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32,000 pvt clinics, diagnostic centres operating illegally

Shah Alam Nur | 2014-12-15 00:00:00

More than 32,000 private clinics and diagnostic centres across the country are operating illegally in absence of proper monitoring and punishment by the authorities concerned, officials and medicare businesses said. They said a large number of private clinics and diagnostic...

Meeting the challenges of RMG Industry

Syed Jamaluddin | 2014-12-15 00:00:00

Bangladesh is known across the world for its ready made garments (RMG).The country does produce other products but nothing is comparable to garments. The RMG industry has drawn the attention of the world to the capabilities of our entrepreneurs. In...

From trading to manufacturing

Saleh Akram | 2014-12-15 00:00:00

Bangladesh economy is particularly influenced by its geopolitical features. Along 75 per cent of its border lie open land, rivers and hills of India, 5 per cent have hillside roads with Myanmar and on the remaining 20 per cent is...

Cash crunch may hit output in state jute mills

Talha Bin Habib | 2014-12-15 00:00:00

State-run jute mills are set to miss their production target this fiscal mainly due to shortage of fund for raw jute purchase. A total of 26 mills under the Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) purchased only 15 per cent or...

Ukraine\\\'s frozen war brings dramatic changes

Anatole Kaletsky of Reuters in Kiev | 2014-12-15 00:00:00

The "day of silence" observed this week by the Ukrainian army and its pro-Russian rebel opponents was an event of enormous economic importance for global economics as well as geopolitics. The cease-fire's success confirmed that the truce in Ukraine, agreed...

Stocks plunge for second day

FE Online Report | 2014-12-14 00:00:00

Stocks witnessed another sluggish trading session Sunday as investors were observing the market movement closely in the second trading day under the newly introduced trading system. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) came down below the...

DSE, CSE dip at opening

FE Online Report | 2014-12-14 00:00:00

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw downward trend in early hours of trading on Sunday, the 1st session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 24.31 points or...

Bank accounts of pvt varsities under tax intelligence scanner

Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-12-14 00:00:00

Tax intelligence has launched a drive to check tax-payment status of the private universities that have gone mushrooming during the last few years. Some of them already have been found delinquent.       The Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) under the National Board...

Threat to Sundarbans concerns UNESCO

Khalilur Rahman | 2014-12-14 00:00:00

UNESCO's World Heritage Site has expressed concern over the construction of the proposed 1,320-megawatt coal-fired power plant near the Sundarbans at Rampal in Bagerhat. The UN body is also worried about the movement of big vessels carrying equipment and materials...

Walkways not for pedestrians

Munima Sultana | 2014-12-14 00:00:00

The first priority specified in the 20-year urban transport policy for pedestrians has been totally overlooked in Dhaka city's road-transport planning. Resultantly, it rendered the people's right to walk highly hazardous and insecure, critics have said. Pedestrians, they pointed out,...

Higher economic growth: How to make it happen?

Liton Chandro Sarkar | 2014-12-14 00:00:00

There is no reason why Bangladesh cannot achieve a higher growth rate than its current one. Bangladesh is still in the low-income group and is aspiring to enter the low-end of the middle-income group by 2021. Bangladesh's economic competitiveness is...

Intellectual pogrom

Neil Ray | 2014-12-14 00:00:00

In the annals of human civilisation, even small countries or isles rose to great height and/or commanded respect from all simply because the lands produced people of extraordinary intellect and creativity. At a time when intellectual luminosity is conspicuous by...

Written-off loan recovery calls for strong commitment

Anwar Faruq Talukder | 2014-12-14 00:00:00

Banks and financial institutions are the most important organisations for financial intermediation and economic emancipation of a country. A well-organised banking system can accelerate development of any country. Commercial banks' prime motto is to maximise profit for its shareholders. Every...

Coping with occupational health risks in RMG sector

Mohammad Muzahidul Islam | 2014-12-14 00:00:00

The implementation of Fire, Building and Electrical safety measures is evident after the heart-rending incidents of Rana Plaza collapse and Tazreen Fashions blaze, but a question remains: are we putting much emphasis on occupational health and safety of the workers?...

Unsustainable price hike of shares in bourses

Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-12-14 00:00:00

Most of the listed companies, which went public in the last couple of years, have failed to sustain the 'unusually' rising market prices of their shares due to multiple reasons including their 'doubtful' and poor fundamentals.   Market insiders and experts...

Guidebook on global apparel buyers published

talhabinhabib@yahoo.com | 2014-12-14 00:00:00

A business directory containing more than 25,000 addresses of global apparel buyers in 160 countries was launched Saturday with hopes that it would help Bangladesh entrepreneurs expand their export destinations and thus post higher growth of exports.   It also gives...

Indo-Bangla coastal shipping service becomes uncertain

Syful Islam | 2014-12-13 00:00:00

Launching of coastal shipping service between Bangladesh and India has become uncertain due to the lack of fit vessels, sources said. Until now no Bangladeshi vessel is found fit for the service. Officials could not confirm when a trial-run of...

Action plan to meet EU criteria on shrimp export

Talha Bin Habib | 2014-12-13 00:00:00

The government has drawn up an action plan to meet the required criteria for export of shrimp and other fishes, especially to the European market, officials have said. The government's latest move came ahead of the visit of a European...

Accreditation Board set to get int’l recognition

Ismail Hossain | 2014-12-13 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) is going to get its first international recognition as an authorised organisation for providing standard certificates of export and import goods very soon. Local manufacturers, exporters, importers and service sector organisations would not need to...

Utility bill payment thru\\\' cellphone gaining ground

Khairul Islam | 2014-12-13 00:00:00

Payment of utility bills through mobile phone is gaining popularity in the country after the launch of services two leading telecom companies, users say. Afifa Affreen, a private banker in the city, said the option to pay gas and electricity...

Sluggish trade drags down stocks

Babul Barman | 2014-12-13 00:00:00

Stocks returned to the red last week after gaining sharply in the previous week as majority of investors closely watched the newly introduced trading platform. The premier bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Thursday launched new automated trading system to ensure...

Time to alleviate extreme poverty

Md Maskurul Alam | 2014-12-13 00:00:00

It is good that the life-style of the people here is slowly but gradually going to be changed for the better. The number of poor people is decreasing because of good facilities made available in cities and towns. Almost 3...

Insurance sector set to turn around

Abdul Kadir Dip | 2014-12-13 00:00:00

Since the independence the insurance sector in Bangladesh has been facing an acute shortage of skilled professionals as the majority of young people are apathetic to take up it as a profession. The image of the financial services sector has,...

Mega projects in limbo-II

FHM Humayun Kabir in the concluding part of his two-part article | 2014-12-13 00:00:00

The first and foremost problem in implementing mega projects is finance. Everyone during last three years of the present government was talking about the Padma bridge project but very few were talking about the huge funding. However, clouds started to...

A rights-based approach to TB care

Shobha Shukla from New Delhi | 2014-12-13 00:00:00

In 2013, TB killed 1.5 million people out of the estimated 9.0 million people who developed it. Many social, economic and structural barriers drive the TB epidemic in high TB-afflicted countries including India, which accounts for 24 per cent of...

Zakat: A humanitarian ‘ibadah’ (worship)

Muhammad Obaidullah | 2014-12-13 00:00:00

Islam is founded on five pillars eg shahadah (Islamic testimony), salah (obligatory prayer), sawm (fasting in the month of Ramadan), zakah (paying alms) and Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah) (Sahih al-Bukhari). Among them, zakah is awfully noteworthy for establishing an economically...

A mother and a progressive leader

Zeenat Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-12-13 00:00:00

In June, 2010, I saw the news coverage of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina adopting three girls who were orphaned after their parents had died in the Nimtali inferno. It became apparent that the Prime Minister is a mother first, above...

In the mind of Salvador Dali: His mysticism and madness

Sadia Arman in the first of a four-part article | 2014-12-13 00:00:00

Salvador Dali, by far the greatest of the surrealists, was fortunate to belong to a time when the surrealist movement in art was already in swing in Europe. Dali's fantastic and unusually powerful imaginative powers adapted themselves very well to...

Public toilets or urinals in city

Nilratan Halder | 2014-12-13 00:00:00

How many public toilets a megalopolis like Dhaka City has? In fact, quite a few of those were constructed during the reign of autocrat Ershad. But subsequently some of those were demolished only to be built at a place less...

Citycell risks losing licence over non-payment of BTRC dues

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

The mobile phone operator Citycell may lose its operating licence as the telecom regulator is set to take tough action against the company over the non-payment of its outstanding dues, sources have said. The regulator's move against the country's lone...