Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2015-02-21 00:00:00
The Bengali Language Movement which witnesses the police firing on peaceful procession of students on the Dhaka University campus on 21st February in 1952, was a socio-politico-cultural eruption of the people in the then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Later recognised...
Md Saifullah Khaled | 2015-02-21 00:00:00
On 21 February 1952 I was a little boy of slightly more than nine years old and a student of class three at Nawabpur High School, Dhaka. Yet I remember an interesting incident that occurred in my childhood at that...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-02-21 00:00:00
There were colours all over the city. Thank God, it was Friday and Saturday -two weekly holidays. For sometime now people opt for these two days to get out of homes and arrange for any celebration -family or otherwise. This...
Munima Sultana | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
Nineteen per cent of the road sector projects under the ministry of road transport and bridges (MoRTB) showed zero progress in the first half of the current fiscal year (FY). Due to the zero progress of the projects, overall performance...
Syful Islam | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh has earmarked nine priority sectors to bring under development cooperation with neighbouring India under a comprehensive accord, officials said. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in a recent meeting discussed the sectors to be dealt under the umbrella agreement, they...
Khairul Islam | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
The prevailing political stalemate is taking its toll on academic activities of the country's around 50 million (5.0 crore) students studying at the primary to higher education levels. The regular classes and examination schedules at most of the educational institutions...
Foreign diplomats discuss solution to crisis | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh's political situation has become a common issue at the UN's regular media briefing in recent days with the latest one being on the contents of the letters written to two top leaders by Ban Ki-moon, reports UNB. A questioner...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
People work for living a worthwhile life and ensuring for themselves a livelihood. For this, they have to search for jobs or work most suitably for them. They have to look into the job market. Again, firms and enterprises require...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
The country's elevation from a severely food-deficit one to a self-sufficient one is not a fairy tale. Rather, it is a reality made possible by concerted efforts from all beginning with agricultural scientists at the top to farmers at the...
Md. Nayem Alimul Hyder | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
Intellectual property law concerns legal rights associated with creative works or commercial reputation and goodwill. The concept of intellectual property is very wide and it includes literary and artistic works, films, computer programmes, inventions, designs and marks used by traders...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2015-02-20 00:00:00
A day-long discussion on 'Jatiya Oikya Process' (national unity process) was held on February 07 at the Institute of Engineers in the capital under the banner of the Nagorik Samaj, a civil society platform. Apart from solving the current crisis,...
Siddique Islam | 2015-02-19 00:00:00
Soured loans in the agriculture sector marked a significant rise in seven months to January as political unrest affected recovery, officials and bankers said. Classified loans of farmers rose to Tk 72.19 billion during the July-January period of the current...
Ferdaus Ara Begum in the second of a three-part article on SME financing | 2015-02-19 00:00:00
SMEs usually start with small capital and have unique types of products to offer. As their market share is small, they can not produce much. Generally they do not generate good profit in the beginning. So the start-up SMEs remain...
Md Shariful Islam | 2015-02-19 00:00:00
There have been ups and downs in the relations between Bangladesh and India. It is noticeable that under the Narendra Modi regime, along with other neighbours of India, Bangladesh is getting prioritised in the foreign policy of India. In fact,...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-02-18 00:00:00
A special tribunal, constituted in January and a judge appointed as its chief in the following month in 2014 to facilitate speedy trial of the stock market-related cases, is yet to start its function formally. Surprise, surprise! Usually, the public...
Shah Alam Nur | 2015-02-18 00:00:00
Production at most of the country's textile units has fallen significantly following a supply disruption of raw cotton due mainly to the countrywide blockade and shutdowns, industry insiders said. The production in textile sector largely depends on imported cotton, they...
Siddique Islam | 2015-02-18 00:00:00
The rising trend in private sector credit growth continued until December last but bankers feared a declining trend in the next months due to the ongoing political turmoil. They have also predicted that the credit growth in the private sector...
Ferdaus Ara Begum in the first of a three-part article on SME financing | 2015-02-18 00:00:00
Small and medium enterprises, better known as SMEs all over the world, have an important role to play in industrialisation and economic growth as well as in creating employment opportunities. It promotes cross-sectoral linkages raising exports and developing entrepreneurial skills....
Abdul Bayes | 2015-02-18 00:00:00
A formal financial system for providing rural credit in Bangladesh started with the establishment of the Agricultural Development Bank in 1960s. Later the government also encouraged commercial banks to set up branches in rural areas for financial inclusion. In 1977,...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-02-18 00:00:00
Over the years, linkage of Bangladesh economy with global market has intensified. The country is now considered one of the potential and growing economies capable of making a better space for itself in the near future. Any development in the...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
The United States of America (USA) continued to collect higher tariffs on Bangladeshi products during import from this country. Last year, the US collected 2.5 per cent of its total tariff revenue against imports from Bangladesh. Data available with the...
M A Taslim | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
To achieve high, a nation must aim high. The vision or goals of a nation should be consistent with the aspirations, opportunities and genius of its people. At the least, the goals should be home-grown and set indigenously. Unfortunately, our...
Mohammad Ali | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
A special tribunal tasked with the job of trying cases of share scams couldn't commence trial even more than a year after its formation. Critics say such an inordinate delay undermines the government move to quickly dispose of the stock-related...
Shah Alam Nur | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
A large number of Bangladeshi expatriates and foreigners are now cancelling their scheduled air trips to Bangladesh due to political unrest, throwing airlines into difficulties, official sources said. The countrywide non-stop transport blockade is taking its toll on the aviation...
Munima Sultana | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
An opportunity to get wider market for the Bangladeshi non-traditional products in Nepal has been created following a Bangladesh-Nepal Expo that concluded in Kathmandu on Sunday last. Bangladesh Ambassador to Nepal Mashfee Binte Shams observed that trade between the two...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid Bipu has expressed dissatisfaction over the Power Division's poor performance in implementing the Annual Development Programme (ADP), officials said. The state minister articulated his dismay while presiding over a meeting,...
Syful Islam | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
Construction of a coal unloading jetty for Matarbari power plant is facing hurdle, as the department of shipping (DoS) is yet to give its approval even the executing agency sought endorsement 14 months back, officials said. The Coal Power Generation...
Muhammad Quamrul Islam | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
One tends to agree with Commerce Minister Tofael Ahmed on the issue of the civil society initiative to defuse the current political crisis. He has turned down the proposal of the civil society to hold a national dialogue with a...
M. Serajul Islam | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
The Nagorik Oikko, a civil society initiative, has written to the President, the Prime Minister and the chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to initiate talks between the ruling party and the BNP for ending the current spate of...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2015-02-17 00:00:00
A committee of the securities regulator has recommended formation of a Clearing Corporation like a demutualised organisation, having majority number of independent directors in its board for the sake of ensuring transparency and accountability, officials said. The Bangladesh Securities and...
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