Rezaul Karim | 2016-01-12 00:00:00
All ministries have been asked to submit by February 01 respective action plans on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the government gears up for framing national agenda to execute the universal uplift blueprint. As part of the move, General...
Munima Sultana | 2016-01-12 00:00:00
The Road Transport and Highways Division has ruled out any effect of taking alignment of metro rail through the Dhaka University (DU) campus on existing buildings and environment. The comment of the Division came on Sunday after a group of...
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PABNA, Jan 11: Internee doctors have gone into an indefinite strike at Pabna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) protesting against the assault on their two fellow colleagues over the death of a patient. The doctors staged demonstration in front of the...
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Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Jan 11: A section of unscrupulous fuel traders at different areas of the district are doing brisk business by selling adulterated and substandard fuel to the vehicle owners. Vehicle owners and drivers alleged that the fuel traders...
Noore Alam Siddiqui | 2016-01-12 00:00:00
The economy of Bangladesh is highly dependent on readymade garment (RMG) export and inward remittance. More than 9 million Bangladeshi nationals are now living all over the world. They are mostly labourers and sending billions of dollars to the country...
writes Jamaluddin Ahmed in the first of the three-part series | 2016-01-12 00:00:00
A country's administrative reform policy and its politics are deeply interconnected. The making of reform policies is politically-driven. The implementation of reform policies produces far-reaching political consequences for all parties concerned. Administrative reform programmes reallocate the power balance among government...
Siddique Islam | 2016-01-11 00:00:00
Overall trade deficit of the country widened slightly as of November with import cost outstripping export earnings, officials said. The gap increased after a narrowing trend had prevailed over the past few months of the current fiscal year (FY). The...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-01-11 00:00:00
Income tax collection faced a substantial shortfall against the target set for the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY), 2015-16, largely due to sluggish economic growth and bleak investment scenario. Income Tax Wing of the National Board...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-01-11 00:00:00
The government has initiated a move to appoint commercial counsellors at Istanbul and Kunming missions considering trade potential, officials said. "We have taken steps to appoint commercial counsellors in Istanbul of Turkey and Kunming of China for boosting our exports...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2016-01-11 00:00:00
Almost simultaneously, two reports have been released in continuation of the past. Though apparently an annual ritual, the reports hold a mirror with fresh perspective to our human resource and the course of its growth and development. The two reports...
Neil Ray | 2016-01-11 00:00:00
Celebration of books knows no occasion. Yet the Ekushey Book Fair this nation has been observing has few parallel. There are certainly better arranged book fairs where business of millions of dollars are signed but Ekushey has its spirit of...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-01-11 00:00:00
'Harmful pesticides in four vegetables' screamed the headline of the lead news item on the front page of the last Sunday's issue of a national vernacular daily. The report quoting the research findings of the National Food Safety Laboratory (NFSL)...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-01-10 00:00:00
The government is set to introduce a special stock exchange platform aiming to mobilise funds for development of the country's information technology (IT) industry, officials said. The Digital Bangladesh Task Force (DBTF) made the proposal at its recent meeting to...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-01-10 00:00:00
Customs intelligence investigation has detected a fourfold rise in the abuse of bonded-warehouse facility in the last two years, officials said. They said the directorate of customs intelligence and investigation under the revenue board had detected irregularities allegedly committed by...
write Asif Ibne Yousuf and Nuzhat Nuarey Mithila | 2016-01-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh, having abundant solar energy, receives twice the amount of sun than most European countries do. The private sector has already realised and capitalised on this. Even the International Renewable Energy Agency report says the number of solar-powered homes in...
Abdullah Al-Rizwan | 2016-01-10 00:00:00
Every time a year goes by, people in the stock market try to cheer themselves up by saying to themselves (and others) that this must be the year of the capital market. After the bubble was burst in 2010, the...
Aramco mulling initial public offering | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Aramco as the Saudi Arabian Oil Company in popularly known, said Friday it is considering selling shares in an initial public offering (IPO), part of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to privatise industries amid sinking oil prices and a move that could...
Munima Sultana | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Japan is likely to finance the Jamuna railway bridge construction parallel to the existing Bangabandhu Bridge for facilitating operation of increased number of speedy trains. At present, trains over the road-cum-rail Bangbandhu Bridge run at a maximum speed of 20...
Syful Islam | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB), a state-owned specialised bank, alone has sought some Tk 66.55 billion for its recapitalisation when the government earmarked a sum of Tk 50 billion in the national budget for the current fiscal year for the purpose,...
Ismail Hossain | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
The micro-credit regulator is mulling over fixing the interest rate on agricultural loan at 25 per cent from existing 27 per cent for the clients of micro-finance institutions (MFIs). If the proposal is implemented, the interest rate in the sector...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
The government has initiated a set of measures including installation of cooling chain and ensuring quality to help boost the country's export of vegetables, especially in the European Union (EU) countries, officials said. Besides, it has taken decisions to cancel...
Babul Barman | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Stocks witnessed marginal gain on the first week of New Year that ended Thursday with significant improvement in turnover as investors were active both sides of the trading fence. Analysts said the positive expectation regarding market sentiment might have encouraged...
Shah Alam Kabir Pramanik | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh is a beautiful gift of nature. The unique natural, archaeological, historical, cultural and folkloric resources as well as marvellous scenic beauty of the country have created a lot of opportunities and prospects for tourism sector. Bangladesh has a host...
Masum Billah | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Our young learners have been undergoing constant trial and terror method for the last several years though it is desirable that bringing any change calls for piloting on a small sample. We bring about changes taking the whole nation as...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
It was 21 years back, when four young men in Narayanganj started the journey. The starting was very humble with a small shop but the dream was quite great and obviously very colourful. Choice of the name, Rang - a...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Weeks before the impression had been that the winter has finally arrived but now suddenly it seems to be leaving hurriedly as if it came to a wrong place at a wrong time. But it was not supposed to be...
Abdus Sattar Molla | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Salary of the state employees are paid under some predetermined grades in a scale. In independent Bangladesh, the first pay scale was prepared and implemented in 1973. Later, it got revised six times (in 1977, 1985, 1991, 1997, 2005 and...
Abdul Bayes | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Joachim von Braun and Alisher Mirzabaev of Bonn-based Center for Development Research (ZEEF) give interesting insights into small farms, poverty and productivity. However, they base their arguments on various research findings across the globe. Although Bangladesh is not bracketed in...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-01-08 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has instructed the taxmen to raise the number of taxpayers to 500,000 in a bid to offset the existing revenue shortfall of the revenue board. He also asked them to remove all barriers to complete the...
Siddique Islam | 2016-01-08 00:00:00
The rising trend in private sector credit growth continued until November due to the falling trend in interest rates on lending, bankers said on Thursday. They also predicted that the upward trend in private sector credit growth would continue in...
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