Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2016-01-28 00:00:00
Hundreds of Bangladeshis immigrate to USA and Canada every year for higher education and money-spinning jobs. But in the process they leave behind them many treasures back home: their parents, their easy lifestyle, and their close-knit family environment. Unfortunately, many...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-01-27 00:00:00
Some big guns are seemingly extremely unhappy about the current stock market situation. There are no earthly reasons to be happy about a market that has been stagnant for more than five years in a row. But when it comes...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-01-27 00:00:00
The government is going to undertake a fresh Tk 69.36-billion project to widen the electricity network in rural areas, on the back of a similar one that has largely failed to perform up to the mark, officials said. To be...
Siddique Islam | 2016-01-27 00:00:00
Banks at default or having excessive non-performing loans are being barred from accessing the US$200-milion Green Transformation Fund (GTF) meant for financing environment-friendly textile and leather industries in Bangladesh. Officials said the central bank is set to issue guidelines shortly...
Munima Sultana | 2016-01-27 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank is likely to finance the construction of Chittagong-Cox's Bazar railway for establishing direct rail link with the tourist haven on the world's longest beach and beyond. A fact-finding mission of the ADB is due to arrive...
Masum Billah | 2016-01-27 00:00:00
Research for Advancement of Complete Education (RACE) conducted a research on the effectiveness of creative system in primary level - problems and the level of understanding of the issue among the students and teachers. The surveyors interviewed 100 teachers and...
Mahtabul Alam Siddique | 2016-01-27 00:00:00
The history of human civilisation is inevitably a history of 'thinking'. The day when man became aware of his thinking aptitude, he discovered an un-trodden domain before him. He got stunned, dumbfounded and excited at his discovery of a novel...
Siddique Islam | 2016-01-26 00:00:00
Farm credit disbursement grew by nearly 24 per cent in the first-half (H1) of this fiscal year (FY), 2015-16, following the central bank's continuous persuasion, officials said. Disbursement of agriculture loan rose to Tk 87.56 billion during the July-December period...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-01-26 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) is unlikely to accept the local apparel exporters' plea for re-introduction of special tax rate at 10 per cent. Sources concerned said the taxmen would not be able to offer the special tax rate...
writes Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2016-01-26 00:00:00
The first time in my life I saw snow falling was on a Friday, a cold December morning of 2010, when I used to live in College Park, Maryland. It was an unforgettable serene experience. It was beautiful, much like...
Abdul Bayes | 2016-01-26 00:00:00
Income is considered as one of the most important determinants of livelihood in a society. But it must also be admitted that ignoring distributional issues, increasing per capita income alone does not ensure welfare for all. It is mainly because...
writes Imtiaz A. Hussain concluding his three-part series on the Fourth Industrial Revolution | 2016-01-26 00:00:00
Each previous industrial revolution has transformed society, rattled policies, and, while raising the plateau of both expectations and consummation, also sowed the seeds of the next revolution. What does the 4th industrial revolution (IR) entail, particularly for a country far...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2016-01-26 00:00:00
From time immemorial the people of the world have been divided into rich and poor. There is nothing new about this classification according to economic status defined by income and wealth. At first the difference was rooted in the ownership...
Munima Sultana | 2016-01-25 00:00:00
The government is going to hire another foreign consultancy to look after the management aspect of the Padma Bridge project. Officials said the UK-based firm has qualified as the management-support consultancy (MSC) among three shortlisted bidders. Of the three firms,...
Siddique Islam | 2016-01-25 00:00:00
The central bank has sought information on treasury bonds from the commercial banks as the government has planned to buy back its securities from the market this month. Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the commercial banks to submit the details...
writes Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2016-01-25 00:00:00
The history of oil industry is bedecked with booms and busts. Now the history is witnessing its deepest downturn. Companies associated with oil exploration and digging all along have made record profits. Now the same companies are decommissioning most of...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-01-25 00:00:00
The government is poised to hike railway fare by around 8.0 per cent. This is apparently another move to link the railway with market mechanism. Proposal to hike the rail fair every year is also a part of this move...
Neil Ray | 2016-01-25 00:00:00
The old game is on. Fire broke out in a city slum that was set to be raged to the ground by bulldozers the previous day. On that day the slum was saved from the eviction drive by a stay...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-01-25 00:00:00
Doing business is considered a difficult job in Bangladesh and a host of factors are held responsible for it. But, if not other areas, trading seems to be the easiest of all business avenues. That is why trading remains at...
Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled | 2016-01-24 00:00:00
Most of the state-owned enterprises (SoEs) have become losing concerns mainly due to politicisation and corruption. The administrative interference in running their businesses is also responsible for the losses in the SoEs. Biman Bangladesh and Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC)...
Larry Hatheway in London | 2016-01-24 00:00:00
Technological innovation has long triggered diametrically opposed reactions: awe of new possibilities for some; for others, fear of disruptive change. But most of us don't even realise what is happening. We take change for granted. Human ingenuity is far too...
Naim Suzon, Saiful Munna and Mamun Joy | 2016-01-24 00:00:00
The central bank has come up with the new Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the second half of the fiscal year 2016 (MPS H2, FY2016) recently. It is a policy instrument of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) for achieving price stability...
Syful Islam | 2016-01-23 00:00:00
The government has started updating shipping laws to comply with various conventions of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) as the global body will conduct a mandatory audit for the first time in Bangladesh next year, officials said. A project titled...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-01-23 00:00:00
The authorities concerned are facing an embarrassing situation following a rumour over exchange of existing circulated coins, sources said. A problem has arisen over transactions of coins across the country. The central bank has received a lot of allegations against...
Munima Sultana | 2016-01-23 00:00:00
A move is underway to make fresh assessment of the cost of the proposed 172-kilometre new rail track project designed to connect Jessore with Dhaka through the Padma Bridge. An inter-ministerial meeting held on January 10 last decided to conduct...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-01-23 00:00:00
Many business entities and companies in the country shun obtaining eTIN (electronic taxpayer identification number), ultimately resulting in a yawning gap between the potential and the actual receipt of tax revenue. Officials said such large-scale dodging of digital tax identity...
Babul Barman | 2016-01-23 00:00:00
Stocks witnessed a marginal correction last week that ended Thursday, snapping a three-week gaining spell, as risk-averse investors went for short-term profit booking. Analysts said the market exhibited choppy trading almost throughout the week as most of the investors were...
Mostafa Jamal Haider | 2016-01-23 00:00:00
Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani returned to Bangladesh from exile on January 22, 1972. It was not a very pleasant and colourful home-coming amid resounding applause. But for a student of contemporary history of Bangladesh politics it was no less...
Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled | 2016-01-23 00:00:00
Climatic change forms human destiny at large and countries with coastal proximity are in particular destined to pay the most perennially for little fault of their own. Bangladesh is among the most climate vulnerable ones, so its climate cost is...
ABM Ahsanullah | 2016-01-23 00:00:00
In our ocular vision, we see import and export made on C&F (Clearing & Forwarding), CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight) or FOB (Free On Board) basis, that are the core methods of sea-borne trade. The shipping industry is solely responsible...
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