Rezaul Karim | 2014-09-20 00:00:00
Traders concerned are likely to procure rawhide and skin of sacrificial animals worth nearly Tk 30 billion during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest Muslim festival, industry insiders said. On the other hand, the tanners have set a target of...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-09-20 00:00:00
The government's standing order to the Public Works Department (PWD) to implement national building code to reduce disaster risks gathers dust. As per a Standing Order on Disaster (SOD), the PWD was empowered to ensure implementation of building code both...
Khairul Islam | 2014-09-20 00:00:00
The retirement benefit board is quite unable to pay the due benefits of the retired non-government teachers and employees because of fund shortage which is causing immense sufferings to them, sources said. According to the board, some 32,053 applications of...
Syful Islam | 2014-09-20 00:00:00
Launch of the coastal shipping service between Bangladesh and India may be delayed due to the lack of vessels fit for plying their coasts. The Department of Shipping (DoS) has set a target to launch the long-awaited service by October...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-09-20 00:00:00
Annual targets of crowning businessmen as commercially important person (CIP) remain unmet every year, of late, for want of deserving candidates. Loan default or tax evasion disqualifies many aspirants for the coveted status as business VIP. Following the CIP guidelines...
Babul Barman | 2014-09-20 00:00:00
The prime index of Dhaka bourse struck last week its peak since its inception early last year as the market was on a steady gaining streak for four straight weeks. The market witnessed strong buying pressure from investors as continuous...
B K Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata | 2014-09-20 00:00:00
Developed countries have now been motivated to accept the growth of less developed countries as an important goal and to help in its realisation for humanitarian, political and economic reasons. BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) deserves credit...
TIM Nurul Kabir | 2014-09-20 00:00:00
There is a strong positive relationship between economic growth and foreign direct investment (FDI). Foreign investments facilitate transfer of advanced technology and technical know-how, bring up-to-date managerial knowledge and skills with it and generate direct and indirect employment. Larger inflow...
Parvez Babul | 2014-09-20 00:00:00
IF you witness physical disfiguring in your skin sores, lumps, or bumps that do not go away after several weeks or months, the skin sores are pale-coloured; then consult a doctor soon and get treatment of the disease; because it...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-09-20 00:00:00
The scene could well fit into Spanish artist Francisco Goy'a late frescoes known as black paintings detailing sinister and horrifying scenes that evoke dark and at the same time painful emotions. But this was no painting. It was stark reality...
Jessica Donati and Hamid Shalizi of Reuters in Kabul | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates may reach a deal on how to share power this week, according to Afghan and Western officials, potentially ending months of tension over the outcome of a run-off election held in June. The struggle to find...
Nita Bhalla of Thomson Reuters Foundation in Karnal | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
Erratic weather, rising temperatures, declining water resources and labour shortages are threatening India's bread basket state of Haryana, forcing farmers to abandon age-old practices and adopt technology to ensure food supplies for millions. Using machines which sow rice directly, devices...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam reviewing a Unicef analysis | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and other international human rights treaties guarantee that children everywhere should live free from all forms of violence. Nevertheless, violence remains an all-too-real part of life for children around the world...
Shamsul Alam concluding his four-part article on transformation of agriculture | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
Research and extension services are critical for the creation of a modern, diversified and highly productive agricultural sector. The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) drafted a National Agricultural Extension Policy (NAEP) in 2012 for providing specific policy directions for agricultural productivity....
Nilratan Halder | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
By all accounts Dhaka is in its death throes. According to the 2013 Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Global Liveability Survey, the capital city of Bangladesh is the second least liveable one among 140 cities after war-torn Syrian city Damascus. The...
M. Farid Ahmed concluding his two-part article titled \'What we have learned from stock market development: A focus on some policy issues\' | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is the pioneer stock exchange in Bangladesh that was incorporated in 1954 but formal trading started in 1956 at Narayanganj. In 1958 it was shifted to Dhaka at the then Narayanganj Chamber Building at Motijheel and...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-09-19 00:00:00
Outcome of the last Saturday's by-elections to several federal and state assembly elections in India has left a message - the "Modi Wave" is on the decline and no longer attracts the electorate in the manner it did hardly less...
FE Online Report | 2014-09-18 00:00:00
Stocks ended higher for the 3rd second straight sessions on Thursday with key index of the major bourse crossing 4,800 points mark, powered by investors’ strong buying spree. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up...
FE Online Report | 2014-09-18 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw sharp rise in early hours of trading on Thursday, the week’s last session. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up...
Siddique Islam | 2014-09-18 00:00:00
Most of the state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) are set to face the central bank's wrath today (Thursday) as their capital shortfalls swelled due to multiplying default loans, officials have said. "We're going to voice a hard message for the SoCBs...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-09-18 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has issued guidelines on selection of tax files for auditing to save taxpayers from harassment by the tax-survey offices. Officials said the step came after it was found out that some taxpayers' files were...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-09-18 00:00:00
The government will form mobile courts at all the districts to ensure compulsory use of jute bags by traders for packaging products. The government launched a mobile court drive last month in the capital to enforce the mandatory jute packaging...
Shamsul Alam in the third of his four-part article on transformation of agriculture | 2014-09-18 00:00:00
The importance of agriculture now-a-days is more as nutrition and food security issues rather than as a growth driver for the economy. Economic growth is not only dependent on agricultural growth but a certain growth is required for ensuring food...
M. Farid Ahmed in the first of a two-part article titled \'What we have learned from stock market development: A focus on some policy issues\' | 2014-09-18 00:00:00
Economists plunged into considerable debate over the relationship between financial system and economic growth. Economists' paradigm can be seen from different perspectives. Manager-shareholders relationship (agency relationship) has got prominence in recent times. While the possibility of the divergence of interest...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-09-18 00:00:00
Business leaders want Pangaon Inland Container Terminal (PICT) should operate under private management with an aim to reduce cargo transportation time and freight costs, maintain enough river draught and ensure insurance coverage. While talking to the FE, experts in logistics...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-09-18 00:00:00
Import of scrap ships is falling gradually for the last couple of years mainly due to poor development works by the government and downtrend in private investments, industry insiders said. It fell by nearly 35 per cent in the last...
FE Online Report | 2014-09-17 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw steep rise in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the fourth session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE,...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-09-17 00:00:00
The top managers of the beleaguered state-owned BASIC Bank reportedly have turned out to be very considerate in view of the bank's deplorable state of financial health. The officials -- six deputy managing directors (DMDs) and 12 general managers (GMs),...
Shamsul Alam in the second of his four-part article on transformation of agriculture | 2014-09-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh agriculture is dominated by crop production that presently accounts for some 60 per cent of the sectoral value-added. Within crop production, rice is dominant (around 60 per cent of crop sector value-added). In many ways, Bangladesh can still be...
Quamrul Islam Chowdhury | 2014-09-17 00:00:00
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is convening UN Climate Summit in New York on 23 September to spur strong political momentum to launch a new climate treaty in Paris in 2015, for inclusion of climate as a stand-alone sustainable development...
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