Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-04-17 00:00:00
The customs wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has embarked upon the job monitoring the compliance with the condition attached to the duty-import of medical equipment and machinery by the country's private referral hospitals. The NBR-set condition for...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2016-04-17 00:00:00
Some 10 listed companies have been playing the role of market movers continuously capturing a significant portion of the daily turnover witnessed by Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Since April 3 to April 13, out of 311 listed companies, only 10...
Arvind Subramanian in New Delhi | 2016-04-17 00:00:00
As the world's financial leaders gather in Washington, DC, for the annual spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), their hopes - and fears - centre on China. After all, China is the one country that might be able...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2016-04-17 00:00:00
In an era of 24/7 media transmission, commonplace topics like the importance of trust and confidence in the banking sector of Bangladesh are not drawing significant public attention. The ink is rarely dry on one story before the next begins....
Munima Sultana | 2016-04-16 00:00:00
Construction of Padma bridge and river training work are yet to start in full swing as project's two foreign contractors still find themselves in a difficult situation to confirm the design. Sources said the Chinese contractors could not confirm trial...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-04-16 00:00:00
The government has launched an investigation into price hike of salt with a view to digging out the causes of the rising price of the essential item during recent days across the country, officials said. As per of the move,...
Ismail Hossain | 2016-04-16 00:00:00
Though Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a voluntary initiative by a corporate entity, to Epyllion, CSR is a sine qua non to take the responsibility of the society. "… I tell you there is no loss in CSR, if you...
Rozina Akhter Toma and Tazlina Zamila Khan | 2016-04-16 00:00:00
One of the most consistently documented relationships in the field of political behaviour is the close association between educational attainment and political participation. For some scholars, the reason for this relationship is clear: education gives citizens the skills and resources...
Muhammad Quamrul Islam | 2016-04-16 00:00:00
Satellite channel RTV in its program on Autism telecast on April 2, 2016, the 9th World Autism Awareness Day, we watched a programme participated by affected parents. We listened to concerned State Minister, an NGO leader and other officials on...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-04-16 00:00:00
In folklore or fairytale, one comes across stories about a king for a day or a few hours as a reward for saving the life of a member of the king's family or for some other good work. Kings or...
Wali-ul-Maroof Matin | 2016-04-16 00:00:00
"Corporate governance is not working in the United States in the way it should. The problem is not the system of laws, regulations and judicial decision which are the framework of corporate governance. It is the failure of too many...
Abdul Bayes | 2016-04-16 00:00:00
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia (LANSA) is a multi-country engagement of research in establishing the nexus between agriculture and nutrition. Funded mainly by the British Department for International Development (DFID), the research project produced a number of insightful...
Siddique Islam | 2016-04-14 00:00:00
Mandiant, a FireEye company, will submit its final forensic analysis report on the cyber burglary of Bangladesh Bank's Fed reserve account by April 30, officials said. The cyber-security firm of the United States will place its findings with the authorities...
Lutfi Rashida | 2016-04-14 00:00:00
Bangladesh has been facing significant changes in its demographic structure. The country is at the stage where it can start utilising demographic dividend that will last around the year 2040, as per economists. The demographic dividend is referred to the...
Muntasir Al Abedin | 2016-04-14 00:00:00
United International University Career Counseling Centre (UIU CCC) along with Jobsbd and UIU HR Forum organised a job fair titled 'Career Quest 2016'. The event was held from 27th March 2016 to 28th of March 2016 at UIU premises. The...
Saadman Khan Nabil | 2016-04-14 00:00:00
No matter what the media vehicle is, each and every day we encounter numerous news on harassment, extortions, blackmailing, rapes and murders. It seems like our women have been targeted for being harassed and murdered without receiving justice. If we...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-04-14 00:00:00
Several international organisations are working to unveil the secrecy of so-called tax havens or offshore jurisdictions across the world. Their efforts enhanced significantly in the last few years with some success as international media and civil societies also finally acknowledge...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2016-04-14 00:00:00
Baishakh this year - 1423 - is yet to show its full fury. Last year it came with a bang, not a whimper. The end of Chaitra last year was characterised by storm and heavy shower that grounded kaccha houses...
Munima Sultana | 2016-04-13 00:00:00
The cost of Chittagong-Cox's Bazar new railway track project is likely to swell ten-fold from its original one, surpassing recent estimation by the Ministry of Railway due to change of route to bypass the cantonment. The MoR earlier proposed a...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-04-13 00:00:00
The Financial Express in the first week of the current month ran a three-part series on stock market revival. There was no attempt on the part of the reporter concerned to trace the causes of the latest stock market collapse....
Rezaul Karim | 2016-04-13 00:00:00
The government has set up a high-powered committee comprising the country's leading business personalities aiming to reform the existing trade associations, officials have said. The committee has been asked to put forward necessary recommendations so that well-timed reforms of the...
Syful Islam | 2016-04-13 00:00:00
With an aim to stop tax evasion by foreign nationals working in Bangladesh, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) formed last week a data bank cell empowering it to penalise employers as well for same offence, officials said. At the...
Siddique Islam | 2016-04-13 00:00:00
The central bank's recast governing board meets today (Wednesday) to find way of ensuring unassailable integrated IT security systems to avert recurrence of digital fraud, officials said. It will be a second meeting in a week after the maiden one...
Abu Afsarul Haider | 2016-04-13 00:00:00
The economy of the country is projected to grow at a rate exceeding 7.0 per cent in the current fiscal year, according to provisional data of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS). Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and per capita income...
Saleh Akram | 2016-04-13 00:00:00
The country's GDP (gross domestic product) growth rate is likely to climb above 7.0 per cent in the 2015-16 fiscal. Releasing the statistics recently, the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) went on to predict that the GDP growth rate this...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-04-12 00:00:00
The tanners will sit with the government tomorrow (Wednesday) to seek more time for relocation of their units at Savar due to inordinate delay in building infrastructure at the new sites. This indicates that their shifting to Savar is almost...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-04-12 00:00:00
Taxmen are now targeting the government officials with hefty salary packages for extracting a considerable amount of income tax from them to offset the revenue shortfall in the current fiscal year (FY), 2015-16. Officials said the National Board of Revenue...
Mohammad Wazed Ali | 2016-04-12 00:00:00
Despite attaining a steady growth over the years, the country's export of pharmaceutical products is yet to grab the anticipated level of share in the global market, officials and industry insiders have said. According to them, the country's drug export...
M. Shamsul Alam concluding his two-part article | 2016-04-12 00:00:00
If Airtel-Robi initiative succeeds, the merged entity would hold 39.8 MHz spectrum power and the number of subscribers will reach 38,650 million. The operator's average monthly deficit will stand at Tk 406.7 million. Spectrum would be worth $1.08 per customer....
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2016-04-12 00:00:00
Corporate sustainability strategies can aim to take advantage of sustainable revenue opportunities, while protecting the value of business against increasing energy costs, the costs of meeting regulatory requirements, changes in the way customers perceive brands and products, and the volatile...
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