Md Mahbub Alam Prodip | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
Men and women have different socio-economic status and positions in our society and they play diverse roles and carry out distinct responsibilities. So, their needs should be considered differently. In general, a government of a country deals with the socio-economic...
Abdul Bayes | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
It is a piece of good news that readymade garment (RMG) exports hit record $25 billion in the immediate past fiscal year. This might upset the doomsayers who had forecast almost a forced exit of Bangladesh from the international market...
M. Serajul Islam | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
I read a letter carried in USA's Huffington Post, a leading liberal online newspaper in the United States. It has been written by Bobby Kennedy's daughter Kerry Kennedy, one that will touch the heart of any Bangladeshi and make him/her...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
A very thrilling World Cup indeed. Germany very much deserved the win. A young, exuberant team who played with skill, pace, teamwork and drive, Germany put on a superb tournament. The win made Germany the first European team to prevail...
Nita Bhalla of Reuters from New Delhi | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
The new government's budget shows no real commitment towards the environment and is not transformational because it does not allocate enough funds towards promoting renewable energy or public transport and appears to favour corporates over people, environmentalists said on late...
Alonso Soto of Reuters from Brasilia | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
Leaders of the BRICS emerging market nations meet next week to launch a development bank and emergency reserves fund, an ambitious challenge to Western-run multilaterals that have shaped global finances since the end of World War Two. Brazil, China, India,...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
Private airlines business in the country is showing a tremendous growth with the increasing number of travellers both at home and abroad, sector insiders said. Now-a-days more corporate and business personnel are choosing air journey for saving their time which...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
The government is going to temporally ban export of rice bran to India to help local entrepreneurs boost edible oil production from it, an official said. "We're now collecting information about the domestic production of rice bran and imports of...
Mohammad Ali | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
Transactions through the plastic cards have marked a significant rise at different shopping complexes and business outlets in the city ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitre, traders said. Some of the traders saw double of the cashless payment in this peak...
FE Online Report | 2014-07-14 00:00:00
Stocks returned to the green Monday, breaking nine-session losing streak as a section of investors took position on lucrative price level stocks. Brokers said that indices lost substantially in last nine trading days, a handsome number of issues came at...
FE Online Report | 2014-07-14 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Monday, the second trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 18.53 points...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-07-14 00:00:00
The revenue board has finally decided to allow Grameen Bank (GB) to avail a refund of Tk 100 million paid as tax as the Nobel-winning microfinance institution would go on enjoying tax-exemption facility with retrospective effect on its income. After...
Syful Islam | 2014-07-14 00:00:00
The government is mulling formation of a free trade area (FTA) with GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries aiming to raise exports to the oil-rich nations, sources said. In this regard Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) has studied the possibility of formation...
Md Joynal Abdin | 2014-07-14 00:00:00
According to the World Travel and Tourism Council Annual Economic Impact Report-2014, the total contribution of the travel and tourism sector to Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) was US$ 5.9 billion or 4.4 per cent of the GDP in 2013....
Ahmed Munirus Saleheen after a trip to the country | 2014-07-14 00:00:00
Path walker, there is no path. You must make the path as you walk. -- Antonio Machado, Spanish poet The medium-height, thin gentleman in his late seventies took no time to capture our attention and focus, as he embarked on...
Neil Ray | 2014-07-14 00:00:00
The body of a husband lies in the mortuary of a hospital for months only because two women, each claiming to be his wife, want to perform the last rite. The problem though is that the women belonging to different...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-07-14 00:00:00
The country's apparel industry is now in a bad patch. All its success stories are now hard to sell to the outside buyers. A couple of disastrous events---Tazreen Fashion fire and collapse of Rana Plaza---have dented the industry's image seriously...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-07-14 00:00:00
Traders are selling beef and mutton in the capital's kitchen markets beyond the rates set by city corporations for the holy month of Ramadan, consumers alleged on Sunday. The authorities of Dhaka South City Corporation and Dhaka North City Corporation...
FE Online Report | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Turnover on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Sunday came down to Tk 1.50 billion, hitting a fresh nine-month low as ongoing pessimism kept investors mostly inactive in the market. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went down...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
The government of China has sought to invest nearly US$ 1.0 billion in modernisation and repair of 24 mills under the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) under a government-to-government (G2G) arrangement. The state-run China Northeast Electric Power Engineering Company (NEPC)...
Munima Sultana | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
A substantial volume of public money spent every year on the construction of a number of bridges goes down the drain as the latter are found to be not compatible with the existing roads and also with the designs. Now...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Afghanistan - the war-ravaged country for last several years - is now on the threshold of a new crisis over the outcome of its presidential election. So much so has been the intensity of the looming crisis that the United...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
The market monitoring drive against the unscrupulous traders in the capital by the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) is yet to yield any satisfactory result, consumers have alleged. Only 19 teams of the DNCRP are monitoring markets across...
Mohammad Ali | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Meghna Bank Ltd, a newly launched fourth generation bank, looks to move forward progressively by its 'prompt, accurate and safe' services, distinguishing itself from other banks, its chief executive officer (CEO) said. "We will move forward progressively but in a...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Experts and stakeholders have said any kind of ambiguity regarding exchange's authority in conducting inspections in premises of listed companies should be removed for the sake of investors and market as well. They said this following the recent inactiveness of...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Experts suggest immediate survey to make an inventory of marine resources in the country's vast territorial waters now secured in the Bay of Bengal, especially for identifying sustainable fishing grounds with safeguards against poaching by foreign trawler crews. Sending gaggles...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Local manufacturers can easily meet the domestic demand of Tk 8.0 billion low-end computer accessories if necessary policy supports are provided, the industry insider said. They think abolition of current 15 per cent tax on import of raw materials of...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
Fear and despair over losing jobs stare hundreds of readymade garment (RMG) workers in their face these days as many factories are facing closure amid a storm triggered by compliance issue in the aftermath of Rana Plaza collapse, industry-insiders said....
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
The greatest achievement in Bangladesh in terms of population development has been made possible with the educational attainment of young Bangladeshi children, especially the young girls, during the last two decades. Successive governments since the early 1990s have devoted tremendous...
Abul Basher | 2014-07-13 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has recently increased the cash requirement ratio (CRR) by 0.5 per centage points, from 5.0 per cent to 5.5 per cent on daily basis. At the same time, the bi-weekly average has to be 6.0 per...
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