Neil Ray | 2016-05-22 00:00:00
Immediately after the breaking of the news of a school teacher's ultimate humiliation in Narayanganj, a most exemplary and highly non-violent reaction came from none other than students. They are the students of the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology...
Munima Sultana | 2016-05-21 00:00:00
Three agencies of the government are making moves to burrow through the same corridor in the city for setting up subways for speedy commuter movement. Bangladesh Railway (BR) and Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) have taken separate steps to construct underground...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-05-21 00:00:00
The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) will fix the prices of essential commodities, to be sold by the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) during Ramadan, three days ahead of the holy month, officials said. "We have asked TCB to procure essential...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-05-21 00:00:00
Karnaphuli Paper Mills (KPM), the largest state-owned paper mill of the country, has run into trouble as its production capacity has declined below 40 per cent mainly due to its age-old machinery, sources said. Since its inception, the paper mill...
Ismail Hossain | 2016-05-21 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has published revised migration policy of DTH (direct-to-home) service guidelines to make it easier and more cost effective for the customers. The revised policy came a week after launching of the country's first DTH...
Masum Billah | 2016-05-21 00:00:00
The SSC and equivalent examination results of 2016 were published on May 11 with a success rate of 88.29 per cent. This is slightly higher by 1.25 per cent than that of the last year. 11.71 per cent students could...
Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled | 2016-05-21 00:00:00
China is at present the largest readymade garment (RMG) exporter and its share in the global market is 40 per cent while that of Bangladesh is only 6.4 per cent. Chinese apparel prices will rise significantly in the near future...
Shah Alam Kabir Pramanik | 2016-05-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh has an invigorating mix of mind-blowing scenic beauty, fascinating history, vibrant cultural heritages, archaeological remains, the largest sandy sea beach, unique mangrove, wildlife, flora, fauna and especially the warmth of the people that can attract tourists. Although Bangladesh has...
Abdullah Mohibuddin | 2016-05-21 00:00:00
Conservative Party's (present opposition party in the Parliament of Canada) annual convention will be held at Vancouver from 26th May to 28th May, 2016. I have been invited as a delegate giving an opportunity to participate in debate on policy...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-05-21 00:00:00
A bolt from the blue is an idiom that suggests happening of something quite unexpected. But the original literally meaning too is not much different. It concerns a form of lightning that strikes out of an apparently cloudless sky. It...
S. M. Zahedul Islam Chowdhury | 2016-05-21 00:00:00
The concept of the BCIM (Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar) Forum originated from an initiative of a number of institutions in the four regional countries in August 1999.These institutions converged to establish a platform with a view to encouraging, promoting and developing regional and...
Saleh Akram | 2016-05-21 00:00:00
Budget being a statement of income and expenditure of a country for a period of time, the entire financial system comes under spotlight at the time of preparing the country's budget. Budget envisages how the income of the country will...
Md. Joynal Abdin | 2016-05-21 00:00:00
Bangladesh is located at a very strategic position in South Asia. It is connecting countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) states. One can reach the doorstep of half...
Siddique Islam | 2016-05-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank has asked the four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) to take vigorous efforts immediately to reduce the volume of classified loans. The public banks have also been advised to go for small and medium scale loans instead of large...
Syful Islam | 2016-05-20 00:00:00
The budget for the fiscal year 2016-17 is likely to earmark Tk 90 billion to provide the farmers as agri-inputs assistance, finance ministry officials said. The current fiscal budget also earmarked the similar amount for the same purpose which was...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2016-05-20 00:00:00
The human mind is the most complex machine on Earth. It is the source of all our thoughts and behaviours. Although we cannot see the mind, everything we do, think, feel and say is determined by the functioning of this...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-05-20 00:00:00
Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) have become a very big concern for the bilateral as well as regional trade especially in South Asia. Eight member-countries of the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) are trading less among themselves as a regional...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-05-20 00:00:00
To go by the rhetoric dished out by the administration every so often on the country's digitisation, one cannot but paint a picture of a highly advanced system of information and communication technology (ICT) guiding the nation soon. However, the...
Shamsul Alam | 2016-05-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh is now well on its way to fulfil its ambitions to become a high middle-income country. The economic growth rates and poverty reduction have been achieved in spite of extreme adverse climate variability, with frequent storm and tidal surges,...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
A new concept called 'tax day' is likely to be introduced in the upcoming fiscal year (FY) to end the traditional practice of the revenue board on extension of deadline for submission of individual tax return. Officials said the revenue...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
Country's apparel makers want the government to provide funds/loans at 3.0 per cent interest rate instead of 9-10 per cent from the foreign remediation fund for ready-made garment (RMG) factories, sources said. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has...
RAK starts commercial production from new tiles plant | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
RAK Ceramic Limited (Bangladesh), a Bangladesh-UAE joint venture listed company, started commercial operation of the extended production capacity on Tuesday. "The work of expansion of factory and installation of machineries for increasing the production capacity of tiles plant by around...
Muhaiminul Islam | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
Think about the time when you were in college or university. When was the best time to study for an exam or finish your project and when did you actually start working on it? A common answer would be -...
Mohammad Asiful Mowla | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
CreADive is regarded as the national inter-university creative advertisement making competition, which is organised by the Business and Communication Club of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). Before the inter university rounds, the intra-university rounds took place in March, 2016 in...
Md Tawhidul Islam | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
MobiCon 2016 recently took place at Independent University of Bangladesh. Google Developer Group (GDG) along with Preneuer Lab brought developers, designers, innovators, development thinkers, tech enthusiasts and representatives from telecom brands under one roof to showcase the future of mobile...
Abdul Mannan | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
Recently the Hon'ble High Court Division of the Supreme Court (HD of SC) declared, in a judgment, the 16th Constitutional Amendment void and unconstitutional. Thoughts fomented this writer's mind last few days to make some contribution in the basket of...
Abu Afsarul Haider | 2016-05-19 00:00:00
In today's world both private and public sector firms can fail and both can also succeed. Ownership is not the sole factor; what matters is the efficient and effective performance of the enterprises in carrying out policies, controlling and improving...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
Foreign direct investment (FDI) from global tax havens to Bangladesh has been increasing over the years. Statistics of the Bangladesh Bank (BB), the central bank, reveal that the FDI flow from six tax havens increased four times in the last...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
The gap is too large between the two estimates of Bangladesh population having access to internet facility. A World Bank (WB) study report has said nearly 148 million people (2014 data) in Bangladesh do not have access to internet. But,...
Siddique Islam | 2016-05-18 00:00:00
Country's banking system gasps under an over 15 per cent rise in their non-performing loans (NPLs) in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, belying the central bank surveillance. The volume of the dud loans rose to Tk 594.11 billion...
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