Habib Torikul | 2015-01-03 00:00:00
A spark of light came from south corner of a muddy house early that evening. Above a wooden table different colourful books and khatas were scattered. Eight years old Lata sat under the solar lamp with her school books and...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-01-03 00:00:00
Teeming with thousands of people-tourists composing the bulk of the crowd-the beach area unfolds a picture of Dhaka's Sadarghat, launch terminal i.e; rather than the once peaceful paradise-like retreat of Bangladesh. Sure enough, the nauseating tar-like water of the Buriganga,...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
A committee has recommended incorporation of a provision for creating closed-end Investment Fund (IF) in the proposed rules on private equity and venture capital financing to facilitate funding arrangements for prospective private firms. The committee also suggested changing the title...
Siddique Islam | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
The central bank has asked the commercial banks to maintain the minimum standard for Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) from this month for implementation of the Basel-III roadmap. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a circular...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
The disappointing result of a mid-November Gallup poll on the issue of expanding access to healthcare has compelled some of the Americans to question if callousness is enough to describe the apathy. Lee A. Daniels, a columnist who belongs to...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
NATO has finally ended its 13-year 'war on terror' in Afghanistan, leaving the country in the grip of worsening insurgent violence. At a closed-door ceremony, NATO Commander American General John Campbell, addressing the attending soldiers said: "You've made Afghanistan stronger...
Babul Barman | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) registered a 14.03 per cent year-on-year growth in the outgoing year compared to previous year despite favourable economic factors and political stability. "The country's stock market passed a relatively stable year...
Siddique Islam | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
The un-audited operating profits of the country's private commercial banks (PCBs) got into a mixed bag in the just-concluded calendar year, primarily due to the swelling of non-performing loans (NPL). Bankers attributed the fall in operating profits of some larger...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Prevailing political uncertainty and macro-economic situation have made the task of meeting the target of attaining 9.79 per cent tax-GDP ratio in the current fiscal year (FY), 2014-15, difficult, taxmen said. After analysing the relevant indicators of tax-revenue collection, they...
Babul Barman | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Net foreign investment in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) jumped to a record Tk 26.08 billion in 2014, registering an increase of 34.3 per cent over the previous year amid growing confidence and a positive outlook about the Bangladesh's market...
B. K. Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Time is running out, so is water. The reality points to decreasing per-capita availability, degrading water quality, increasing competition/conflict within sectors and within society, urban versus rural scenarios --- haves versus have-nots --- upstream versus downstream flows, national versus international...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh, geographically, has its border with India on three sides - west, north and east - and a narrow strip of land of Myanmar in the east. On the south lies the Bay of Bengal with its warm blue water....
Md. Shamsul Arefin | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
Elevators constitute an integral part of high-rise buildings and as such safety of the elevators deserves special attention. The high-rise buildings are aplenty in the major cities of the country. It is likely to spread to other small towns also...
Jessica Donati of Reuters in Kabul | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
No one ever claimed responsibility after a suicide bomber rammed into the vehicle of celebrated female parliamentarian Shukria Barakzai. She walked away from the wreckage after the November 16 blast that killed three civilians and wounded 20. The Taliban often...
Clare Baldwin, Yimou Lee and Clare Jim of Reuters in Hong Kong | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
When Xi Jinping wanted to deliver a political message to Hong Kong as protesters demanding free elections were threatening to take to the streets, he summoned the tycoons who dominate the city's economy. The words from the Chinese leader at...
Deepa Seetharaman and Bill Rigby of Reuters | 2015-01-01 00:00:00
This spring, Taser International Inc won a small but high-profile contract to supply body cameras to the London police. But the deal nearly collapsed over one issue: where the video footage would be stored. In the end, the deal survived...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
The government is planning to bring the country's around 900 trade-bodies under its scanner to help increase their efficiency and ensure good governance on their part, officials said. "We are contemplating to work on the issue to ensure more operational...
Siddique Islam | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Taka (BDT) shed its value slightly against the US dollar in 2014 as the country had to make increased import payments in the last two months of the outgoing calendar year, bankers said. In the process of exchange-rate...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
The Bangladesh stock market has passed yet another uneventful period during the outgoing calendar year 2014. Except for a few orchestrated brief flare-ups, the market has been dull and drab throughout 2014. The so-called reforms, most of which have remained...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
The first project under Public Private Partnership (PPP) for installing kidney dialysis equipment is not likely to be operational before June, 2015, officials said. Since the formulation of a policy and devising strategy on PPP under the Prime Minister's Office...
Waliul Huq Khandker | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
Planning and doing something are two aspects of the same goal. Planning is needed to do something and a job is incomplete until it is done. There are two distinct and separate ways of achieving the goal. One needs to...
Maswood Alam Khan | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
What kind of year has 2014 been for all of us? Has it been a year of moving forward or paddling backward, or of accomplishing significant goals, of garnering pleasant experiences, or of enduring disappointments and suffering pains? Was it...
Louis Charbonneau and Ali Sawafta of Reuters in New York | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
Arab UN delegations on December 29 endorsed a Palestinian proposal to forge a peace deal with Israel within a year and end Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by late 2017, despite fierce Israeli and U.S. opposition. The timing for a...
Alwyn Scott of Reuters in New York | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
Air travel advocates are demanding global aviation authorities explain how an AirAsia jetliner with 162 people aboard got lost at a time when satellites and webcams monitor society's every move. "It should be impossible for an airliner to go missing"...
Isabel Coles, Ahmed Rasheed and Ned Parker of Reuters in Baghdad | 2014-12-31 00:00:00
The machine gun poking out from between a framed portrait of a Shi'ite imam and a stuffed toy Minnie Mouse was trained on anyone who approached the checkpoint. Like dozens of other communities in Iraq, this small Sunni settlement in...
FE Online Report | 2014-12-30 00:00:00
The last trading session of the outgoing calendar year ended positive Tuesday with turnover improved slightly as investors took position on lucrative stocks amid optimism. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went up by 50.80 points...
Iftu Ahmed from Aurora, Illinois, USA | 2014-12-30 00:00:00
The ancient people used to celebrate the New Year at harvest time. The rituals they observed purified them for the New Year. At least that is what they left behind. Today, the New Year kicks off on the eve of...
Abdul Bayes | 2014-12-30 00:00:00
Availability of food in the market is not enough for achieving food security. In a market economy, the access to food depends on four elements: (a) production-based entitlement that depends on the ownership and operation of land, (b) trade-based entitlement...
Shafiqul Alam | 2014-12-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh is an energy-starved country. The ever-increasing demand for energy is exerting pressure for effective steps to generate more power to meet the daily requirements. To face it, the government has already implemented many expensive quick rental power plants. Moreover,...
Syed Ashraf Ali | 2014-12-30 00:00:00
For centuries gold set the world alight with its magnetic charm, triggered wars and gold rush, shaped the world of fashion and inspired poets to write verses. In the modern world, apart from its cardinal role as jewellery, gold serves...
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