Syed Ashraf Ali | 2017-02-24 00:00:00
AKN Ahmed, who became a legend in the banking arena in his lifetime, passed away on February 24 last year in Washington DC at the age of 85. His name may not strike a chord in the ears of the...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2017-02-24 00:00:00
A few government agencies are found involved in various sorts of whimsical acts as far as the execution of development projects is concerned. Instances of recurrent rise in cost and extension of project execution time are many. Lately, the number...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-02-24 00:00:00
An unrelenting procession of deaths from road accidents marks the first month and the two-thirds of the second month of the 2017. Various sources put the number of deaths at more than 700 and wounded at well above the 2,000...
Arvind Subramanian in New Delhi | 2017-02-24 00:00:00
For too long, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has languished, to lift a reference from T.S. Eliot, by the "waters of Leman" (Lake Geneva). Once the world's preeminent multilateral trade forum, the WTO has been steadily marginalised in recent years,...
Siddique Islam | 2017-02-23 00:00:00
Cooperative societies opt for disabusing farm and SME loans by partnering banks in a latest development in lending to these thrust sectors. Officials said the Department of Cooperatives (DoC) placed a proposal in this regard for approval at a coordination...
Syful Islam | 2017-02-23 00:00:00
State-owned House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) has decided to lower interest rate of loans by 2.5 per cent to compete with other banks and financial institutions, officials said. To augment its activities and get increased number of customers, the HBFC...
Talha Bin Habib | 2017-02-23 00:00:00
The government has taken an initiative to get cooperation from foreign countries to strengthen the office of the Food Safety Authority, officials said. The ministry of food has asked the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) to prepare draft memoranda of...
M. Serajul Islam | 2017-02-23 00:00:00
The US and the international media covered President Donald Trump's February 16 interview at the White House as an event with all the trappings for which viewers wait for a long time to watch on the television. That a US...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2017-02-23 00:00:00
When the World Bank (WB) cancelled the US $2.0-billion loan for the construction of the Padma Bridge on the spurious ground of corruption the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) felt not only shocked and humiliated, the mega project of crucial economic...
Munima Sultana | 2017-02-21 00:00:00
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is set to miss its target of road maintenance works in the current dry season due to its failure to give work orders to contractors in time, allegedly, because of a change in electronic...
Siddique Islam | 2017-02-21 00:00:00
The government moves to enact a new finance companies act for updating the existing overall regulations to ensure good governance in the sector. Officials said the Finance Companies Act 2017 will replace the Financial Institutions Act 1993 and create an...
Rezaul Karim | 2017-02-21 00:00:00
The government would soon take a decision to offload 15 per cent shares of Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Ltd. (PGCB) in the capital market in addition to existing 25 per cent, officials said. "We are working on it. An...
Talha Bin Habib | 2017-02-21 00:00:00
The government has initiated a move to enact a law to provide quick services to investors from a single place aiming to attract more local and foreign investments, officials said. To this effect, the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) is...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2017-02-21 00:00:00
Bangla is the mother tongue of the Bengalis, the state language of Bangladesh. With a heritage spanning more than a millennium, its progress bears the imprints of many struggles and sacrifices. In getting recognition as the state language when Bangladesh...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2017-02-21 00:00:00
The General Conference of the United Nation's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) declared 21st February as International Mother Language Day (IMLD) in November 1999. IMLD has been being observed every year since February 2000 to promote linguistic and cultural...
Abdul Bayes | 2017-02-21 00:00:00
The South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) organised a two-day annual economists' conference (February 18-19, 2017). The first day of the conference was devoted to an interesting panel discussion titled 'Managing Growth with Social Inclusion'. The panel comprised eminent...
Siddique Islam | 2017-02-20 00:00:00
The country's overall imports decreased by nearly 6.0 per cent or US$ 235.16 million in January as compared to the previous month mainly due to lower import of consumer goods and capital machinery, officials said. Actual import in terms of...
Shafiq Islam | 2017-02-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh maintained a steady growth rate of more than 6.0 per cent during the last decade. In 2016, the growth rate was more than 7.0 per cent. This sustained accelerated growth led to the improvement of per capita income and...
Neil Ray | 2017-02-20 00:00:00
Dhaka City has passed almost a meatless week on account of the strike called by the Bangladesh Meat Traders' Association and the Dhaka Metropolitan Meat Traders' Association. Meat lovers certainly did not take the decision in good grace. But the...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2017-02-20 00:00:00
In the second week of January last, a High Court bench ordered the relevant authorities to issue a notification asking doctors to use capital letters while writing their prescriptions or deliver printed copies of the same to patients. The bench,...
Munima Sultana | 2017-02-19 00:00:00
The government now moves to build overhead expressways along potential national highways and second bridges over major rivers under a mega traffic plan. Officials said the objective is to make nationwide road infrastructures ready for growing traffic beyond 2030. Building...
Yoon Young-kwan in Seoul | 2017-02-19 00:00:00
US President Donald Trump's surprisingly restrained reaction to North Korea's latest ballistic missile test has left many observers wondering what his next move will be. Trump has publicly declared that North Korea's goal of developing a nuclear-capable missile that can...
Rezaul Karim | 2017-02-18 00:00:00
The government is going to sign soon Framework Arrangement for US$500million worth of credits from Korea to finance development projects. Officials said the loan, packaged as EDCF or Economic Development Cooperation Fund, will be used for various development projects from...
Syful Islam | 2017-02-18 00:00:00
Dhaka is set to revive talks with Ankara regarding signing of a free trade area (FTA) deal which was virtually put on hold for months following a diplomatic rift centering war crimes trial, officials said. A Turkish delegation comprising officials...
Ismail Hossain | 2017-02-18 00:00:00
Country's four novice long-liners that were awarded licence for fishing tuna in the deep sea in the Bay of Bengal are reviewing their decisions as the government once again invited applications for new licence for long-liner and purse-seine fishing. The...
Talha Bin Habib | 2017-02-18 00:00:00
The government has taken a Tk 1.60 billion project for repairing coastal embankment in Cox's Bazar aiming to prevent lives and properties from damage being caused by sea water, officials said. The project titled 'Construction of embankment with protective work...
Babul Barman | 2017-02-18 00:00:00
Stocks stayed upbeat for the two consecutive weeks that ended Thursday with high turnover value as investors took position on large-cap stocks amid optimism. Analysts said stocks maintained the upward momentum as buying interest spurred the sector specific large-cap issues,...
Rakibul Hasan | 2017-02-18 00:00:00
Peacempire, an initiative to scale down Early Marriage, have worked with 2805 adolescents, youths and adults, mostly aged 13 to 25 years, who represent over 32 villages in the district of Narayanganj. It surpassed the targets set. Until the eve...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-02-18 00:00:00
In an age of information, the ambivalence between too much of exposure or promotion and privacy can hardly be resolved. The media need to feed the public with juicy and spicy news about celebrities. In doing so, they now create,...
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka of IPS at the United Nations | 2017-02-18 00:00:00
What makes a young girl believe she is less intelligent and capable than a boy? And what happens when those children face the 'hard' subjects like science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)? A recent study, 'Gender stereotypes about intellectual ability...
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