Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
The avoidance of double taxation agreements (DTAs) of Bangladesh do not sufficiently empower the taxmen to seek information on capital flight and owners of 'second homes' from relevant foreign countries. The section 'Exchange of Information' of the agreements needs necessary...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
The project of manufacturing artificial limbs to be set up at the national orthopaedic hospital with assistance from the Thai government is going ahead in full swing, sources said. According to National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) sources,...
Babul Barman | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Stocks plummeted last week and key index of the prime bourse dipped below 5,100-mark as worries over political unrest dampened investors' sentiment. "The investors were in selling spree throughout the week as the week-long countrywide strike following war crimes verdicts...
Saleh Akram | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Our experience of denationalisation (privatisation) of state-owned industrial and commercial enterprises is far from pleasant. There are reports of flagrant violations of the terms of transfer by the transferee on the one hand, and failure to restart the units on...
Muhammed Ali in the first of a two-part article | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Modernisation is evolutionary and inevitable. It got further momentum with the advent of fast-track technology developments around the world. We now live in a digital age. This has led to dramatic changes in the global economy, especially in financial innovations...
B K Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Can the current situation be termed satisfactory? Around 1.3 billion without access to clean water; about half of humanity lacking access to adequate sanitation and living on less than two dollars a day; approximately two billion without access to electricity....
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Profits of listed pharmaceutical companies showed robust growth in the past three quarters of this year, driven by growing demand, industry-insiders said. To keep pace with demands, the entrepreneurs diversified products and expanded marketing, helping the life saving sector to...
Parvez Babul | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
IN Bangladesh, the current increased rate of divorce by women to their husbands shows that their married lives are not as happy as they dreamt before their marriage! Recently, I have talked to some women of different ages, different professions...
Muhammad Quamrul Islam | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Surely it is a breath of fresh air for the people of the subcontinent to see Pakistani Malala Yousafzai winning Nobel Prize with India's Kailash Satyarthi. I have crossed age 73 and fellow septuagenarians have seen three periods of history...
Salma Afrose | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Rahim, one-year-old baby of Sokhina Khatun, resident of Kotagram village in Abhoynagar upazila of Jessore, was getting weaker day by day. The baby has been suffering from different health problems. A health worker (nutrition) of BRAC one day visited his...
Md Saifullah Azad | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Waqf means appropriation of the property with its separation from private ownership and dedication of its usufruct to charitable purpose. The history of Islam shows that Quba mosque in Medina was the first foundation which was endowed by Prophet Mohammad...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
So the past week went waste on account of hartal, complain many. But ask the tiny tots who did not have to attend schools, the answer may a different one. Even many of the Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinees might...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
The National River Conservation Commission (NRCC) is yet to start its full functioning after two months of its formation due to lack of logistic support and required number of manpower, officials said. It has now only two members out of...
Munima Sultana | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) has taken a move to build a 'faulty' flyover-plus-tunnel in front of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to lessen traffic pressure on Old Airport Road in the capital. It will be built discarding the previous...
Siddique Islam | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
The country's overall imports grew by nearly 11 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year (FY), 2014-15 due mainly to higher import of fuel oils and capital machinery, officials said. "The upward trend of overall...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
A government-appointed administrator may revive and run the beleaguered Multi-level Marketing (MLM) outfit Jubok to help out a large number of its swindled members. Official sources gave such an idea as a government-formed eight-member committee on the scam by the...
Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal of Reuters in Colombo | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked the Supreme Court to determine if there is any constitutional obstacle to his becoming president for a third term, something the top lawyers' association says he cannot do. Rajapaksa and his family have...
Manoj Kumar and Tom Miles of Reuters from New Delhi/Geneva | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
India defied the world this week in a row over food stockpiling that has crippled attempts to reach a global trade agreement, raising doubts that backroom talks can reach a compromise before a Group of 20 summit this month. At...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
25 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Is the world a better place for children? Published by UNICEF ISBN: 978-92-806-4765-5; September 2014, 122 page The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) articulates, for the...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
In a move unprecedented in Indian and perhaps in any country's history, Narendra Modi's government in India submitted names of 627 black money holders to the country's Supreme Court (SC) in a sealed cover on Tuesday. This followed the earlier...
Jason Lange of Reuters in Washington | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
America's underperforming economy has been an albatross for President Barack Obama since he took office in 2009 and likely did his Democratic party few favours in midterm elections on Tuesday (November 04) - but it may not have been the...
S M Alauddin | 2014-11-07 00:00:00
Since the independence of the country, Bangladesh never experienced political unrest like the prolonged blockade (70 days) during October-December 2013 that traumatised the entire nation, affected social, economic and all other aspects of life with severe negative effects on the...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
Stocks ended flat in positive zone Thursday after three sessions’ fall with sluggish trading activities as investors followed cautious stance amid the nation-wide strike. The market opened with a positive mood in the morning, which continued till the market closure...
FE Online Report | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Thursday amid the nationwide general strike. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 14.94 points or 0.29 per cent...
Khairul Islam | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
Authorities of the education boards are thinking about an alternative schedule to hold junior grade examinations across the country as the regular routine has been disrupted due to political violence. According to the board officials, the alternative schedule may include...
Siddique Islam | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
The central bank has moved to strengthen the drive for recovery of unpaid farm credits as the non-performing loans (NPL) in the agricultural sector increased over 20 per cent of late. According to the Bangladesh Bank statistics, the share of...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
The proposed 60-megawatt (mw) independent wind-turbine power plant in Cox's Bazar would now be implemented under a joint venture (JV) with technology from a Danish company for its successful operation, sources said. The decision was made in Singapore a few...
Mahtabul Alam Siddique | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
Media, both electronic and print, in a modern representative democratic country is said to be the most indispensable entity advocating the views and thoughts of the mass people towards the mechanism of the state. In the age of information and...
Shamsul Alam | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
The World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) was constituted by the UN Secretary General in 1983 under the chairmanship of Gro Hurlem Brountland, a former prime minister of Norway, to prepare a report on attaining sustainability in development. The...
Atiur Rahman concluding his two-part article | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
CHALLENGES AND THE PATH AHEAD FOR BANGLADESH'S FINANCIAL SECTOR: Apart from the glimpses of the financial sector's strengths, the unfinished agenda on the yet-to-do list is also pretty long, with challenges demanding wholehearted commitment and engagement of sustained corrective efforts....
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