FE Online Report | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed negative trend in early hours of trading on Sunday, the first session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
A team of experts from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) stressed last week the need for retrofitting country's important buildings vulnerable to earthquake. Leader of the JICA team, Fumio Kaneko said on the eve of International Day for Disaster Reduction...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
Relevant Bangladesh official agencies seized a record volume of gold -- more than half a tonne, believed to be destined for Indian market, during the last financial year (2013-14). The catch shows a steep rise in smuggling of the precious...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
Clinical trial and bioequivalence test of medicines, pharmaco-vigilance, bioequivalence study and a new drug definition encompassing vaccines and insulin are the salient features of a recast national drug policy going to the cabinet this week. Officials said the draft review...
Md Rabiul Hoque | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
Nobel Laureate economist Robert Solow pointed out quite sometime ago that the real engine of economic growth is science and technology. Economists cannot fail to note that it is science and technology that has acted as an instrument of change...
Abu Afsarul Haider | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
Since the end of the American civil war in 1865, the economy of the USA underwent massive industrial expansion fuelled by rapid urbanisation and huge population growth - including the immigration of nearly 30 million Europeans. In 1872, American economy...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
Adolf Hitler, during the World War II, was not sure whether the fall of Moscow was imminent. Hitler kept looking at the time, fretted and fumed. A military adviser gave his candid opinion and told Hitler that Moscow might never...
Kamal Uddin Bhuiyan and Md Jahangir Alam | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
Gunter Pauli designed the Blue Economy concept. The concept of ocean economy that came out of the 2012 Rio+20 conference is popularly known as the blue economy. In Bangladesh, the issue of blue economy came into discussion following the settlement...
Aija Krutaine and Michael Shields of Reuters in Riga/Vienna | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
European Central Bank policymakers clashed last week over what policy medicine to administer to the sickly euro zone economy, laying bare deep-seated tensions within the Governing Council. Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said he saw no need for fiscal stimulus in...
Paul Sandle and Sarah Young of Reuters in London | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
US pharmaceutical company AbbVie said it was reconsidering its $55 billion (43.73 billion pounds) takeover of Shire in the wake of US government moves to curb deals designed to cut tax, wiping $13 billion off the London-listed firm's stock price....
Andreas Rinke and Alexei Anishchuk of Reuters in Milan | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
Russia and Ukraine made progress on Friday towards resolving a row over gas supplies, but European leaders said Moscow had to do much more to prop up a fragile ceasefire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine. The mooted deal aimed...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) is unlikely to fulfil its raw jute procurement target for delay in disbursement of fund from the government exchequer which may result in a slump of jute goods production, officials said. The procurement of raw...
Masum Billah | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
Nagorik Oikko, a civil society platform, organised a roundtable titled 'Corruption in education system and ways forward' on October 2, 2014 at National Press Club, Dhaka. Blasting the education minister for what he said about the admission test, the speakers...
Yantoultra Ngui of Reuters from Kuala Lumpur | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
With the cost of hiring workers soaring in Malaysia as minimum wages kick in, the government is offering tax benefits to labour-intensive sectors going the automation route, a tactic that analysts say may help lift profits by up to 20...
Aditi Shah of Reuters in New Delh | 2014-10-19 00:00:00
It was, by his own account, a chance encounter with a scion of the Gandhi political dynasty that turned former soldier Kushal Pal Singh into the man who built a city from nothing and made billions in the process. Singh...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) has taken up a project to install 0.2 million new prepaid meters in the Dhaka Metropolitan City areas. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is funding the project under the natural gas efficiency...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
The volume of non-performing loans (NPL) of the Karmasangsthan Bank swelled by nearly 60 per cent to Tk 608.4 million in the last financial year (FY-2013-14) compared to that of the previous fiscal. According to the central bank sources, the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh's economy may find it difficult to sustain its global competitiveness when two oncoming blocs styled TTIP and TPP come into shape involving both global trade giants and some emerging economies, analysts said. Economists and trade leaders fear that the...
Babul Barman | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
Stocks edged higher last week, extending the rally for six weeks in a row with better turnover as investors focused on selected large-cap stocks ahead of corporate declarations. The first week after the 9-day Eid vacation featured five trading sessions...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
The partial operation of newly-built Paira Port in Patuakhali district will begin in March next year, officials said. Earlier, the Paira Port Authority (PPA) had set a target to start partial operation in December this year, but it has been...
Syful Islam | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
Canada has offered Bangladesh a wider package support for maximising trade opportunities out of the already-granted free market access to the North American country. Official sources said the market-access facility to Bangladesh has been further extended by including more features...
M Jalal Hussain | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
In recent times, government leaders, politicians, economists, ecologists and common people around the globe are increasingly becoming familiar with the concepts of green economy, green growth, green accounts, green banking and green jobs. Lots of seminars and publicity are taking...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
Products other than footwear (both leather and non-leather) are now broadly categorised as 'leather goods'. Leather goods manufactured in Bangladesh today include bags, belts, purses, wallets, travelling kits, jackets etc. Increasing demand for footwear and leather goods in Bangladesh as...
Liton Chandro Sarkar | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
European leaders were shocked when they learnt that the combined GDP (gross domestic product) of the euro zone-the eighteen countries that use the euro-had not changed at all from that of the previous quarter. It happened, when they were expecting...
Md Saifullah Khaled | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh, a South Asian country, is prone to flooding due to its being situated on the Ganges delta, and the tributaries flowing into the Bay of Bengal. The coastal flooding coupled with the erosion of the country's river banks is...
Abdul Hannan | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
I was never happy with the planning and design of my three-storied house with only two garages and no proper façade and approach road, built on less than 4 Kathas of inherited land in Dhanmondi Residential Area. I toyed with...
Masum Billah | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
French historical novelist Patrick Modiano, who is relatively unknown outside France and whose works are centred on memory, oblivion, identify and guilt that often took place during the German occupation of World War II, has won the 2014 Nobel Prize...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-10-18 00:00:00
Not many people know how many TV channels in Bangladesh are competing with each other for drawing the audience's attention. Then there are a few Bangla channels from across the border in Paschimbango. Their rivalry for following cannot be dismissed...
Munima Sultana | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
Fate of the 2nd elevated expressway on Dhaka-Ashulia Road hangs in the balance as the Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) remains silent despite inviting bidding early last year on the basis of Public Private Partnership (PPP). Officials said the BBA invited...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-10-17 00:00:00
The government's inadequate budget and poor campaign have jeopardised a project aimed to report adverse drug reaction (ADR), sources said. As per the government's initiative, reporting forms are distributed among the physicians who are supposed to fill it up saying...
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