Mohammad Ali | 2015-03-13 00:00:00
Many debit-card holders are still confused about use and service charges of ATM booths other than the card-issuing banks, which is posing an adverse impact on growth of interbank electronic transactions, sector insiders said. Most of them are even not...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-03-13 00:00:00
Microfinance has come into the limelight for quite a few decades but not so conspicuously before Prof. Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. A prestigious award like this however has shifted the focus...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2015-03-13 00:00:00
The unbending position of the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is making the prevailing political situation more critical. Foreign diplomats and donor representatives have expressed their concern. Initiatives both at local and foreigners' levels have been taken...
Syful Islam | 2015-03-12 00:00:00
The government is going to raise the penalty for any kind of forgery of GSP certificates in a move to prevent the trade offence which casts negative impacts on the country's image and the export facility, too, officials said. Presently,...
Siddique Islam | 2015-03-12 00:00:00
Private-sector credit growth fell in January over the previous month mainly as businesspeople were on the watch over the ongoing political turmoil before deciding on business start-ups, bankers said Wednesday. The growth in the credit flow to the private sector...
Badrul Ahsan | 2015-03-12 00:00:00
Farmers' preference for short-duration crops has created shortage of sugarcane, thus pushing up production costs of state-owned sugar mills, whose accumulated losses hit a new high of Tk 35 billion. "Shortage of raw materials has become a major problem for...
Khan Muhammad Saqiful Alam | 2015-03-12 00:00:00
Numbers have always spoken to me. It is like a language, with some rules and some procedures, communicated through the constants and the equations. In fact, sometimes numbers have made more sense than any other language with which I can...
Saadman Khan Nabil | 2015-03-12 00:00:00
Famous American author and political activist Helen Keller has rightly said, "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." Human psychology tends to evade adventures and risks. But yet there are so many people out there who love...
Md Saidul Islam | 2015-03-12 00:00:00
A strong collective faith and trust on the institutions of modernity is a fundamental ingredient to build a nation. Unfortunately, most people of Bangladesh have lost their faith in, for example, the legal system, politics, business, and most importantly, the...
Md. Jamal Hossain | 2015-03-12 00:00:00
The government imposes an exorbitant amount of tax on imported cars to ration their use by people. High taxes raise the price of a car to such an amount that a middle class family can hardly afford it. The classes...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-03-11 00:00:00
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has directed the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to clear the stockpiled cars off the country's sea and land-ports, officials said. They said the country's two seaports - Chittagong and Mongla - and Benapole...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-03-11 00:00:00
The process of settling trade-related disputes between Bangladesh and China through mediation is expected to begin from June next. A mediation centre would help exporters and importers of both the countries to lodge complaints to a panel of arbitrators, local...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-03-11 00:00:00
The new VAT (value added tax) Act passed in 2012 will now come into effect from the first day of the fiscal 2017. It was supposed to be enforced from July 01 this year. But staunch opposition from the businesses...
Siddique Islam | 2015-03-11 00:00:00
The central bank is planning to fix a range of ceiling regarding charges on debit card aiming to protect depositors' interest, officials said Tuesday. "The issue will be discussed at the next bankers' meeting, scheduled to be held on March...
Md. Nayem Alimul Hyder | 2015-03-11 00:00:00
Film is considered to be an important art form, a source of popular entertainment, and a powerful medium for educating — or indoctrinating — citizens. The visual basis of the cinema gives it a universal power of communication. Some films...
Md. Abdullah Al Helal | 2015-03-11 00:00:00
In a democratic society, a political party is on the input side of a political system, that is, the demands and interests of the people are collected from political parties and analysed by the government before any policy decision is...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-03-11 00:00:00
Can Bangladesh sustain the gains achieved in food security and make further progress towards sustainable food security by 2030? One could be optimistic that Bangladesh can do it. But the government has to provide an enabling environment through continuing investment...
Shoriful Islam | 2015-03-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh aims at continuing its healthy growth and poverty reduction achievements, and accelerating economic growth in order to become a middle-income country by 2021. It seeks to continue its high pace of poverty reduction and share prosperity more equitably among...
Shah Alam Nur | 2015-03-10 00:00:00
The Board of Investment (BoI) has taken a number of initiatives including road shows and business meets with foreign entrepreneurs to boost their confidence, officials said. The road shows in England, the Netherlands and France would be held in the...
Badrul Ahsan | 2015-03-10 00:00:00
The government has decided to issue certificates to small garment makers, allowing them to export to south Asian countries at lower duty, a senior official said. According to the existing export policy, Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) under the ministry of...
Abdulla Al Imran | 2015-03-10 00:00:00
It is said, the 21st century will belong to Asia. The Asia-Pacific countries, especially China, will play a leading role. According to the latest IMF report, China is now the world's number one economy on the basis of total GDP...
Asif Shohel | 2015-03-10 00:00:00
The first thing one finds after stepping in Dhaka city is an intense traffic jam. Dhaka is confronted with one of the major problems which are also being experienced by other major cities in the world, i.e., more vehicles than...
Mizanur Rahman Shelley | 2015-03-10 00:00:00
The infinite capacity to wonder at things is the mark of incorruptible youth. Hope and innocence are its everlasting features. The youth is our bridge to the future. It holds out the hope of redemption from the failures and complications...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-03-09 00:00:00
Customs intelligence has instructed ten private hospitals in the city to produce necessary documents on duty-free import of medical equipment in a bid to verify their compliance. The hospitals, listed as referral ones, are entitled to the duty-free facility on...
Shamsul Huda | 2015-03-09 00:00:00
The two-lane Tongi-Bhairab railway line will open to the public in July this year as the construction work is nearing completion despite some problems in last two months, officials said. Project Director Sagar Krishna Chawkrabarty said they have already stepped...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-03-09 00:00:00
Garment makers and textiles producers are locked in a row over the formation of a panel intended to regulate local cotton yarn prices, officials said. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association handed a proposal to the ministry of commerce...
Shah Alam Nur | 2015-03-09 00:00:00
Non-resident Bangladeshis have started buying flats or plots at home after efforts by realtors to boost sluggish sales, industry people said. The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) has also taken a set of initiatives such as promotional...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-03-09 00:00:00
Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley presented the 2015-16 Union budget in Lok Sabha on February 28. Think tanks and trade bodies here in Bangladesh have been studying Arun Jaitley's budget proposals as a routine exercise. In fact, the economic and...
M Jalal Hussain | 2015-03-09 00:00:00
It's known to everyone in the modern business world how political instability, slugfests and hostilities affect the economy of a country. The people of Bangladesh have been struggling since independence 42 years ago. The economy of the country is stained...
Neil Ray | 2015-03-09 00:00:00
If picture speaks what thousands of words cannot, there was one on the front page of this newspaper last Saturday. The picture concerns makeshift open shops of readymade garments for children, which give a disconcerting look in the absence of...
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