Asjadul Kibria | 2016-11-23 00:00:00
US president-elect Donald Trump's announcement to quit the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on his first day in the office might bring a short-term relief for Bangladesh, opined a senior economist. But such an announcement signalled his determination to move...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-11-23 00:00:00
Government's revenue authority asked the mobile operators to pay forthwith Tk 2.69 billion in VAT arrears against 2G licence spectrum charge trapped in complexities. Officials said the Value Added Tax (VAT) wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) pressed...
Zeenat Khan from Maryland, USA | 2016-11-23 00:00:00
Back in 2010, in an opinion article I described a picture of a group of displaced people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts. In the photograph, there were about thirteen of them walking in a single file, along a narrow winding...
Md. Tahmid Zami, Md. Joynal Abedin, Rakib Rahman and Shituma Tajrin | 2016-11-23 00:00:00
World Bank (WB) President Jim Yong Kim, during his Dhaka trip on October 16-17, 2016 announced a major investment to help Bangladesh adapt to climate change. Under the plan, the bank would invest US$ 2 billion in the next three...
Siddique Islam | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
The central bank warned nine new private commercial banks (PCBs) against 'aggressive lending' for the sake of discipline in the country's banking sector. Officials said the PCBs in question at a meeting Monday were also asked to cut down volumes...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
The construction work of three new land ports is likely to be delayed as the Planning Commission (PC) has yet to give approval to the proposals sent by the Bangladesh Land Port Authority (BLPA), officials said. The BLPA sent development...
People's Daily of China | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming state visit to Peru is of milestone significance in bilateral ties, Chinese Ambassador to Peru Jia Guide wrote in an article published in the People's Daily early this week, before Xi kicked off his tour....
People's Daily of China | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
The goal of building an equal, innovative, open and safer cyberspace that Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward for global Internet governance at the start of the World Internet Conference (WIC) injects Chinese wisdom into the construction of a cyberspace...
Alicia Barcena | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
Chinese President Xi Jinping's Latin American trip will be a milestone for both sides to deepen their exchanges and cooperation. The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) holds great expectations from Xi's visit. China is the...
Nabil Azam Dewan | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
Dhaka along with its suburbs has a population of 17 million, according to the latest data published by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFA). That makes the city the 11th highest populated metropolitan...
Abdul Bayes | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
Anindita Bhattacharjee and Md. Kamruzzaman, two researchers of BRAC's Research and Evaluation Division, recently completed a research on impact of skill development on livelihoods of the recipients. It is based on a pilot project initiated by BRAC in 2012: 'Skills...
Meer Saiful Islam | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) as well as a UN agency have pledged financing climate-change adaptation and- mitigation projects in Bangladesh. The World Bank has made a commitment which is dedicated to the climate-change programmes while the Asian Development Bank and...
Rafiqul Islam | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam. There is no denying the fact that every pious Muslim, irrespective of gender, dreams of performing Hajj at least once in his/her life time. To materialise the dream, they take preparation...
Syful Islam | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
People who deal with domestic and global economy and development may have noticed that once a regulatory body, the International Monetary Fund, (IMF) has brought major changes in its policies and areas of focus. Apart from working on its core...
Munima Sultana | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
Finally, the Dhaka-Chittagong highway has been readied for traffic movement after its widening into a four-lane broadway. The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has already set a target to close the Dhaka-Chittagong Four-lane Project office by December. If the department...
Zamilur Rashid | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
In 2016, the Global game industry stands at $99.6 Bn. However, despite the tremendous potential, we failed to capitalise this growing market. As of 2016, our total revenue from games has not reached $5 Million in one year. At this...
Shamsul Alam | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
Being one of the role models in achieving the MDGs, the incumbent government of Bangladesh has its full political commitment towards implementing the SDGs properly and has the thrust to perform well more than it did in implementing the MDGs....
Asad Islam | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
Education is central to economic development and was recognised as the second of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Many countries, including Bangladesh, achieved impressive progress in primary school enrolment, including increased female enrolments, although much still remains to be...
Jahangir Bin Alam | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
Boosting trade and connectivity between Bangladesh and India, especially the people-to-people contact, was at the centre of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's last visit to Dhaka. During the visit, both countries were keen to enhance connectivity not just between the...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, also known as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), officially entered into force on January 1, 2016. Designed with 17 broader goals and 169 related targets, it is the collective commitment of the world leaders for...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
Chinese President XI Jinping's brain child massive 'One Belt and One Road' (OBOR) initiative which seeks to connect China with Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America to eventually touch about 65 countries with about 70 percent of the world's population....
Saleh Akram | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
His name was MVN Shankar. He was a journalist and used to work for Andhra Prabha, a Telegu newspaper in Andhra Pradesh, India. He was beaten to death by men with iron rods in his own state. The assailants were...
Khondaker Golam Moazzem | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
In medical science, a term called 'Fat Man Syndrome' is used to indicate a particular physical condition of human being when a person eats excessive amount of food but it is not reflected in person's physique as s/he looks apparently...
M A Taslim | 2016-11-22 00:00:00
While listening to a speaker mention demographic dividend I was reminded of my school days more than half a century ago. We were then taught that a major challenge to economic development [of East Pakistan] was its high population growth....
Siddique Islam | 2016-11-21 00:00:00
The central bank sits with top executives of nine new private commercial banks today (Monday) to review their overall performance -- with the issue of bad loans topping the agenda. Officials said the Bangladesh Bank (BB) could raise a host...
Syful Islam | 2016-11-21 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith moves to remove problems facing country's raw-jute exporters who fell in deep financial crises for recurrent losses due allegedly to the government's wrong policies, officials said. The minister has asked the secretary of the Bank and...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-11-21 00:00:00
Businesspeople stand divided over the value-added tax (VAT) dispute with small traders sticking to demands. A section of small businesses raised four-point demands, including continuation of the package VAT with its rate cut. Other members of the Federation of Bangladesh...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-11-21 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to take stern action against Sadharan Bima Corporation (SBC) if it fails to pay its outstanding VAT (Value Added Tax) to the tax authority within a month, officials said. The tax authority...
Abdul Bayes | 2016-11-21 00:00:00
Today is the first death anniversary of my youngest paternal uncle (chotto kaka) who breathed his last on November 21, 2015. He is survived by his two sons, two daughters, grandchildren and a host of friends and relatives. With his...
Polin Kumar Shaha | 2016-11-21 00:00:00
Innovation through grassroots initiatives is an essential mechanism for organisations to develop bottom-up solution to sustainable development. Solutions should respond to the local needs and represent values and interests of the communities. In contrast to usual scenarios, grassroots innovation seeks...
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