Shah Md. Ahsan Habib in the first of a two-part article on the 17th World Congress of the International Economic Association (IEA) | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
The 17th World Congress of the International Economic Association (IEA), held at the Dead Sea, Jordan, recently facilitated interaction among prominent economists for getting a global perspective on issues of global economic importance. About 650 participants from a large number...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
Official software-export performance may miss the target in the fiscal year (FY) 2014, after a steady growth of the trade in the knowledge economy in last four years till FY13, sources said. Currently, the government maintains only the official data...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
The initiative of the BGMEA, the apex body of the apparel sector, to create a central workers' database is yet to get any headway in absence of positive responses from many of its member factories, according to industry insiders. Only...
Munima Sultana | 2014-07-01 00:00:00
The much-vaunted digital licensing system of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) was apparently yielding little effect as the licences were being left in wrong hands in many cases, sources said. Awarding genuine driving licences to unskilled people without following...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-07-01 00:00:00
Both Mexicans and Costa Ricans speak Spanish. Spanish-speaking Americans who supported Mexico in the World Cup were shattered when they found their team defeated by the Netherlands. With a defeated heart as they were watching the next game between Greece...
Shamsul Alam | 2014-07-01 00:00:00
Agriculture covers all the sub-sectors of crops, fishery, animal husbandry and forestry. In the wake of declining share of contribution of agriculture to GDP (Gross Domestic Product), agriculture sector must play an essential role in food and nutritional security for...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-07-01 00:00:00
The finance minister has made a somersault, once again, on the issue of black money. He has, as in the past, reneged on his promise and kept the provision of whitening black money in the national budget. "You can be...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-07-01 00:00:00
The fighting in Iraq has escalated as the government forces have launched intense counter-attack to regain the territories lost to the Sunni rebels. Meanwhile, Iraqi party leaders have planned delicate talks to find a successor to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki....
Syful Islam | 2014-07-01 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has initiated a process of buying from China three bulk carriers, each having capacity of 36,000 DWT (deadweight tonnage) at a cost of US$27 million. The move has raised questions over their higher prices compared...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-07-01 00:00:00
The government is set to arrange a regional investment summit in September to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country, sources said. They said 500-600 investors from home and abroad will take part in the summit. According to...
Sui-Lee Wee and Ben Blanchard of Reuters from Beijing | 2014-07-01 00:00:00
China last week accused the Philippines of creating tension in the region and urged Manila to show "sincerity" in upholding stability after President Benigno Aquino welcomed Japan's more assertive military policy. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made it clear he...
FE Online Report | 2014-06-30 00:00:00
Stocks closed flat with marginal loss on Monday amid choppy trading as investors booked quick profit after previous session’s sharp gain. Profit-taking weighed on some selected stocks on the last trading session of the fiscal year 2013-2014. DSEX, the prime...
FE Online Report | 2014-06-30 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares at the country's both bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – rose in early hours of trading on Monday, the second trading day of the week. The DSE...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-06-30 00:00:00
The state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has increased the number of trucks to 28 from 25 in the capital for selling essentials during the ongoing month of holy Ramadan following good response from the consumers, an official said Sunday. ...
Ismail Hossain back from Khulna | 2014-06-30 00:00:00
A mega-size modern marketing chain is evolving in Bangladesh under the auspices of a foreign aid-provider-turned-trade facilitator that sees prospect of this country to become world's biggest exporter of farm foods. Salidaridad with the support from the Netherlands Embassy in...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-06-30 00:00:00
Immersed in a whirlwind life that is always cluttered up by chaotic businesses when at times we are disconnected with our creator we need some moments, some mediums to plug us right back in. Ramadan is a month that provides...
Mohammed Norul Alam Raju | 2014-06-30 00:00:00
The 6th biennial Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR) was held from June 22 - 26, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. It was organised by the Thai government in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction...
Neil Ray | 2014-06-30 00:00:00
Teachers are no longer the teachers they were decades ago in this part of the world. Nor are they expected to be in a country where values and ideals have become a great casualty of avarice and consumerism. Their aberration...
James Regan of Reuters from Maules Creek, Australia | 2014-06-30 00:00:00
A farmer's habit of rising before dawn finds Cliff Wallace alone most mornings while a rag-tag army of anti-coal activists camped in tents and tee-pees on his land catch a few more hours sleep. When the protest camp finally awakens,...
FE Online Report | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
The market witnessed sharp rise on Sunday amid high turnover as investors went for buying spree following withdrawl of the capital gain tax in the budget for fiscal 2014-15. The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) -- DSEX...
FE Online Report | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw sharp gain in early hours of trading on Sunday as the government made some positive changes in the Finance Bill 2014-2015, regarding investment in the capital market. DSEX,...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Undeniably, seldom does a visit by a foreign minister of a country arouse the kind of interest and curiosity that were witnessed during the just-concluded one of Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to Bangladesh. Her first trip in her...
MA Taslim | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has slapped on an increase in the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by one-half percent on the commercial banks. The CRR now stands at 6.5 per cent. Many people will not be familiar with this term or what...
Munima Sultana | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Japan is interested in setting up economic zones in and around Dhaka and Chittagong cities to increase the number of Japanese enterprises to almost double but wants land free from dispute. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) prefers land in...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
About two million people living in Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) project area on the eastern side of Dhaka city find themselves in a difficult situation as civic amenities are hardly available. Their sufferings further aggravate during monsoon when rainwater enters houses, besides...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Unscreened blood transfusion is happening at an alarming rate in the country in the absence of monitoring by the government causing serious health risks across the country. According to the Safe Blood Transfusion Society based in the city, currently more...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
When blood is splashing in Iraq, one may wonder, what the former US President Bush thinks in his private time as he drifts off to sleep each night. What does he think when he wakes up in the middle of...
M Jalal Hussain | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Poverty is pervasive in most of developing and underdeveloped countries in the present world though politicians promise to alleviate it. The social scientists term poverty as a trap for the poor especially for women and children in some countries in...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
For a country of its size, Bangladesh has foreign trade relations with a large number of countries which is gratifying. At present the country is trading with 190 countries in the world through exports. On the import side, it has...
Mahabub Hossain concluding his two-part write-up on \'Sustaining Food Security: Achievements and Challenges\' | 2014-06-29 00:00:00
Can Bangladesh sustain the gains achieved in food security and make further progress towards sustainable food security? The main challenge in the way of progress towards food security emanates from continuing growth of population. The progress in reducing population growth,...
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