Abdul Bayes | 2017-01-27 00:00:00
I just stepped into my office on the morning of January 23, 2017 when I became shell-shocked. The mobile phone, usually kept in silent mode, vibrated a few times. Finally, I received the call and my brother-in-law Robin gave the...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-01-27 00:00:00
On January 6 last, Adnan Kabir, a 14-year old school boy was beaten to death. His killers were allegedly the members of a teenage gang he once belonged to but deserted to join its rival group. The furore over the...
Harold James in Princeton | 2017-01-27 00:00:00
As we entered the new year, all indications pointed to a remaking of the global order. Donald Trump was inaugurated as President of the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a defence of globalization at Davos, and far-right leaders...
Md. Abdul Hannan | 2017-01-27 00:00:00
As vowed, the US President Donald Trump scrapped Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal by an executive order within a couple of days of his inauguration. The much-hyped TPP have had ripples long back in the process of the US election. Possible...
Dr Ajey Lele | 2017-01-26 00:00:00
On September 26, 2016, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched eight satellites into the Low Earth Orbit. This PSLV C-35 mission is unique in many ways. It once again proved the reliability of India's most dependable workhorse, the Polar...
Tasbi Ul Hasan | 2017-01-26 00:00:00
The House of Youth Dialogue (HYD), a non-profit youth organisation based in Dhaka, organised second session of League of Regime Diplomacy Model United Nations (LORDMUN) conference at Independent University, Bangladesh from January 11 to 14, 2017. LORDMUN is the only...
Mashiat Nawal Chowdhury | 2017-01-26 00:00:00
Conceived in 2012, CreADive is a business and admaking competition. It has been one of the flagship events of Bangladesh University of Professionals Business and Communication Club (BUPBCC). BUPBCC is a prestigious and active club of Bangladesh University of Professionals...
Munima Sultana | 2017-01-26 00:00:00
The development projects in the road transport sector witnessed slow pace of implementation during the first half of the current fiscal year. Implementation of the projects under the annual development programme (ADP) was little more than 19 per cent -...
Ismail Y Syed from London | 2017-01-26 00:00:00
Historically, networking and reliance upon contacts have been one of the core assets of international trade and one of major factors for career success. Equally, if not more, knowing one or two additional international or regional languages has become an...
Slawomir Sierakowski in Warsaw | 2017-01-26 00:00:00
Jaroslaw Kaczy?ski, Poland's de facto leader, has become, next to Donald Trump, an avatar of the populist threat to the Western democratic model. Following Trump's inauguration as US president on January 20, it is worth pondering the first year of...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2017-01-26 00:00:00
The annual assembly of elites from the politics, economics, business worlds and academia at Davos this year was held under the shadow of doubt and uncertainty. Britain's exit from the European Union (EU) last year followed by Donald Trump's election...
Munima Sultana | 2017-01-25 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway's (BR) revenue from ticket sales has increased with achieving the monthly target of earning for the first time in the history of the state-owned train operator. BR has been able to achieve the revenue target due to its...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-01-25 00:00:00
Revenue appraisers began crosschecking the withholding tax returns from some companies to determine propriety of the pay disbursed to their foreign and local employees and consultants. In recent times, the submitted accounts on the pay-as-you-earn tax of some multinational companies...
Rezaul Karim | 2017-01-25 00:00:00
The Road Transport and Highways Division (RTHD) has sought an increased allocation of Tk 76.86 billion on top of the projection in medium-term budgetary framework (MTBF) for the next fiscal year (FY). The division estimated it would require Tk 196.88...
Talha Bin Habib | 2017-01-25 00:00:00
The government is set to renew the contract with India for open import of 250-megawatt power that costs over Tk 6.33 billion for six months. Bangladesh imports a total of 500 megawatts of electricity from the neighbouring country-half of it...
Siddique Islam | 2017-01-24 00:00:00
Lending to farmers grew over 13 per cent or Tk 11.77 billion in the first half (H1) of this fiscal following prod to bankers by the central bank for catering higher demand for funds in the farm sector, officials said....
Shenaz Kermalli of Al Jazeera in Tehran | 2017-01-24 00:00:00
A letter from a young woman to her fallen husband, a pro-Assad fighter in Syria, was recently published in Tasnim News, one of Iran's most prominent news agencies affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). "This shrine [the Zaynab...
Ori Lewis of Reuters in Jerusalem | 2017-01-24 00:00:00
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told senior ministers he is lifting restrictions on settlement building in East Jerusalem, a statement said on Sunday, immediately after the city's municipal government approved permits for the building of hundreds of new homes...
Carol Ryan of Reuters in London | 2017-01-24 00:00:00
Heineken hopes that Dutch courage will succeed where Japanese adventurism didn't. The beer company is in talks to buy the Brazilian unit of Kirin, and may pay $872 million, according to Japanese media. Landing a deal would give the company...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2017-01-24 00:00:00
Investors are again flocking to the share market. Brokerage houses are becoming active with the presence of investors. As a result, turnover and index are rising every day. In last 14 working days of 2017, the index of Dhaka Stock...
Nironjan Roy concluding a two-part article on the recent stock market rise | 2017-01-24 00:00:00
Constitution of portfolio is very crucial for investing in capital market because this not only ensures steady revenue from overall investment but also prevents the investors from ruining his/her financial position. But composition of portfolio is not an easy task...
Abdul Bayes | 2017-01-24 00:00:00
A few research papers have delved deep into the dynamics of primary and secondary education. Dr Asadul Islam of the Monash University of Australia has dealt with quality of educational outcomes in Bangladesh and elsewhere. He presents some interesting insights...
Asjadul Kibria | 2017-01-24 00:00:00
The rapid growth of trade has turned Bangladesh into a 'trade-dependent country', earlier dubbed an 'aid-dependent' one. The trade-GDP ratio, a measurement of the openness of trade regime, stood at 42 per cent in 2015 which was 23 per cent...
Rezaul Karim | 2017-01-23 00:00:00
The government bids to borrow US$ 500 million from India for bankrolling economic zones (EZs) planned across Bangladesh under a special industrialisation recipe. Officials said the loan will be utilised for infrastructure development of Mirsarai special economic zone and different...
Siddique Islam | 2017-01-23 00:00:00
All A-type industries in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) and Economic Zones (EZs) can now borrow short-term foreign-currency loans from parent companies abroad and their other subsidiaries operating in these hubs in Bangladesh. Such a latest stimulus for the foreign investors-meant...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2017-01-23 00:00:00
Value Added Tax (VAT) will be imposed on grave preservation fees as per a recent decision of the government, officials said. Finance minister AMA Muhith recently turned down a proposal put forward by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) for...
Munima Sultana | 2017-01-23 00:00:00
The metro rail is expected to run at an average speed of 37-kilometre per hour - much lower than the train's capacity of 100-km per hour. The service is designed with the limited speed due to frequent stations, curves and...
Nironjan Roy in the first of a two-part article on the recent stock market rise | 2017-01-23 00:00:00
Country's secondary capital market, which is represented by stock market, has recently experienced a sharp rise. DSE (Dhaka Stock Exchange) broad Index has reached a record high of 5342 since its introduction in 2013. Daily turnover in term of both...
Neil Ray | 2017-01-23 00:00:00
Has not Rabindranath Tagore advocated for exploring ash and the possibility is that you may strike gold? Yes one of his popular poem runs: Wherever (you) come across ash, blow it away, you may strike gold in it. The poet...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2017-01-23 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) is now active, even if not up to the level desired by the common people, more than any time before. The entry of the current head of this anti-graft body, undeniably, has infused some dynamism into...
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