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How to win friends and family while regifting

Chris Taylor of Reuters in New York | 2014-12-22 00:00:00

There are plenty of delicate subjects during the holiday season, but one of the touchiest could be regifting. Plenty of us do it, but avoid talking about it for fear of offending friends and family. Susan Choi and Pete Wells...

With Cuba decision, Obama hands Hillary Clinton a gift

Steve Holland of Reuters in Washington | 2014-12-22 00:00:00

Potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton knows a political gift when she sees one. She was quick to embrace the step this week when President Barack Obama, a fellow Democrat no longer having to face an electorate, relaxed U.S....

Stocks return to red

FE Online Report | 2014-12-21 00:00:00

Stocks returned to the red on Sunday after previous session’s upturn amid volatile trading throughout the session as investors remained cautious. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went down marginally by 6.72 points or 0.13 per...

DSE, CSE open mixed

FE Online Report | 2014-12-21 00:00:00

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed mixed trend in early hours of trading on Sunday amid choppy trading, the 1st session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, plunged 2.57 points...

API Park plot handover set for Mar start

Shamsul Huda | 2014-12-21 00:00:00

A vital project like Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Park is now poised for a belated start with handover of plots to the manufacturers of raw materials for medicines by next March, officials said. After the commissioning of the industrial park,...

Toxic poultry feed still on sale

Khalilur Rahman | 2014-12-21 00:00:00

A factory producing fish and poultry feed with toxic tannery wastes in city's Hazaribagh area was sealed by a mobile court last week. An employee of the factory was sentenced to suffer two years' jail term. The mobile court also...

Assessing oil spill tragedy

Saleh Akram | 2014-12-21 00:00:00

The fragile Sundarbans region is now staring helplessly at an ecological nightmare caused by oil spillage after a vessel carrying oil sank after a collision. Furnace oil spread over more than 100 sq. km area along the Shela River, polluting...

Miracle of machines

Abdul Bayes | 2014-12-21 00:00:00

There are three rice-growing seasons in Bangladesh for Aus, Aman and Boro. While the Aus is an upland pre-monsoon crop with low yields, the Aman is a rain-fed monsoon crop. The Boro is a dry-season irrigated crop. For ages, Aus...

Socio-economic challenges of Bangladesh

Md. Joynal Abdin | 2014-12-21 00:00:00

Economic development without socio-economic challenges is inconceivable. The journey to development has never been easy for any nation and it is always a long hard battle to turn promises into achievements. Bangladesh is a developing economy growing with an annual...

Lack of available information delays the legal fight

Mohammad Ali | 2014-12-21 00:00:00

Petitioner of the public interest litigation (PIL), filed regarding the much-talked about IPO of Khulna Printing and Packaging Ltd (KPPL), have finally stepped back from the legal fight, court sources said. "We took the decision due to lack of available...

Palli Sanchay Bank\\\'s operations face delay

Rezaul Karim | 2014-12-21 00:00:00

The new state-owned Palli Sanchay Bank is unlikely to go into operation within the stipulated timeframe as there has been little spadework done so far, officials said.   They said the bank is yet to show any visible progress regarding the...

Developing human resources by Department of English at NUB

K Ahmed Alam | 2014-12-21 00:00:00

Since its inception in 2003, the Department of English at Northern University Bangladesh  (NUB) has imparted education to the students to meet their 'realities of life', avoiding the 'ivory tower' attitude towards life. Aiming at the purpose, the department has...

Education for all should be a reality, not just a catchphrase

Salahuddin Ahmed | 2014-12-21 00:00:00

In Bangladesh, education sector is the area which we were proud of.  There were true commitment and dedication from the government to make this area the best, if not better. In recent time, a dark shadow seems to be grasping...

Citycell buys more time to pay off BTRC dues

Khairul Islam | 2014-12-21 00:00:00

The country's oldest mobile phone operator Citycell has sought additional six months to settle its dues and other functional issues with the telecom regulator, officials with the operator said. "We've already applied to the Bangladesh Telecommu-nication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to...

11 tanners asked to show cause on relocation failure

Ismail Hossain | 2014-12-20 00:00:00

The Savar Tannery Estate has summoned owners of 11 tanneries to appear at its office on Sunday to show cause as to why they have failed to start relocation work in Savar from the city's Hazaribagh. "We will hear them...

Graft complaints with ACC drop sharply

Shah Alam Nur | 2014-12-20 00:00:00

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) witnessed a significant fall in the number of corruption cases in recent months, giving rise to questions about the commission's performance. According to the commission data, a total of 263 cases were filed in 2014...

G2G failure fuels illegal immigration

Ziaur Rahman back from Malaysia | 2014-12-20 00:00:00

Bangladeshis working in Malaysia are having a hard time, as many of them are trapped in forced labour with their passports confiscated to prevent them even from returning home. Many of the immigrants--both legal and illegal--are apparently facing troubles and...

Evaders gain from lower tax on ‘fish farm’ income

Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-12-20 00:00:00

The taxmen have detected, of late, an increased propensity among a section of taxpayers, both institutional and individual, to show their previous undeclared income as income from 'fish farms' in their tax returns and evade substantial volume of tax. These...

Ukraine delay prompts govt to seek alternatives for wheat imports

Talha Bin Habib | 2014-12-20 00:00:00

The government is looking for alternative ways to import wheat after the inordinate delay of supply by Ukraine, officials said. The state-run Directorate General (DG) of Food has completed two tenders and signed contracts with local agents of foreign companies...

Investors focus on small caps amid sluggish trade

Babul Barman | 2014-12-20 00:00:00

Stocks declined for two consecutive weeks, with turnover remaining sluggish as most of the investors are yet to adapt themselves to the new trading system. The week featured four trading sessions instead of five as the market was closed on...

Exploring conservation-livelihood options for Hilsa fishermen

Helal Uddin Ahmed while reviewing the book | 2014-12-20 00:00:00

Hilsa and Hilsa Fishermen: Exploring Conservation-Livelihood Win-Wins By Hossain Zillur Rahman, Md. Abdul Wahab and Liaquat Ali Chowdhury Publisher: Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), Dhaka, December 2014, Book Design & Production: The Shikkha Bichitra, Malibag, Dhaka, Pages: 90; Price:...

Will SAARC come of age?

Saleh Akram | 2014-12-20 00:00:00

The 18th Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) concluded in Kathmandu, Nepal with an outcome far below expectations. The theme of the summit was 'Deeper Integration for Peace and Prosperity', underscoring a focus on enhancing connectivity...

Rehabilitation and remedy for beggars in cities

Alamgir Hossain | 2014-12-20 00:00:00

It is undeniable that beggars are everywhere in the city of Dhaka - at traffic signals, peering into taxi windows, bedraggled, haggard and breaking into a sudden smile when a few coins are dropped into their palms. Dhaka is now...

In the mind of Salvador Dali: His mysticism and madness

Sadia Arman in the second of a four-part article | 2014-12-20 00:00:00

At the new school Dali spent such long and continual hours in reverie and imagination, lost, for example, in looking out of the window or in contemplation of a coloured picture found in a chocolate wrapping, that his teachers reported...

The revolution of nanotechnology

Md Sultan Mahmud | 2014-12-20 00:00:00

The English chemist John Dalton first proposed the scientific theory of the atom two hundred years ago. Since then we have seen chemists come to understand the elements and their interactions, we have seen engineers make and use new materials...

A dev phenomenon or a trap to economics of utility

Gazi Mahabubul Alam | 2014-12-20 00:00:00

Within the current norms of developmental measurements, particularly economic development, a number of indicators are used. They are mainly GDP/GNP, Foreign Currency Reserve (FCR) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). However, postulates in economics are always not holy. Moreover, it cannot...

Declared dead twice over

Nilratan Halder | 2014-12-20 00:00:00

The place is the largest hospital in the country. A woman has been declared dead and a death certificate too has been issued to that effect. Four hours later, a ward boy comes to the trolley on which the body...

Exploring conservation-livelihood options for Hilsa fishermen

Helal Uddin Ahmed while reviewing the book | 2014-12-19 00:00:00

Co-authored by Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, Professor Md. Abdul Wahab and Ambassador Liaquat Ali Chowdhury, the book titled 'Hilsa and Hilsa Fishermen: Exploring Conservation-LIvelihood Win-Wins' has analysed how a win-win scenario can be achieved in the conservation of Hilsa or...

Poor rate of project implementation

Nilratan Halder | 2014-12-19 00:00:00

Implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) has once again followed the same sluggish pattern set for a long time now. In the past five months of the current fiscal year (FY'14-15) its rate has been as low as 21...

SME financing may exceed target

Shamsul Huda | 2014-12-19 00:00:00

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are continuously achieving targets of financing set by the central bank, sources said. Loans in clusters without collateral, trends of shifting from trading to manufacturing, supporting women entrepreneurship and refinancing schemes are helping the sector...