Talha Bin Habib | 2016-01-11 00:00:00
The government has initiated a move to appoint commercial counsellors at Istanbul and Kunming missions considering trade potential, officials said. "We have taken steps to appoint commercial counsellors in Istanbul of Turkey and Kunming of China for boosting our exports...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2016-01-11 00:00:00
Almost simultaneously, two reports have been released in continuation of the past. Though apparently an annual ritual, the reports hold a mirror with fresh perspective to our human resource and the course of its growth and development. The two reports...
Neil Ray | 2016-01-11 00:00:00
Celebration of books knows no occasion. Yet the Ekushey Book Fair this nation has been observing has few parallel. There are certainly better arranged book fairs where business of millions of dollars are signed but Ekushey has its spirit of...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2016-01-11 00:00:00
'Harmful pesticides in four vegetables' screamed the headline of the lead news item on the front page of the last Sunday's issue of a national vernacular daily. The report quoting the research findings of the National Food Safety Laboratory (NFSL)...
Rezaul Karim | 2016-01-10 00:00:00
The government is set to introduce a special stock exchange platform aiming to mobilise funds for development of the country's information technology (IT) industry, officials said. The Digital Bangladesh Task Force (DBTF) made the proposal at its recent meeting to...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-01-10 00:00:00
Customs intelligence investigation has detected a fourfold rise in the abuse of bonded-warehouse facility in the last two years, officials said. They said the directorate of customs intelligence and investigation under the revenue board had detected irregularities allegedly committed by...
write Asif Ibne Yousuf and Nuzhat Nuarey Mithila | 2016-01-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh, having abundant solar energy, receives twice the amount of sun than most European countries do. The private sector has already realised and capitalised on this. Even the International Renewable Energy Agency report says the number of solar-powered homes in...
Abdullah Al-Rizwan | 2016-01-10 00:00:00
Every time a year goes by, people in the stock market try to cheer themselves up by saying to themselves (and others) that this must be the year of the capital market. After the bubble was burst in 2010, the...
Aramco mulling initial public offering | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Aramco as the Saudi Arabian Oil Company in popularly known, said Friday it is considering selling shares in an initial public offering (IPO), part of Saudi Arabia’s efforts to privatise industries amid sinking oil prices and a move that could...
Munima Sultana | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Japan is likely to finance the Jamuna railway bridge construction parallel to the existing Bangabandhu Bridge for facilitating operation of increased number of speedy trains. At present, trains over the road-cum-rail Bangbandhu Bridge run at a maximum speed of 20...
Syful Islam | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB), a state-owned specialised bank, alone has sought some Tk 66.55 billion for its recapitalisation when the government earmarked a sum of Tk 50 billion in the national budget for the current fiscal year for the purpose,...
Ismail Hossain | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
The micro-credit regulator is mulling over fixing the interest rate on agricultural loan at 25 per cent from existing 27 per cent for the clients of micro-finance institutions (MFIs). If the proposal is implemented, the interest rate in the sector...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
The government has initiated a set of measures including installation of cooling chain and ensuring quality to help boost the country's export of vegetables, especially in the European Union (EU) countries, officials said. Besides, it has taken decisions to cancel...
Babul Barman | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Stocks witnessed marginal gain on the first week of New Year that ended Thursday with significant improvement in turnover as investors were active both sides of the trading fence. Analysts said the positive expectation regarding market sentiment might have encouraged...
Shah Alam Kabir Pramanik | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Bangladesh is a beautiful gift of nature. The unique natural, archaeological, historical, cultural and folkloric resources as well as marvellous scenic beauty of the country have created a lot of opportunities and prospects for tourism sector. Bangladesh has a host...
Masum Billah | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Our young learners have been undergoing constant trial and terror method for the last several years though it is desirable that bringing any change calls for piloting on a small sample. We bring about changes taking the whole nation as...
Asjadul Kibria | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
It was 21 years back, when four young men in Narayanganj started the journey. The starting was very humble with a small shop but the dream was quite great and obviously very colourful. Choice of the name, Rang - a...
Nilratan Halder | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Weeks before the impression had been that the winter has finally arrived but now suddenly it seems to be leaving hurriedly as if it came to a wrong place at a wrong time. But it was not supposed to be...
Abdus Sattar Molla | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Salary of the state employees are paid under some predetermined grades in a scale. In independent Bangladesh, the first pay scale was prepared and implemented in 1973. Later, it got revised six times (in 1977, 1985, 1991, 1997, 2005 and...
Abdul Bayes | 2016-01-09 00:00:00
Joachim von Braun and Alisher Mirzabaev of Bonn-based Center for Development Research (ZEEF) give interesting insights into small farms, poverty and productivity. However, they base their arguments on various research findings across the globe. Although Bangladesh is not bracketed in...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-01-08 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has instructed the taxmen to raise the number of taxpayers to 500,000 in a bid to offset the existing revenue shortfall of the revenue board. He also asked them to remove all barriers to complete the...
Siddique Islam | 2016-01-08 00:00:00
The rising trend in private sector credit growth continued until November due to the falling trend in interest rates on lending, bankers said on Thursday. They also predicted that the upward trend in private sector credit growth would continue in...
Munima Sultana | 2016-01-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh Railway objected to the dropping of rail from a 20-year mega transport plan for greater Dhaka city although some train services are proposed in BR's own master plan for easing the capital's traffic congestion. The Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority...
Talha Bin Habib | 2016-01-08 00:00:00
Bangladesh will emphasise augmenting regional trade and investment during the upcoming three-day Partnership Summit (PS) that begins in Vishakhapatnam, India from Sunday (Jan 10). Besides, it will highlight establishing greater connectivity among the South East Asian countries. The Bangladesh delegation...
Mahmudul Hasan | 2016-01-08 00:00:00
The history of human civilisation is the history of struggle for human rights. This struggle calls for an organised socio-political environment where power will be exercised in a legitimate way. The latest version of the system is known as governance....
Nilratan Halder | 2016-01-08 00:00:00
Dhaka hosts two month-long fairs annually in successive months. If the January trade fair has become a regular feature on the country's economic calendar, it is followed by a culturally more satisfying book fair the spirit of which is tinged...
John Lloyd | 2016-01-08 00:00:00
There's a handy list Foreign Policy compiled of a few of the more egregious cases of corruption committed last year. Reading over this list, what doesn't cease to amaze is the scale at which many of the corrupt work: They...
FE Online Report | 2016-01-07 00:00:00
Speakers at a discussion meeting on Thursday said ‘institutional complexity’ is one of the major impediments to the growth of the country’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs), even though it plays a significant role in socio-economic development. Currently, entrepreneurs have...
FE Online Report | 2016-01-07 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened mixed trend in early hour of trading Thursday amid day-long countrywide hartal enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 0.11point to 4,679.91,...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2016-01-07 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked the banks and the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) to submit information on bank accounts and beneficiary owners (BO) accounts of Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya and his wife. The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC)...
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