Harold James in Princeton | 2016-10-08 00:00:00
Evidence that globalisation is reversing continues to pile up: trade and international capital flows are sluggish, and migration is increasingly being restricted. These trends emerged in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, so they can't be blamed on a...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-10-08 00:00:00
The government is set to formulate a policy on fish biodiversity management in the cross-border rivers aiming to boost fish production and save the rare species of fishes from extinction, officials said. To this effect, the ministry of fisheries and...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2016-10-08 00:00:00
The Dhaka bourse passed the week that ended Thursday through volatility, although investors were cheerful following some positive news regarding market reforms and economic indicator. The benchmark index added some points last week, although the turnover declined a little bit...
Abdullah Masum | 2016-10-08 00:00:00
As a newcomer in the realm of study of Economics, at the beginning this scribe felt a bit perplexed. Let him explain what he means. During the first lesson of Economics, he found this study a bit odd compared to...
Prof. Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2016-10-08 00:00:00
According to two informed sources, the major global central banks have launched a taskforce to consider setting broad rules to protect the vast network of cross-border banking from cyber attacks. This has been done after the theft of $ 81...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-10-08 00:00:00
Human beings in the prehistoric period lived in caves because they did not know how to build a better shelter. If anyone volunteers to follow the lifestyle of his ancestors millions of years ago, the person might either be an...
Helal Uddin Ahmed in the first of a two-part article | 2016-10-08 00:00:00
Within the broader context of administrative reforms, civil service reform has been a key area in the evolution of public administration and governance all over the world. As the backbone of public administration, the civil service in South Asia is...
Anwar Faruq Talukder | 2016-10-08 00:00:00
Retail banking in other word consumer banking is a most happening division of a bank. It is consumer-based business where individual banking needs are being addressed. This can be a complete banking package including deposit, lending, cards, internet banking, lockers...
M. Serajul Islam from Maryland, USA | 2016-10-08 00:00:00
Some media organisations declared Mike Pence the winner of the vice-presidential debate by a whisker while others have said he won comfortably. The bottom line is Tim Kaine did not win. CNN that is emerging as the most reliable media...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-10-08 00:00:00
Electronic banking (e-banking) has been growing in the country at a fast rate especially in the last few years. Bangladesh Bank is playing the key role in this growth as it is providing enabling environment as the regulator of the...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-10-07 00:00:00
The government has taken up an initiative to develop three more land ports along the Bangladesh border with India to facilitate export-import activities and strengthen connectivity in the South Asia region, officials said. The new ports will be set up...
From Syful Islam | 2016-10-07 00:00:00
WASHINGTON DC, Oct 06: Bangladesh Bank Governor Fazle Kabir has said Bangladesh might disclose details of the reserve heist probe report if anyone wants to know about it on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the World Bank and...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-10-07 00:00:00
The anti-smuggling central taskforce has formed a consultative committee to conduct study for increasing penalty on informal import of cattle-heads and rationalise taxes on import of gold. The committee, comprising representatives of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), Ministry of...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-10-07 00:00:00
Public perception about lawyers in the developing countries is not very positive thanks to the nature of their job. Senior or eminent lawyers defending alleged tax evaders or bank-loan defaulters or other accused become subject to a kind of disapproval...
Masum Billah | 2016-10-07 00:00:00
The observance of the World Teachers' Day has brought to the fore challenges the teaching profession now faces across the globe. In Bangladesh which runs the largest primary education programme in the world with the state taking the largest responsibility...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-10-07 00:00:00
Unrequited love has ever remained a source of great tragedies. With the mental makeup of today's youths changing fast, one-sided advances are increasingly growing violent. A series of violent crimes committed by jilted lovers in recent times should be considered...
Munima Sultana | 2016-10-06 00:00:00
The agreement on loan for the Padma Bridge railway connectivity project is unlikely to be signed during the upcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Bangladesh, officials said. It would delay starting the construction work of the project, as...
Siddique Islam | 2016-10-06 00:00:00
The central bank has decided to seek information from the commercial banks about their investment in commercial papers (CPs) and relevant other issues, sources said. October 30 is the deadline for the banks to furnish such information. The banks will...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-10-06 00:00:00
The revenue board has armed the VAT intelligence with authority to recheck suspect business tax records already audited by the VAT-field offices. Officials said the VAT intelligence team could launch such re-audit on the basis of authentic information about anomalies. ...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-10-06 00:00:00
Non-payment of over Tk 22.27 billion in the form of different charges by the national flag carrier and another private airline has put the civil aviation authority in trouble, officials said. Biman Bangladesh Airlines and United Airways owe the money...
Durlov Hossain | 2016-10-06 00:00:00
United International University (UIU) Finance Forum along with the UIU Career Counselling Centre (CCC) has brought the first national investment competition 'The Stockers Game' for aspiring finance professionals and students. UIU Finance Forum has taken this pioneering move to develop...
Md Osman Ali | 2016-10-06 00:00:00
'Agendering' refers to gender-neutral bodies in which women and men have equal opportunities, equal access to resources and power, and are equally safe and secure. Agendering in a constitution refers to democratic principles which include rule of law, gender equality...
Saleh Akram | 2016-10-06 00:00:00
Even though Bangladesh has made big strides forward towards poverty alleviation, many challenges still remain. These challenges include, among other things, natural, political, or economic threats which are constantly impeding higher growth. Additionally, in a country where more than 60...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-10-05 00:00:00
An estimated $6.0 billion, an amount equivalent to 40 per cent of the annual remittance income of the country, is, reportedly, spent on foreign skilled hands employed in mills and factories and other establishments, a discussion meeting, organised in Dhaka...
Chris Patten in London | 2016-10-05 00:00:00
One of Leo Tolstoy's preoccupations was the nature and limits of power. What was it that made France so formidable an enemy, particularly of Russia? This question was at the heart of his greatest novel, War and Peace - so...
Jim O'Neill in Manchester | 2016-10-05 00:00:00
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the "BRICs," the term I coined to refer to the major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, and China (South Africa was added in 2010). Recently, my brief tenure in the British government came...
Mirza Azizul Islam | 2016-10-05 00:00:00
In September 2015, 193 number states of the United Nations adopted a Declaration containing 17 goals designated as sustainable development goals (SDGs). Embedded in these goals are 169 targets. (See the list of the goals in the box). The Declaration...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-10-04 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has mooted a process of removing roadblocks to intra-regional trade, officials said. Harmonising two technical non-tariff measures (NTMs) slowing trade among the South Asian Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) countries is on top of the ADB...
Siddique Islam | 2016-10-04 00:00:00
Remittance flow into the country dropped nearly 18 per cent to US$3.23 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY) 2016-17 against the last corresponding figure, officials said. Experts fear a further downturn in future days...
Babul Barman | 2016-10-04 00:00:00
The government's revenue earnings from the prime bourse fell 20 per cent in the first-quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY) compared to the same period of the previous FY as trading volume was on the decline. Market insiders...
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