Sayed Kamaluddin | 2015-09-30 00:00:00
The UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that will end in December next has been replaced by another 15-year Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the 70th session of the UN general Assembly in New York. According to information available here, the...
FE Online Report | 2015-09-29 00:00:00
Stocks slipped into the red on Tuesday after remaining positive in the five consecutive days as investors booked marginal profit. The market opened with a positive note, but could not sustain amid profit booking. DSEX, the prime index of the...
FE Online Report | 2015-09-29 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday amid volatility, the second session after Eid holiday. After first 30 minutes of the day’s trading, DSEX, the prime...
Siddique Islam | 2015-09-29 00:00:00
The central bank has intensified its monitoring the use of foreign-currency loans under a changed stance following allegations of abuse of the facility. Officials said the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has taken the latest initiative on detection of various irregularities in...
Syful Islam | 2015-09-29 00:00:00
Dhaka is going to request New Delhi soon to double the amount it pays annually as maintenance cost of the Indo-Bangla protocol water route to ensure smooth navigability for plying vessels. Officials said the decision about higher royalty was taken...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-09-29 00:00:00
The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism has requested the Ministry of Finance to exempt the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), a unit under its control, from paying Tk 1.0 billion in non-tax revenue during the current fiscal year...
Abdul Bayes | 2015-09-29 00:00:00
The 'Development Paradox' that Bangladesh is reported to be facing has many dimensions. Happily, one of those dimensions tends to belie the so-called "Asian Enigma' - implying usually high rates of child under-nutrition relative to its income levels as well...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2015-09-29 00:00:00
Over 770 pilgrims were killed in a horrific stampede at Mina in Saudi Arabia on September 24, 2015. The tragedy occurred when Muslims around the world were observing the Islamic festival Eid-ul Azha. It seems that the available media reports...
FE Online Report | 2015-09-28 00:00:00
Stocks edged higher Monday, the first trading session after five-day Eid holiday, as investors took position on lucrative stocks amid optimism. However, the participation of investors was thin as many investors are yet to resume routine jobs after Eid vacation....
FE Online Report | 2015-09-28 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hour of trading Monday, the opening day after week-long Eid holiday. However, the presence of the investors is thin on the trading floor as...
Syful Islam | 2015-09-28 00:00:00
The debut of much-talked-about Indo-Bangladesh coastal shipping service is facing delays as New Delhi is yet to approve the final standard operating procedure (SOP), officials said. Bangladesh sent the final version of the SOP, a crucial prerequisite for starting voyage...
Munima Sultana | 2015-09-28 00:00:00
The government is set to have a detailed designing of the dedicated Jamuna rail bridge for greater passenger and freight train services within the country and beyond. Officials said Bangladesh Railway authorities have begun the preparation after the project's Japanese...
Babul Barman | 2015-09-28 00:00:00
The initial public offerings (IPOs) witnessed sluggish activity in the first nine months of 2015 compared to the same period a year ago, when a record number of IPOs hit the stock market. A total of Tk 5.38 billion has...
M. Serajul Islam | 2015-09-28 00:00:00
If the two national debates of the Republican Party or GOP (Grand Old Party) candidates have underlined anything thus far, it has established that the Party is short of real issues with which to fight the Democrats in the November...
write Bazlul Khondker, Sayema Haque Bidisha, Abu Eusuf and Mohammad Abdul Khaleque | 2015-09-28 00:00:00
Recognising the importance of science and technology in general and of ICT (Information and Communications Technology), in particular, the government of Bangladesh has formulated the National Science and Technology Policy and National ICT Policy, 2009. The ICT Policy has articulated...
Saleh Akram | 2015-09-28 00:00:00
While people are reeling under the pressure of spiralling commodity prices, statements by three agencies of the government namely, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) and the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) give conflicting as well...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-09-28 00:00:00
A court in the US state of Georgia in a verdict delivered last week sent the former owner of Peanut Corporation to jail for 28 years for marketing of peanut butter contaminated with salmonella (a genus of rod-shaped bacteria that...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
The revenue board is likely to extend the deadline for submission of tax returns by individuals, to November 30, following requests from a cross-section of people including taxpayers, lawyers and trade leaders. The deadline for tax-return submission is scheduled to...
writes Abdul Bayes while discussing Dr. M.S. Swaminathan\'s seminal book titled Combating Hunger and Achieving Food Security | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
Agriculture and food systems worldwide are passing through a difficult time. Climate change, environmental degradation, profit hunting motives, urban-bias etc. allegedly bedevil the process of sustainable agricultural development. Unfortunately, the upcoming challenges and the solutions are rarely put in layman's...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
Eid ul-Azha, celebrated after two months and ten days of Eid ul-Fitr, is known as the Feast of Sacrifice, as animals are sacrificed in commemoration of willingness of Hazrat Ibrahim (pbh) to sacrifice his dearest son Ismail as an act...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2015-09-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank has the rare distinction of being the only central bank in the world that has pursued inclusive growth as a consistent policy in recent years. It has assumed this role on its own volition without prodding from any...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-09-23 00:00:00
Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mr. Annisul Huq likened Dhaka to an 'ICU patient' and himself to a doctor sans medical knowledge while discussing Dhaka's unfixable problem of traffic congestion at a function last Sunday. The comparison would...
Munima Sultana | 2015-09-23 00:00:00
The government has planned to expand the 20-kilometre metro rail line which is being set up from Uttara to Motijheel in the city. Officials said as per the plan, rapid transit line-6 (MRT-6) will be extended to Export Processing Zone...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2015-09-23 00:00:00
China's devaluation, followed by knock-out in the stock market in the midst of its economic slowdown, became a global hot topic for free-for-all talk shows and news analyses that have apparently confounded the confusion. The contradictory conclusions drawn by different...
PhumzileMlambo-Ngcuka | 2015-09-23 00:00:00
At the end of this month, thousands of representatives from all over the world will gather in New York. They will witness the launch of the most ambitious universal effort since the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights in 1948....
Syed jamaluddin | 2015-09-23 00:00:00
People are curious about border haats. They want to know how these haats operate. Haats sit once a week for a short time. People can walk in within five miles of the border with identity cards. Only 25 listed businessmen...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2015-09-23 00:00:00
In Germany, political pressure to do more for migrants has been building for months. That is partly because of the country's tragic history; after neo-Nazis attacked refugee centres this year 2015, there was a nationwide backlash. "This can make us...
Asjadul Kibria | 2015-09-23 00:00:00
Having successfully pushed the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA) to roll on, India is now actively working for another MVA. It is the India-Myanmar-Thailand (IMT) MVA that will be finalised in November this year. Earlier in July this year,...
FE Online Report | 2015-09-22 00:00:00
Stocks edged higher for the four straight sessions on Tuesday, but turnover dipped below the 4.0 billion-mark as most of the investors were reluctant to inject fresh funds ahead of Eid vacation. It was the last trading day before Eid...
FE Online Report | 2015-09-22 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw upward trend in early hour of trading on Tuesday amid marginal volatility, the last trading day before five-day Eid vacation. After first 30 minutes of the day’s trading,...
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