Neil Ray | 2016-02-15 00:00:00
The picture of a bearded man lying on his back on the footpath in the city's Gulistan area with an open carton on his chest, as carried in a Bangla contemporary, gives the unmistakeable impression that he is none other...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-02-15 00:00:00
Mr. Hemeyet Udddin is a retired mid-level government official. He has his wife and a daughter. The daughter is still studying in a public university. He does not own any house or residential flat in Dhaka city. His major source...
Siddique Islam | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
The central bank is set to send in probe teams to banks today (Sunday) to investigate the complaints of surreptitious withdrawal of money from clients' accounts through hi-tech burglary now. "We'll send inspection teams for probing such complaints to different...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
A proposal for legalising nearly 0.4 million (4 lakh) illegal vehicles by imposing due amounts of tax but no penalty is under consideration of the government. Officials said the Roads and Highways Division of the ministry of road transport and...
Anders Åslund in Washington DC | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
It is time to put the rise of the emerging economies in perspective. The rapid economic growth in much of the developing world since the beginning of the century was fuelled by a commodity boom and an overextension of credit....
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
Bangladeshi water vessels continue to carry almost all Indian transit goods through the rivers in Bangladesh, statistics available with Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) show. Bangladeshi vessels are also dominating Indo-Bangla inter-country cargo trade mainly due to its better...
Ismail Hossain | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
Another domestic firm is being awarded prequalification licence for establishing private economic zone at a cost of US$ 267 million, officials said. Aman Group is going to set up the EZ-sixth such special economic hub approved so far in the...
Keyu Jin in London | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
Pessimism about China has become pervasive in recent months, with fear of a "China meltdown" sending shock waves through stock markets worldwide since the beginning of the year. And practically everyone, it seems, is going short on the country. There...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
There are about 200 tanneries in Hazaribagh. These tanneries constitute the backbone of the leather industry of Bangladesh and contribute $1.0 billion to the national exchequer annually. Tanneries located in Hazaribagh dump around 21,000 cubic metres of untreated waste into...
writes Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2016-02-14 00:00:00
Life in America is funny. Here, one wears, says or thinks anything that can garner him loads of attention. You can dress as you like, you can behave as you wish, and you can kid anybody you choose. Americans don't...
Munima Sultana | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has placed a demand of over Tk 12 billion (1200 crore) for the Karnaphuli tunnel project in revised annual development programme (RADP) despite uncertainty about spending of the fund by June, sources said. There was...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
The government has allowed private sector investors to develop the Sirajganj economic zone (EZ) on 1041.43 acres of land in Sirajganj. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Wednesday approved a proposal of the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) regarding its handover...
Syful Islam | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
Government move for fundraising by floating sovereign bonds has lost gear purportedly for available cheaper money from different alternative sources besides idle dollars in its own coffers. Economists and experts termed the 'go-slow' policy of the government 'appropriate' as they...
Babul Barman | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
Stocks posted marginal gain last week that ended Thursday, snapping three weeks of losing spell as optimistic investors went on buying spree on lucrative stocks. Market insiders said news-driven price movements were observed during the week, as investors reacted to...
Md Nazmul Hossen | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
Opportunities are opening up for Bangladesh and Thailand to further expand mutual cooperation through the signing of MoU for direct coastal shipping between Chittagong port of Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal and Ranong Port of Thailand in the Andaman...
Noëlle Lenoir in Paris | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
In October 2015, a court case launched by Max Schrems, a 28-year-old Austrian privacy activist and graduate student at the University of Vienna, led to the annulment of the so-called Safe Harbour agreement that governs how United States firms comply...
Mahmudul Hasan | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
Human rights are on the driving seat of development. It is increasingly being recognised that human rights are essential to achieve sustainable development. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - though not adequately connected with human rights - recognised the essential...
Michael Krepon in Washington, DC | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
With China, Russia, and the United States fine-tuning anti-satellite (ASAT) warfare capabilities, the third round of competition to "seize the high ground" of space is well underway. This round is distinctive, because it has three contestants, whereas the first and...
Abdul Bayes | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
One important question often raised in the field of land management in rural Bangladesh is how the farmers use the meagre quantity of land that they have and what factors determine their decisions about which crops to grow and on...
Mohammad Humayun Kabir, Mohammad Joynal Abedin Khan and Jafar Ahmed | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
According to The United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development's Report in 1987, "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." It contains within...
Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh is a country blessed by nature more than most other countries in the world. With all the natural beauties like the Bay of Bengal and the Sundarbans, Bangladesh surely is a place to discover for nature-lovers. The global legacy...
Iftu Ahmed from Aurora, IL, USA | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
"The rose is red, the violet is blue The honey is sweet, and so are you, Thou art my love and I am thine I drew thee to my Valentine The lot was cast and then I drew, And Fortunate...
Masum Billah | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
The UNESCO Science Report: towards 2030 has been released which says that the women of Bangladesh have achieved equality in science education but they are lagging behind in engineering and research. At agricultural and medical science post-graduate and research levels...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-02-13 00:00:00
This country is no stranger to the queerest of oddities. Here anything and everything is possible. Oddities certainly have strong bonds with fickleness of mind. Here all professionals starting from garments workers to university teachers --let alone students --have to...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-02-12 00:00:00
The total number of Bangladeshi tourists visiting India last year crossed the one million mark for the first time, according to the latest official statistics of the big neighbour. About 1.12 million (11.2 lakh) Bangladeshis travelled to the next-door neighbour...
Siddique Islam | 2016-02-12 00:00:00
The country's overall imports grew by 3.64 per cent in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY), 2015-16, despite a falling trend of commodities' prices, including fuel oil, in the global market, officials said. The actual import...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2016-02-12 00:00:00
The recognition that `children have rights' is comparatively a very recent concept. Most of the ancient civilisations did not recognise that children have rights. Children were seen as property of their parents, and were subjected to various forms of torture,...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-02-12 00:00:00
Tracking the growth dynamics of a big economy is a difficult task. Nevertheless, dedicated scholars go ahead with such exercise in various forms. Dr Uma Kapila is such a dedicated one. She has been tracking and analysing India's development journey...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-02-12 00:00:00
There are reasons to feel elated over the higher trajectory of growth and the consequent increase in per capita income in the country. Economic performance of this once very poor country, often looked down upon by arrogant politicians in the...
Siddique Islam | 2016-02-11 00:00:00
Commercial banks will have to submit their daily net open position (NOP) report to the central bank before starting of business hour of the next working day from July 1, 2016. The decision was taken at a meeting of Bangladesh...
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