Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-12-28 00:00:00
Any type of polling, be at the local or national levels, does always generate enthusiasm among the people in this country. Voters love casting their votes. Very often they get cheated by the people they elect as their representatives to...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-12-28 00:00:00
The 'Education Watch", under the aegis of the Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE), Bangladesh, has conducted a number of studies since 1998 with a focus on quality of education, especially at the primary level. The report for 2015 has just...
FE Online Report | 2015-12-27 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the red on Sunday, after previous day’s marginal gain, as late sale pressure wiped off early gains. The market opened higher, gaining 18 points within first hour of trading, but could not sustain the momentum amid sale...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-12-27 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has sought formation of more benches in the High Court (HC) to exclusively handle tax-related cases. The revenue board made the proposal to the chief justice recently. The board also urged the chief justice...
Munima Sultana | 2015-12-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh is considering development of three roads in three districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) targeting establishment of the Bangladesh-Myanmar road link, a move that had apparently remained shelved by the neighbouring country in the last eight years. Official...
John Lloyd | 2015-12-27 00:00:00
The United Kingdom is trying to get itself out of the clutches of what it believes will be a uniting Europe. Prime Minister David Cameron promised a referendum to the British people by 2017 on whether or not they wished...
Anja Manuel | 2015-12-27 00:00:00
Beijing was anxious to make a good impression at the recent World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China. Attendees had luxurious accommodations in 19th-century townhouses along picturesque canals, an army of staffers catered to the delegates, who each received a free...
M. Serajul Islam from Maryland, USA | 2015-12-27 00:00:00
If what Hillary Clinton, Senator Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley debated in New Hampshire on December 16 in their third and last presidential debate of the year were compared and contrasted with that of the Republican candidates...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-12-27 00:00:00
So, it is the Five Interested Parties (FIP) that have re-emerged in Nairobi, though not comprising the same five parties as was the case earlier. The United States, European Union, China, India and Brazil are the FIP this time. One...
Abdul Momen concluding his two-part write-up | 2015-12-25 00:00:00
In addition to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Bangladesh has been doing very well in economic and social developments relative to its neighbours and context group. It has a vibrant economy that achieved over 6.3 per cent GDP (gross domestic...
Md. Julker Naim | 2015-12-25 00:00:00
Having a GDP growth rate of 6.51 per cent is quite an achievement and the country should feel proud of its achievement. Given the political unrest and the havoc that regular people had to suffer in the past year, one...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-12-25 00:00:00
"Move away, or I'll crush you", threatened a bus driver. The man whom he threatened was also an aggrieved driver but one of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw. Aggrieved because his three-wheeler was hit from behind and damaged by the bus the...
FE Online Report | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
Stocks returned to green zone Thursday, after previous day’s mild correction as optimistic investors went on buying spree. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), crossed the 4,600-mark after 12-session and settled at 4,608.32, after gaining 19.57...
FE Online Report | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
Both bourses – the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened positive on Thursday, after previous day’s mild correction, the last trading session of the week. The benchmark index of the DSE –DSEX went up by 8.31...
Munima Sultana | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
Trial run of Bangladesh's two passenger buses with India and Bhutan under the motor vehicle agreement (MVA) of the BBIN has been postponed due to safety reasons and delay in making the agreement effective. Sources said Bangladesh had proposed to...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
The government raised tariff value on import of both crude and raw sugar and also imposed Value Added Tax (VAT) at a rate of 15 per cent on the essential item to bail out local mills. According to Statutory Regulatory...
Abdul Momen in the first of a two-part write-up | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
The 2015 has been a historic year for the global leadership and the United Nations (UN) that we all can be proud of. It is the year that adopted the Post-2015 Development Agenda known as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on...
Per Bolund and Reinhard Bütikofer in Stockholm | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
A quiet revolution is taking place in the financial industry. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, sustainable development is increasingly being integrated into financial decision-making. The European Union (EU) has been rather passive so far in this transformation, but...
Mahmudul Hassan | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
For the first seven decades of the twentieth century, marketing was regarded as strictly an activity performed by businesses. In 1969, in one of their classic articles, Marketing Guru Philip Kotler and Sidney J. Levy claimed, "Marketing is a pervasive...
Md Nazim Uddin, Rafia Sultana and Md Saiyod Ali | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
Globalisation is a complicated issue. There is no question that globalisation has done a lot of good for many developing countries like Bangladesh who now have access to global markets and can export cheap goods. Globalisation has been very good...
Zeenat Khan from Maryland, USA | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
In developing countries like Bangladesh, using young girls as domestic workers is not a new phenomenon - it has continued for generations and remains a common practice. Poverty is the key driving factor as to why under-aged girls become domestic...
FE Online Report | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
Stocks slipped into the red on Wednesday, after remaining upbeat for the last two sessions, as risk-averse investors booked quick profits. The market opened with a mixed trend and tried to upturn two times in the mid-session, but failed. Eventually,...
Munima Sultana | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
A move is underway to transfer the authority of issuing route permit to bus operators to Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) from the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to manage the chaotic traffic in the city streets. Officials said the...
Syful Islam | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
Now gets going a bank under joint venture of Bangladesh Navy and Air Force as part of the process of licensing banking operations in newer sectors, officials said. They said the 'Maritime Bank Ltd' got the go-ahead from the Prime...
M Jalal Hussain | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
The smooth movement of the wheels of an economy depends on some vital sectors that directly contribute to sustainable economic growth and development. The banking sector is considered as one of the most significant players in strengthening the soundness of...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
The Paris global climate summit forged an agreement on December 12, 2015, setting the course for a transformation of the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades in a bid to arrest global warming. After four years of fraught United Nations...
Isteqmal Hussain, Md. Motasem Billah and Oliul Islam | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
Development not only connotes an increase in gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate or per capita income or the growing number of dazzling skyscrapers, but it also is related to social development, reduction in inequalities and ensuring of social justice....
Jahangir Bin Alam | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
An important aspect of the ongoing globalisation process has been the increasing integration of national economies. Such a trend stems from the consensus that economies with geographical proximity could generate strong development synergies through effective cooperation in the areas of...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2015-12-22 00:00:00
The Paris global climate summit forged an agreement on December 12, 2015, setting the course for a transformation of the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades in a bid to arrest global warming. After four years of fraught United Nations...
Isteqmal Hussain, Md. Motasem Billah and Oliul Islam | 2015-12-22 00:00:00
Development not only connotes an increase in gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate or per capita income or the growing number of dazzling skyscrapers, but it also is related to social development, reduction in inequalities and ensuring of social justice....
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