Saleh Akram | 2014-12-21 00:00:00
The fragile Sundarbans region is now staring helplessly at an ecological nightmare caused by oil spillage after a vessel carrying oil sank after a collision. Furnace oil spread over more than 100 sq. km area along the Shela River, polluting...
Abdul Bayes | 2014-12-21 00:00:00
There are three rice-growing seasons in Bangladesh for Aus, Aman and Boro. While the Aus is an upland pre-monsoon crop with low yields, the Aman is a rain-fed monsoon crop. The Boro is a dry-season irrigated crop. For ages, Aus...
Md. Joynal Abdin | 2014-12-21 00:00:00
Economic development without socio-economic challenges is inconceivable. The journey to development has never been easy for any nation and it is always a long hard battle to turn promises into achievements. Bangladesh is a developing economy growing with an annual...
Mohammad Ali | 2014-12-21 00:00:00
Petitioner of the public interest litigation (PIL), filed regarding the much-talked about IPO of Khulna Printing and Packaging Ltd (KPPL), have finally stepped back from the legal fight, court sources said. "We took the decision due to lack of available...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-12-21 00:00:00
The new state-owned Palli Sanchay Bank is unlikely to go into operation within the stipulated timeframe as there has been little spadework done so far, officials said. They said the bank is yet to show any visible progress regarding the...
K Ahmed Alam | 2014-12-21 00:00:00
Since its inception in 2003, the Department of English at Northern University Bangladesh (NUB) has imparted education to the students to meet their 'realities of life', avoiding the 'ivory tower' attitude towards life. Aiming at the purpose, the department has...
Salahuddin Ahmed | 2014-12-21 00:00:00
In Bangladesh, education sector is the area which we were proud of. There were true commitment and dedication from the government to make this area the best, if not better. In recent time, a dark shadow seems to be grasping...
Khairul Islam | 2014-12-21 00:00:00
The country's oldest mobile phone operator Citycell has sought additional six months to settle its dues and other functional issues with the telecom regulator, officials with the operator said. "We've already applied to the Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The Savar Tannery Estate has summoned owners of 11 tanneries to appear at its office on Sunday to show cause as to why they have failed to start relocation work in Savar from the city's Hazaribagh. "We will hear them...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) witnessed a significant fall in the number of corruption cases in recent months, giving rise to questions about the commission's performance. According to the commission data, a total of 263 cases were filed in 2014...
Ziaur Rahman back from Malaysia | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
Bangladeshis working in Malaysia are having a hard time, as many of them are trapped in forced labour with their passports confiscated to prevent them even from returning home. Many of the immigrants--both legal and illegal--are apparently facing troubles and...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The taxmen have detected, of late, an increased propensity among a section of taxpayers, both institutional and individual, to show their previous undeclared income as income from 'fish farms' in their tax returns and evade substantial volume of tax. These...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The government is looking for alternative ways to import wheat after the inordinate delay of supply by Ukraine, officials said. The state-run Directorate General (DG) of Food has completed two tenders and signed contracts with local agents of foreign companies...
Babul Barman | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
Stocks declined for two consecutive weeks, with turnover remaining sluggish as most of the investors are yet to adapt themselves to the new trading system. The week featured four trading sessions instead of five as the market was closed on...
Helal Uddin Ahmed while reviewing the book | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
Hilsa and Hilsa Fishermen: Exploring Conservation-Livelihood Win-Wins By Hossain Zillur Rahman, Md. Abdul Wahab and Liaquat Ali Chowdhury Publisher: Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), Dhaka, December 2014, Book Design & Production: The Shikkha Bichitra, Malibag, Dhaka, Pages: 90; Price:...
Saleh Akram | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The 18th Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) concluded in Kathmandu, Nepal with an outcome far below expectations. The theme of the summit was 'Deeper Integration for Peace and Prosperity', underscoring a focus on enhancing connectivity...
Alamgir Hossain | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
It is undeniable that beggars are everywhere in the city of Dhaka - at traffic signals, peering into taxi windows, bedraggled, haggard and breaking into a sudden smile when a few coins are dropped into their palms. Dhaka is now...
Sadia Arman in the second of a four-part article | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
At the new school Dali spent such long and continual hours in reverie and imagination, lost, for example, in looking out of the window or in contemplation of a coloured picture found in a chocolate wrapping, that his teachers reported...
Md Sultan Mahmud | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The English chemist John Dalton first proposed the scientific theory of the atom two hundred years ago. Since then we have seen chemists come to understand the elements and their interactions, we have seen engineers make and use new materials...
Gazi Mahabubul Alam | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
Within the current norms of developmental measurements, particularly economic development, a number of indicators are used. They are mainly GDP/GNP, Foreign Currency Reserve (FCR) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). However, postulates in economics are always not holy. Moreover, it cannot...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The place is the largest hospital in the country. A woman has been declared dead and a death certificate too has been issued to that effect. Four hours later, a ward boy comes to the trolley on which the body...
Helal Uddin Ahmed while reviewing the book | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
Co-authored by Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, Professor Md. Abdul Wahab and Ambassador Liaquat Ali Chowdhury, the book titled 'Hilsa and Hilsa Fishermen: Exploring Conservation-LIvelihood Win-Wins' has analysed how a win-win scenario can be achieved in the conservation of Hilsa or...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
Implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) has once again followed the same sluggish pattern set for a long time now. In the past five months of the current fiscal year (FY'14-15) its rate has been as low as 21...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are continuously achieving targets of financing set by the central bank, sources said. Loans in clusters without collateral, trends of shifting from trading to manufacturing, supporting women entrepreneurship and refinancing schemes are helping the sector...
Eric Kelsey, Lisa Richwine and Piya Sinha-Roy of Reuters in Tokyo | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
U.S. investigators have determined North Korea was behind a cyber-attack on Sony Pictures, a U.S. government source said, an unprecedented act that has forced the studio to cancel releasing a comedy about the fictional assassination of North Korea's leader. Hackers,...
Andrea Shalal and Joyce Lee of Reuters in Tokyo | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
South Korea said on December 18 it will not send its F-35 fleet to Japan for heavy airframe maintenance, one of the two Asian hubs chosen by the United States to service the Lockheed Martin Corp stealth fighter. Instead, it...
Irene Klotz of Reuters in Washington | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has found carbon-containing compounds in samples drilled out of an ancient rock, the first definitive detection of organics on the surface of Earth's neighbour planet, scientists said on December 16. The rover also found spurts of...
Francesco Canepa and Alistair Smou of Reuters in Athens | 2014-12-19 00:00:00
Greece's future in the euro zone may hang in the balance once more, but investors believe the market fallout from any current political turbulence can be insulated, unlike during the region's sovereign debt crisis of 2012. Investors are betting that...
FE Online Report | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the green on Thursday after five sessions' losing streak with turnover falling slightly as investors followed cautious mood. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went up marginally by 18.16 points or 0.38 per...
FE Online Report | 2014-12-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank has taken a move to revise the CSR policy so that the society gets better financial yields. “We will very soon declare the revised CSR policy to make it more dynamic and time-worthy,” BB Governor Dr Atiur Rahman...
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