Masum Billah | 2016-02-17 00:00:00
'Quality education' has become the most talked-about topic in the field of education in this country as well as in the global arena. Different educationists define it in different ways, but they also indicate some common elements of quality education....
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-02-16 00:00:00
Government's revenue authority has moved to raise the import duty on raw materials of some essential drugs, in an extra-budgetary fiscal measure which pharmacists fear would make lifesaving medicines dearer. Officials said the National Board of Revenue (NBR) move, with...
Siddique Islam and Jubair Hasan | 2016-02-16 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued Monday a circular making it mandatory for all banks to install anti-skimming devices in their ATM booths by next one month to prevent losses from credit and debit card fraud. The central bank also asked...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-02-16 00:00:00
The government is in a dilemma over the proposal put forward by the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) to convert its Tk 263 billion official loan into state subsidy. A recent meeting of the finance ministry has failed to reach any...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2016-02-16 00:00:00
Everyone has a different story. It was a day about fifty-five years ago when for the first time I smoked a cigarette at the backyard of a tea stall, near my school at Brahmanbaria, at the behest of one of...
Tarequl Islam | 2016-02-16 00:00:00
The peace talks, brokered by the UN on the Syrian crisis commenced in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 01 this year and are supposed to be continuing for a long time. The Syrians are very hopeful of success of the talks,...
Tarequl Islam Munna | 2016-02-16 00:00:00
The government has apparently begun enforcing a complete ban on the sale and use of polythene bags in the capital. Such a move was first undertaken on January 01, 2002 to save the city from an environmental disaster. Though there...
Abdul Bayes | 2016-02-16 00:00:00
Not all lands are of the same quality. Land at higher elevation may suffer from infertility and be exposed to droughts and hence may not be as productive as a piece of land at lower elevation which may benefit from...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-02-15 00:00:00
Private entrepreneurs seeking to obtain customs bond licence for operating private inland water container terminal (IWCT) will have to comply with a multipronged set of guidelines, including one on adequate facilities for external trade. Officials said customs wing of the...
Munima Sultana | 2016-02-15 00:00:00
The proposed Bangladesh Bridges Authority Act, which is expected to be enacted during the current parliament session, would bring new-generation mega-infrastructures like tunnel, expressway etc., under the purview of the Bangladesh Bridges Authority. The proposed law aims at expanding scope...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-02-15 00:00:00
The government, for the first time, is set to create a special fund to finance its mega projects for their smooth implementation, officials said. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) will sit today (Monday) to discuss the pros and cons of...
Syful Islam | 2016-02-15 00:00:00
The United Nations is interested to deepen its engagement in Bangladesh's digital financing looking at new areas in support of the government's vision, officials said. The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), which has been providing financing to small and medium...
Neil Ray | 2016-02-15 00:00:00
The picture of a bearded man lying on his back on the footpath in the city's Gulistan area with an open carton on his chest, as carried in a Bangla contemporary, gives the unmistakeable impression that he is none other...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-02-15 00:00:00
Mr. Hemeyet Udddin is a retired mid-level government official. He has his wife and a daughter. The daughter is still studying in a public university. He does not own any house or residential flat in Dhaka city. His major source...
Siddique Islam | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
The central bank is set to send in probe teams to banks today (Sunday) to investigate the complaints of surreptitious withdrawal of money from clients' accounts through hi-tech burglary now. "We'll send inspection teams for probing such complaints to different...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
A proposal for legalising nearly 0.4 million (4 lakh) illegal vehicles by imposing due amounts of tax but no penalty is under consideration of the government. Officials said the Roads and Highways Division of the ministry of road transport and...
Anders Åslund in Washington DC | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
It is time to put the rise of the emerging economies in perspective. The rapid economic growth in much of the developing world since the beginning of the century was fuelled by a commodity boom and an overextension of credit....
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
Bangladeshi water vessels continue to carry almost all Indian transit goods through the rivers in Bangladesh, statistics available with Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) show. Bangladeshi vessels are also dominating Indo-Bangla inter-country cargo trade mainly due to its better...
Ismail Hossain | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
Another domestic firm is being awarded prequalification licence for establishing private economic zone at a cost of US$ 267 million, officials said. Aman Group is going to set up the EZ-sixth such special economic hub approved so far in the...
Keyu Jin in London | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
Pessimism about China has become pervasive in recent months, with fear of a "China meltdown" sending shock waves through stock markets worldwide since the beginning of the year. And practically everyone, it seems, is going short on the country. There...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
There are about 200 tanneries in Hazaribagh. These tanneries constitute the backbone of the leather industry of Bangladesh and contribute $1.0 billion to the national exchequer annually. Tanneries located in Hazaribagh dump around 21,000 cubic metres of untreated waste into...
writes Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
Life in America is funny. Here, one wears, says or thinks anything that can garner him loads of attention. You can dress as you like, you can behave as you wish, and you can kid anybody you choose. Americans don't...
Munima Sultana | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has placed a demand of over Tk 12 billion (1200 crore) for the Karnaphuli tunnel project in revised annual development programme (RADP) despite uncertainty about spending of the fund by June, sources said. There was...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
The government has allowed private sector investors to develop the Sirajganj economic zone (EZ) on 1041.43 acres of land in Sirajganj. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Wednesday approved a proposal of the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) regarding its handover...
Syful Islam | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
Government move for fundraising by floating sovereign bonds has lost gear purportedly for available cheaper money from different alternative sources besides idle dollars in its own coffers. Economists and experts termed the 'go-slow' policy of the government 'appropriate' as they...
Babul Barman | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
Stocks posted marginal gain last week that ended Thursday, snapping three weeks of losing spell as optimistic investors went on buying spree on lucrative stocks. Market insiders said news-driven price movements were observed during the week, as investors reacted to...
Md Nazmul Hossen | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
Opportunities are opening up for Bangladesh and Thailand to further expand mutual cooperation through the signing of MoU for direct coastal shipping between Chittagong port of Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal and Ranong Port of Thailand in the Andaman...
Noëlle Lenoir in Paris | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
In October 2015, a court case launched by Max Schrems, a 28-year-old Austrian privacy activist and graduate student at the University of Vienna, led to the annulment of the so-called Safe Harbour agreement that governs how United States firms comply...
Mahmudul Hasan | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
Human rights are on the driving seat of development. It is increasingly being recognised that human rights are essential to achieve sustainable development. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - though not adequately connected with human rights - recognised the essential...
Michael Krepon in Washington, DC | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
With China, Russia, and the United States fine-tuning anti-satellite (ASAT) warfare capabilities, the third round of competition to "seize the high ground" of space is well underway. This round is distinctive, because it has three contestants, whereas the first and...
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