election. The Senator said at a town hall meeting...
Siddique Islam | 2017-03-07 00:00:00
The central bank directed commercial banks to put up a close watch so that no one can use the banking channel for terror financing both at home and abroad. Such a strict instruction came from a conference of chief anti-money...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-03-07 00:00:00
The government is considering formulating comprehensive policy guidelines for ensuring equal tax treatment for the country's non-profit research organisations, officials said. Tax authority has already received a note from Finance Minister A M A Muhith to work on this issue....
Syful Islam | 2017-03-07 00:00:00
An Austrian company proposed to arrange soft finances for much-cherished modernisation of public hospitals in Bangladesh. Officials said the Vienna-based company, ODELGA MED, which mainly supplies to the Austrian market everyday commodities in the medical sphere, submitted a proposal to...
Babul Barman | 2017-03-07 00:00:00
Net foreign investment in stocks marked a 28 per cent rise month-on-month in February this year as portfolio investors invested more funds in Bangladesh capital market, anticipating positive market scenario. An analyst said the favourable macroeconomic indicators, including declining interest...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2017-03-07 00:00:00
Urban experts opine that unless there is an inclusive urbanisation policy and strong political commitment, it will be very difficult for Bangladesh to make its cities sustainable by 2030 in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) amid rapid urban...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2017-03-07 00:00:00
Urban experts opine that unless there is an inclusive urbanisation policy and strong political commitment, it will be very difficult for Bangladesh to make its cities sustainable by 2030 in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) amid rapid urban...
Michael Heise in Munich | 2017-03-07 00:00:00
How long will major central banks blindly rely on rigid rules to control inflation and stimulate growth? Given the clear benefits of nimble monetary policy, central bankers need to open their eyes to the possibilities that flexibility affords. The rule...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2017-03-07 00:00:00
In a recent report, the World Bank has sounded a note of warning that protectionism and threats to undo or rewrite trade agreements on global scale in the Trump era has already created total political uncertainty and slowed trade growth....
Abdul Bayes | 2017-03-07 00:00:00
One can't bypass the context of agrarian structure while talking about rural transformation. The question of agrarian structure in the 1970s and the 1980s raised storm among academics who often argued that the prevailing agrarian structure would constrain development of...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2017-03-07 00:00:00
So far it has been akin to kite flying or amounted to loud thinking among a few but the idea seems to be gaining ground at the level of think tanks, if not with policy makers yet. It is not...
Asjadul Kibria | 2017-03-06 00:00:00
The eight member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) have got three common standards for three different products. The countries will now use these common standards instead of different national standards. This will help reduce the...
Siddique Islam | 2017-03-06 00:00:00
Private sector credit growth increased further in January due to higher short-term loans, availed particularly by the corporate entities, for settling their foreign currency liabilities with the banks. The growth in private sector credit flow rose to 15.61 per cent...
Mohammad Wazed Ali | 2017-03-06 00:00:00
Exports of leather products and footwear have been rising in recent years on the back of diversified products and markets and skill development initiatives in the sector, insiders have said. They said the shipment of leather products and footwear expanded...
Emdadul Haque | 2017-03-06 00:00:00
BOGRA, Mar 05: The cultivators of Iranian cumin of Sherpur upazila in the district are expecting a good yield and fair market prices this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office source, over 15 hectares of land...
Joakim Reiter and Guillermo Valles in Geneva | 2017-03-06 00:00:00
While US President Donald Trump has promised an "America first" approach to economic policy, it is simplistic - even misleading - to describe that approach as merely protectionist. Rather, Trump's modus operandi is revanchism. As he put it in his...
Neil Ray | 2017-03-06 00:00:00
At a time when Bangladesh feels the heat of arguments against a law passed in parliament with a legal leeway for underage marriage only in exceptional cases, a school in the United States of America hosts an even more exceptional...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2017-03-06 00:00:00
The interns at public medical college hospitals are now in the midst of their72-hour work abstention programme, launched to protest the government actions against four of their colleagues. The health ministry took punitive actions against the interns for physically assaulting...
Nironjan Roy concluding a two-part article on non-performing loans | 2017-03-06 00:00:00
Time has come for bankers to rethink about the obsolete form of bank finance and thus restrict widespread use of OD/CC (Overdraft/Cash Credit) limit in bank finance. The entire loan structure and, more precisely, all types of credit facility being...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-03-05 00:00:00
The existing business-identification numbers (BINs) may stand invalid for import, letters of credit (LC) opening, obtaining bank loans, land registration, supply of products, and participation in tender from July 01. Officials said the import of products using a current 11-digit...
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