Saleh Akram | 2015-02-28 00:00:00
At long last a bill preventing the indiscriminate abuse of formalin, a hazardous chemical, in food items has been passed. It was a welcome decision, although belated, and the government deserves genuine appreciation for the move. The Formalin Control Bill...
Sazedul Islam | 2015-02-28 00:00:00
Drug addiction has become so pervasive that it has now turned into a big problem in our country, affecting directly young generation and teenagers. Females are also taking to the negative path, resulting in severe social problem. Our national interest...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-02-28 00:00:00
In this land, now turned into a plain of death and destruction after the 1971 genocide, dreams just evaporate into flames. Widowed mothers or parents are compelled to become witness to insufferable pains and suffering their last hope and reliance...
Ismail Hossain | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
If the ongoing political deadlock lingers on in the country, the gross domestic product (GDP) growth will slow down to around 4.0 per cent in the current fiscal year (FY), says the international consulting firm Oxford Analytica. The firm also...
Syful Islam | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith will apprise Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday of the progress in budget implementation during the first half of the current fiscal year alongside details of income and expenditure and the macroeconomic trends, officials said. The...
Siddique Islam | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
The overall excess liquidity with commercial banks fell slightly in January last because of the downtrend of bank deposits, officials said. The excess liquidity dropped by more than 5.0 per cent to Tk 1.08 trillion as of January 29 last...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue has finally detected some 757 industrial units across the country as environmental culprits, which will have to pay green taxes. The Board has issued a gazette with the names of the industries that will have...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
Around the world, digital technologies as well as social media have revolutionised education. They challenge the traditional approaches of classroom teaching-learning, and the way education is managed. However, while traditional 'classroom' learning is by no means obsolete, 'networked learning' is...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
Innovation is not a strong point of the people here. Even when cholera, malaria, small pox and other such diseases broke out in epidemic forms, scientific research was carried out by dedicated people in laboratories in western countries. Credit goes,...
Sadiq Zafrullah | 2015-02-27 00:00:00
Developing countries like Bangladesh has to depend mostly on export, remittance and foreign direct investment (FDI). Foreign investment plays a vital role in gross domestic product (GDP). Investment increases the flow of money and accelerates growth and development. But the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
The National Board Revenue (NBR) has detected four major loopholes in the collection of tax at source by the government entities. The loopholes, sources said, have been causing seepage of income tax revenue. It has found that some entities are...
Mohammad Ali | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
A World Bank study has identified the weaknesses of six key regulatory bodies in dealing with audited financial statements of their affiliates. The study has pointed out that the regulators lack the required resources and capacity to ensure the affiliated...
Shamsul Huda | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
Rerolling units are facing closure due to slow demand and competition from big automated steel mills, sector insiders said. Former president of Bangladesh Steel Mill Owners Association Mizanur Rahman (Babul) said out of 250, more than120 re-rolling mills have been...
Md. Abdullah Al Helal | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
If we look empirically around the world, it is not necessarily true that democratic countries have better governments compared to those run by dictatorship. Although both types of governing systems have positive and negative aspects, democracy enjoys mass popularity across...
Jamaluddin Ahmed concluding a two-part article on \'Bangladesh: Graduating to middle-income status\' | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
The definitions of middle-income (the "optics" of the thresholds, etc.) are in debate. Even if one really thinks of the development process, it is a continuum rather than an event that takes place in discrete "jumps" through thresholds. Therefore, we...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2015-02-26 00:00:00
The growth of gross domestic product (GDP) has been hovering around six per cent for a long time. Now the critical question that has caught the policymakers' attention is how to overcome the six per cent growth inertia. What kind...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
The central bank's newly appointed chief economist Dr. Biru Paksha Paul, while taking part in a workshop in Dhaka early this week, picked up two important issues -- bank loan default culture and high lending rate -- that have been...
Siddique Islam | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
The World Bank (WB) has given assurance to provide $300 million under the Financial Sector Support Project (FSSP) with the Bangladesh Bank (BB) aiming to facilitate long-term financing, particularly in productive sectors. The assurance came at a meeting of a...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
A BSEC committee has recommended for installation of many facilities such as warehouse facility, quality and quantity specifications, undisrupted transportation and delivery of commodity for introducing commodity exchange, officials said. The committee said national policies will also be required on...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has initiated a move to formulate a new policy to regulate imports of gold, silver, jewellery and other precious metals, officials said. As part of the step, a meeting will be held in the central bank...
Nironjan Roy concluding a two-part article on \'Large loan restructuring and Bangladesh Bank policy\' | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
The reason for high rate of non-performing loan lies in the approach followed by the banks to sanction loans. Appropriate amount and type of loans required for running business is seldom determined before sanctioning loan. The traditional way of approving...
Selim Jahan | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
Transports constitute an important segment of economic activities anywhere in the world. The Bangladesh Railway, a key transportation agency of the country, has been serving a large number of people for a long period. In spite of being an important...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee was in Dhaka on a three-day visit. Her entourage included ministers, eminent cultural, business and media personalities. Bangladesh invited Mamata to attend the International Mother Language Day programmes which commemorate the Language Movement...
Jamaluddin Ahmed in the first of a two-part article on \'Bangladesh: Graduating to middle-income status\' | 2015-02-25 00:00:00
Middle Income Countries (MIC), by definition, are grouped according to income, which does not necessarily reflect a certain level of economic, political or social development. MIC is, therefore, a very broad and heterogeneous category. Even the division between lower-middle and...
Syful Islam | 2015-02-24 00:00:00
The standard operation procedure (SOP), a vital component for introducing coastal shipping service between Bangladesh and India, is yet to get approval from New Delhi even nearly six months after it was sent by Dhaka, official sources said. The SOP...
Rezaul Karim | 2015-02-24 00:00:00
Shortage of fund is hindering the operational activities of Equity and Entrepreneurship Fund (EEF) for agro-processing projects, officials concerned said. Currently, Tk 15.39 billion is urgently needed for the agro-based projects, they said, adding that Bangladesh Bank (BB) and Investment...
Shah Alam Nur | 2015-02-24 00:00:00
Event management companies are counting huge financial losses due to the ongoing political turmoil, industry insiders said. According to them, most of the event management service providers are passing time almost idly as people are either postponing their scheduled programmes...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-02-24 00:00:00
The government has backtracked on its move to exempt small savers having bank balance below Tk 0.5 million from paying tax as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has estimated a considerable amount of revenue loss. The NBR has estimated...
Saleh Akram | 2015-02-24 00:00:00
Bill Gates recommended three elements to build a poverty-free world by 2035, which are: digital revolution, vaccine and innovation of improved seeds. Of these, digital revolution will develop IT-based economies around the world and will play the lead role in...
M Jalal Hussain | 2015-02-24 00:00:00
The minimum requirement of all human beings irrespective of age, race or gender, is to live in a place wherever he or she does, in peace and tranquility. With technology playing a dominant role these days in bequeathing prosperity to...
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