FE Online Report | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
Both bourses – the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened positive on Thursday, after previous day’s mild correction, the last trading session of the week. The benchmark index of the DSE –DSEX went up by 8.31...
Munima Sultana | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
Trial run of Bangladesh's two passenger buses with India and Bhutan under the motor vehicle agreement (MVA) of the BBIN has been postponed due to safety reasons and delay in making the agreement effective. Sources said Bangladesh had proposed to...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
The government raised tariff value on import of both crude and raw sugar and also imposed Value Added Tax (VAT) at a rate of 15 per cent on the essential item to bail out local mills. According to Statutory Regulatory...
Abdul Momen in the first of a two-part write-up | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
The 2015 has been a historic year for the global leadership and the United Nations (UN) that we all can be proud of. It is the year that adopted the Post-2015 Development Agenda known as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on...
Per Bolund and Reinhard Bütikofer in Stockholm | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
A quiet revolution is taking place in the financial industry. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, sustainable development is increasingly being integrated into financial decision-making. The European Union (EU) has been rather passive so far in this transformation, but...
Mahmudul Hassan | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
For the first seven decades of the twentieth century, marketing was regarded as strictly an activity performed by businesses. In 1969, in one of their classic articles, Marketing Guru Philip Kotler and Sidney J. Levy claimed, "Marketing is a pervasive...
Md Nazim Uddin, Rafia Sultana and Md Saiyod Ali | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
Globalisation is a complicated issue. There is no question that globalisation has done a lot of good for many developing countries like Bangladesh who now have access to global markets and can export cheap goods. Globalisation has been very good...
Zeenat Khan from Maryland, USA | 2015-12-24 00:00:00
In developing countries like Bangladesh, using young girls as domestic workers is not a new phenomenon - it has continued for generations and remains a common practice. Poverty is the key driving factor as to why under-aged girls become domestic...
FE Online Report | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
Stocks slipped into the red on Wednesday, after remaining upbeat for the last two sessions, as risk-averse investors booked quick profits. The market opened with a mixed trend and tried to upturn two times in the mid-session, but failed. Eventually,...
Munima Sultana | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
A move is underway to transfer the authority of issuing route permit to bus operators to Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) from the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to manage the chaotic traffic in the city streets. Officials said the...
Syful Islam | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
Now gets going a bank under joint venture of Bangladesh Navy and Air Force as part of the process of licensing banking operations in newer sectors, officials said. They said the 'Maritime Bank Ltd' got the go-ahead from the Prime...
M Jalal Hussain | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
The smooth movement of the wheels of an economy depends on some vital sectors that directly contribute to sustainable economic growth and development. The banking sector is considered as one of the most significant players in strengthening the soundness of...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
The Paris global climate summit forged an agreement on December 12, 2015, setting the course for a transformation of the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades in a bid to arrest global warming. After four years of fraught United Nations...
Isteqmal Hussain, Md. Motasem Billah and Oliul Islam | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
Development not only connotes an increase in gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate or per capita income or the growing number of dazzling skyscrapers, but it also is related to social development, reduction in inequalities and ensuring of social justice....
Jahangir Bin Alam | 2015-12-23 00:00:00
An important aspect of the ongoing globalisation process has been the increasing integration of national economies. Such a trend stems from the consensus that economies with geographical proximity could generate strong development synergies through effective cooperation in the areas of...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2015-12-22 00:00:00
The Paris global climate summit forged an agreement on December 12, 2015, setting the course for a transformation of the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades in a bid to arrest global warming. After four years of fraught United Nations...
Isteqmal Hussain, Md. Motasem Billah and Oliul Islam | 2015-12-22 00:00:00
Development not only connotes an increase in gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate or per capita income or the growing number of dazzling skyscrapers, but it also is related to social development, reduction in inequalities and ensuring of social justice....
Jahangir Bin Alam | 2015-12-22 00:00:00
An important aspect of the ongoing globalisation process has been the increasing integration of national economies. Such a trend stems from the consensus that economies with geographical proximity could generate strong development synergies through effective cooperation in the areas of...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2015-12-22 00:00:00
The Paris global climate summit forged an agreement on December 12, 2015, setting the course for a transformation of the world's fossil fuel-driven economy within decades in a bid to arrest global warming. After four years of fraught United Nations...
M Jalal Hussain | 2015-12-22 00:00:00
The smooth movement of the wheels of an economy depends on some vital sectors that directly contribute to sustainable economic growth and development. The banking sector is considered as one of the most significant players in strengthening the soundness of...
Isteqmal Hussain, Md. Motasem Billah and Oliul Islam | 2015-12-22 00:00:00
Development not only connotes an increase in gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate or per capita income or the growing number of dazzling skyscrapers, but it also is related to social development, reduction in inequalities and ensuring of social justice....
Jahangir Bin Alam | 2015-12-22 00:00:00
An important aspect of the ongoing globalisation process has been the increasing integration of national economies. Such a trend stems from the consensus that economies with geographical proximity could generate strong development synergies through effective cooperation in the areas of...
Sunil Sachdev | 2015-12-22 00:00:00
In today's business world, it seems you are either being disrupted or causing the disrupting. The role of the disruptor and news about their activities are being discussed, tweeted, reported, documented and shared daily, even if not clearly understood. Some...
Rachel Morarjee | 2015-12-22 00:00:00
What do investments in engineering companies, banks and bananas have in common? They're all justified by China's "One Belt, One Road" plan to boost trade and spread soft power. Yet early signs are the scheme may provide another excuse to...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-12-22 00:00:00
Although agriculture still remains the dominant source of rural livelihoods, its relative role in generating income has been falling over time. This is reflected by a slide in the share of the sector in GDP (gross domestic product). The trend...
Siddique Islam | 2015-12-21 00:00:00
The central bank has extended its policy support to the share market through redefining the banks' capital market investment policy, officials said. Under the revised definition, capital provided by the banks to their subsidiary companies will not come into calculation...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-12-21 00:00:00
Government's revenue authority is up with preparation for conducting countrywide taxpayers' satisfaction surveys as prelude to enforcement of a new value-added tax (VAT) law. The updated VAT law -- framed in the light of IMF recommendation -- takes effect with...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2015-12-21 00:00:00
The growth potential of Bangladesh is yet to be fully realised, despite the country has an 'amazing growth' story in recent years. Paul Smith, the president and chief executive officer (CEO) of CFA Institute, USA, told the FE in an...
Richard Beales | 2015-12-21 00:00:00
Christine Lagarde may not need to belly dance after all. That's what the International Monetary Fund's managing director said last year she'd do if it would persuade the U.S. Congress to ratify reforms agreed in 2010 by the IMF. The...
Neil Ray | 2015-12-21 00:00:00
Eminent writer and teacher Dr. Zafar Iqbal has complained that this government has done the gravest ever harm to education so far. His complaint is that the two public examinations held for class V and VIII have taught students of...
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