Asjadul Kibria | 2016-01-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh's bilateral trade with India is mostly operated through land ports adjoining the borders of five Indian states - West Bengal, Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura and Mizoram. Conditions of most of the land ports and customs stations are, however, poor due...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-01-18 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) backtracked on its move to tax biometric SIM (subscriber identity module) registration as the telecom ministry sees it as double taxing of mobile-phone users. The board took the decision not to impose Tk 100...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-01-18 00:00:00
Lifting of the long-imposed global economic sanction on Iran has created an opportunity for Bangladesh to explore a vibrant market and source crude oil at cheaper prices from the country. Bangladesh's export to Iran gradually declined during the last five...
Shang-Jin Wei in Manila | 2016-01-18 00:00:00
China's economic slowdown in 2015 will have important consequences for countries in the region and beyond. For most countries, the sub-7.0 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth expected this year - and in the coming years - would be...
Munima Sultana | 2016-01-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) is yet to start counting 25-year concessional period of Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) as a public-private partnership (PPP) undertaking although construction work began in August. Due to the delay, official sources said, the government is losing...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-01-18 00:00:00
The government has decided to ratify a United Nations (UN) agreement on dry-ports with a view to developing the country's dry-ports, officials said. In 2014 Bangladesh signed the Intergovernmental Agreement on Dry Ports of the UN Economic and Social Commission...
Neil Ray | 2016-01-18 00:00:00
They have earned for themselves the infamous epithet 'rogue'. Even the more illustrious members of the law enforcement agency like to dismiss their deplorable activities off-handed. Aberration of duty is definitely not a monopoly for cops in this country. But...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-01-18 00:00:00
'Macher raja ilish ar desher raja police' (Hilsha is the king of all fish and the police are of the country), chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Dr. Mizanur Rahman said last Saturday quoting a police official who allegedly...
Robert L. Borosage | 2016-01-18 00:00:00
Is Barack Obama a transformational president? That was his ambition: to be more, as he put it, like Ronald Reagan than Bill Clinton, to launch a new era, not simply tack to the prevailing winds of the old. Not surprisingly,...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2016-01-18 00:00:00
To achieve World Bank's projected growth of 6.7 per cent in the current fiscal 2015-2016 Bangladesh faces the major challenge of accelerating investment, especially in the private sector. Political stability remains another challenge for maintaining macro-economic stability that is vital...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-01-17 00:00:00
Government's corporate tax collection took a tumble in the first half (H1) of the current fiscal year (FY) as the telecommunications sector threw a damper on high expectations. Officials said the large taxpayers unit (LTU) under the income tax wing...
Munima Sultana | 2016-01-17 00:00:00
The government is considering formation of a panel of experts for the metro rail project to take its advice in decision-making on different technical and crucial aspects of the project from the context of Bangladesh. Sources said necessity for the...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-01-17 00:00:00
The cut in edible oil prices by Tk 5.0 per litre took effect on Saturday but many customers expressed their disappointment that they had to purchase loose soyabean oil at the previous rates. Most of the retailers in the city...
Mingkang Liu and Wenzhi Lu in Beijing | 2016-01-17 00:00:00
Since its introduction by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, the "one belt, one road" initiative - an ambitious plan to revitalize the ancient Silk Road overland and maritime trade routes linking East and West - has attracted considerable attention....
write Mamun Joy and Saiful Munna | 2016-01-17 00:00:00
Risk, a buzzword in banking, is perceived as a potential event that has adverse effects on capital and thus impacts negatively on financial performance of a bank. Since banks are engaged with very risky arbitrage as they sell highly secured...
write Abdul Bayes, Mahabub Hossain and ANM Mahfuzur Rahman | 2016-01-17 00:00:00
Binayak Sen, an eminent economist and a Research Director of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), recently completed a research work on 'Middle Class' (henceforth MC) in Bangladesh, especially relating to growth trends, drivers and policy implications. He deserves...
Munima Sultana | 2016-01-16 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has decided to return 32 per cent of the fund earmarked for the Padma Bridge project in the current fiscal year as it will not be able to complete the targeted work during the period....
Babul Barman | 2016-01-16 00:00:00
Stocks posted marginal gain for the two consecutive weeks of 2016 with higher participation as investors remained active on both sides of the trading fence. Market insiders said expectation of better economic outlook amid eased political situation and rebounded export...
F R Chowdhury from London | 2016-01-16 00:00:00
To the best of my knowledge, seafaring is perhaps the only profession where nationality is normally not a barrier. Ships built in China or Korea may have been financed by Hong Kong banks for owners in Norway or United States....
Ajoy Paul | 2016-01-16 00:00:00
A few days ago, I was coming back home from office. On the way, I saw a rickshaw loaded with goods lying behind the road of Dholaikhal because one of its rings fell into a manhole. The healthy rickshaw puller...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-01-16 00:00:00
What are the ingredients of fairness cream? Certainly not wheat and chalk. It was exactly the things a manufacturer was clandestinely using for packaging in empty tubes of different reputed brands. Similarly shampoo containers of different brands were filled with...
Rezaul Hannan Mithun | 2016-01-15 00:00:00
Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe by four wickets in the first Twenty20 match of the four-match series in Khulna city on Friday evening. Brief scores: Zimbabwe 163/7 v Bangladesh 166/6 (18.4/20 ov) Bangladesh won by 4 wickets (with 8 balls remaining) Zimbabwe...
Munima Sultana | 2016-01-15 00:00:00
Japan is likely to release second phase of its Yen assistance equivalent to US$1.5 billion for the metro rail project in next official development assistance (ODA) package. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has already enlisted the Dhaka Mass Rapid...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-01-15 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has decided to establish five special tax zones to oversee collection of tax at source in a bid to check revenue leakage from the potential sector that contributes 57 per cent of the total...
Siddique Islam | 2016-01-15 00:00:00
The central bank has identified surging domestic demand as a new engine of Bangladesh's economic growth. "We're supporting both engines - export and domestic demand -for achieving maximum economic growth," Bangladesh Bank (BB) governor Dr Atiur Rahman said while replying...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-01-15 00:00:00
The lack of members of law-enforcement agencies is hampering the kitchen market monitoring, thus leading to price hike in essentials. Presently, the monitoring committee does not get support from the members of law-enforcement agencies for monitoring the price of essential...
writes Bayezid Dawla reviewing it | 2016-01-15 00:00:00
A 'Secret of a War Baby' is a novel with a deconstructive title that puzzles the readers with an overwhelming irony. What is the secret? The dramatic tension informed by the title does not release readers until the end. Novelist...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-01-15 00:00:00
A Mail Online story on Stephen Hawking has given an insight into the elan vital of the greatest ever --one who is physically too challenged to be a specially built wheelchair-bound --scientist since Einstein. What keeps the exceptionally gifted brain...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2016-01-15 00:00:00
Public University teachers have launched strong protests for upholding their status that they believe was deliberately relegated through the publication of the gazette in connection with the new pay scale. They have started work stoppage. They are not taking classes....
Sharjil Haque | 2016-01-15 00:00:00
Most international organisations, which carry out periodic macroeconomic analysis on Bangladesh, are fairly optimistic about the country's growth prospects this year. The general consensus is that increased public sector investment in infrastructure development, government employees' wage hike and steady export...
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