Abdul Bayes | 2015-04-09 00:00:00
The food basket for a typical Bangladeshi household consists of rice, wheat, lentil, potato, vegetables, spices, fish, meat, etc. Four-fifths of calorie and protein come from these items. Again, only rice and wheat together supply 74 and 57 per cent...
Siddique Islam | 2015-04-08 00:00:00
Private sector credit growth rebounded in February 2015 over the previous month despite political uncertainty, officials said. The growth in private sector credit flow rose to 13.61 per cent in February from 13.33 per cent in January. It was 13.50...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-04-08 00:00:00
Should the government have any role in the 'supply' of shares to the stock market? A Dhaka University teacher feels it should have. The teacher, according to a report published in the Financial Express last Monday, while taking part in...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2015-04-08 00:00:00
The Tk 10 billion (1,000 crore) local film industry has come to such a pass that its very survival is now at stake due to multifarious problems including video piracy. According to data available with the Bangladesh Cinema Hall Owners...
ZM Aminul Islam | 2015-04-08 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Apr 7: A flower farmer under Sadar upazila in Jhenidah has developed enthusiasm among many other cultivators in the region to grow marigold by making a hefty profit selling his produce last year. Rafique Mia (72), a member of...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2015-04-08 00:00:00
The ongoing political turmoil is taking its toll on small savers. Rise in cost of living due to price increases of essential items has forced many of them to encash their savings investment. If the political stalemate continues their savings...
Badrul Ahsan | 2015-04-07 00:00:00
The bonded warehouse authority cancelled a record number of licences in 2014 on charges of various malpractices, including tax evasion, a high official said. The number of licences cancelled last year was the highest in the last ten years, official...
Siddique Islam | 2015-04-07 00:00:00
The central bank has asked four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) to go for small and medium-scale loans instead of large ones for minimising risks, officials said. The instruction came at a meeting held at the central bank headquarters in Dhaka...
Syful Islam | 2015-04-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh has virtually been driven out from Thailand's jute-bag market as India is cashing in on undercut rates utilising its free-trade agreement (FTA) with the ASEAN bloc country, government officials said. Millers claimed that a sudden fall in demand for...
Munima Sultana | 2015-04-07 00:00:00
The Chinese government has asked Sino Hydro, engaged in the Dhaka-Chittagong highway four-lane project, to complete work within the stipulated timeframe, casting off its alleged apathy and even with its own money. "We have told Sino Hydro Corporation Ltd that...
SM Nasimul Haque | 2015-04-07 00:00:00
Training flights are normally conducted by a licensed flying school. After a student passes medical test, laid down by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and vetted by the Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB), s/he goes through ground subjects to...
Saleh Akram | 2015-04-07 00:00:00
Natural disasters are inevitable and no country is immune to disaster, though vulnerability to disaster varies from one country to another. Disaster has been defined by different institutions in different ways. According to the United Nations, disaster is a serious...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2015-04-07 00:00:00
Three interrelated areas are critical for achieving universal health coverage. These are: * raising funds for health; * reducing financial barriers to access through prepayment and subsequent pooling of funds in preference to direct out-of-pocket payments; and * allocating or...
Shamsul Huda | 2015-04-06 00:00:00
High-priced drugs worth some Tk 25 billion are brought in the country every year illegally to dispense the medical needs prescribed by foreign physicians, as government agencies look on. A source at Bangladesh Chemist and Druggist Association said every year...
Siddique Islam | 2015-04-06 00:00:00
The central bank has asked the new private commercial banks (PCBs) not to go for 'aggressive' lending, for ensuing discipline in the country's banking sector. The instruction came from a review meeting of managing directors and chief executive officers of...
Ajoy Paul | 2015-04-06 00:00:00
Pahela Baishakh is the first day of Bangla New Year. Every year we celebrate it with great enthusiasms. Everything looks cheerful and colorful with the colour of Pahela Baishakh. Pahela Baishakh is indeed a significant occasion in the life of...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2015-04-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh is an over-populated agrarian economy. There is hardly any scope for further absorption of human resources in the agriculture sector. Moreover, with the gradual introduction of modern technology, such as power tillers, threshers and harvesters in agriculture, the existing...
Neil Ray | 2015-04-06 00:00:00
The prescription put forward by India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh is simple. He would like the Border Security Force (BSF) to beef up vigil on the India-Bangla border in order to stop smuggling of cattle. A home minister of any...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-04-06 00:00:00
Is it politics? Or is it economics? The questions relate to the recent directive on the part of the Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh to fully stop smuggling of Indian cattle to neighbouring Bangladesh. The primary goal of his directive...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2015-04-06 00:00:00
Once again, mass promotions of the senior government officials are on the card. The government, according to concerned sources and media, are set to promote a total of 705 officials to the ranks of deputy, joint and additional secretaries. The...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-04-05 00:00:00
With a slight decline in total inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) last year, its composition also changed as fresh inflow of equity was reduced significantly. Two-thirds of FDI came as reinvested earnings of existing multinational corporations in 2014 which...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-04-05 00:00:00
A government move to sign Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with some potential countries is yet to produce any result apparently for putting on the backburner some major issues mostly related to market access. Though the government took initiative to sign...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-04-05 00:00:00
People availing cut rates of taxes on their incomes are barred from showing their earnings as undisclosed to get those legalized, according to a latest clarification from the revenue board. "Those taxpayers would not be entitled to enjoy the opportunity...
Badrul Ahsan | 2015-04-05 00:00:00
The government is likely to finalise the Export Policy 2015-18 with provision for 2.0 per cent special incentives for the readymade garment (RMG) factories against their exports to help them become compliant, a high official at the ministry of commerce...
Syed Ashraf Ali | 2015-04-05 00:00:00
No words are adequate enough to eulogise the heroics of the three hijras who nabbed two fleeing assailants of the blogger Wasiqur Rahman on March 30 at Tejgaon. While the onlookers present in and around the crime scene took to...
Munima Sultana | 2015-04-04 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has sought Tk 72 billion for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge project for the next fiscal year (FY), 2015-16, though it could not spend almost half of the current fiscal year's allocation. The government, during the...
Zeenat Khan from Maryland, USA | 2015-04-04 00:00:00
How much is an American green card worth to elderly Bengali parents who now are living in Bangladesh? A lot! How many more do you think would be willing to give up their independence and the comfort of their own...
Md Saifullah Khaled | 2015-04-04 00:00:00
Abu-Muhammad Muslih al-Din bin Abdallah Shirazi, Saadi Shirazi (1210-1291) better known by his pen-name as Saadi was one of the major medieval Persian poets. He is famous not only in Persian-speaking countries, but has also been quoted in western sources....
Md Sariful Islam | 2015-04-04 00:00:00
Society is greatly shaped by ideas, norms, customs and practices and all these things are reflected through arts and architecture of that particular society. The information of the arts and architecture from the researches and investigations of the archaeologists, always...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-04-04 00:00:00
Newspapers have been carrying the picture of an elephant extending its trunk to vehicles on a temporary halt because of traffic jam or for other reasons on busy roads to collect what in plain Bangla is called 'enam'. Journalists, however,...
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