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DSE turnover reaches Tk5.0b

FE Online Report | 2014-04-02 00:00:00

Stocks ended higher for the third running session Wednesday with turnover reaching Tk 5.0 billion-mark after 15-trading session as investors took position amid optimism. The market opened with a positive trend and the upward trend continued till the market closure....

Prices up at DSE, CSE

FE Online Report | 2014-04-02 00:00:00

Share prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the fourth trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up...

Taxpayers puzzled with jurisdiction problems

Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-04-02 00:00:00

Taxpayers are still facing problem to locate their actual jurisdiction due to redistribution of tax files in different tax zones after expansion of tax offices in 2011. Both taxmen and taxpayers are confused over the actual jurisdiction of some individual...

Taxpayers need to get some tangible benefits

Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-04-02 00:00:00

None -- no matter whether he or she is a citizen of a rich country or that of a poor one -- likes to pay tax because payment of tax would erode his or her income or profit. Yet the...

Malaysia to recruit 0.15m BD farm workers

KL minister tells PM | 2014-04-02 00:00:00

Malaysia is interested to recruit 0.15m (1.5 lakh) Bangladeshi farm workers for development of its agriculture sector, said visiting Malaysian Home Minister Dr. Ahmed Zahid Hamidi Tuesday, reports UNB. Dr Hamidi said this when he met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...

Labour bodies criticise govt for failing to publish authentic list of missing RMG workers

Khairul Islam | 2014-04-02 00:00:00

The lists of unidentified Rana Plaza victims published by the government and labour organisation contradict each other. Labour organisations alleged that the authorities concerned have failed to publish an authentic list of the missing apparel workers even nearly a year...

Net foreign investment in DSE hits 3-month low

Babul Barman | 2014-04-02 00:00:00

Net foreign investment into the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dropped to a three-month low in March as foreign investors adopted a 'go-slow' policy amid cautious stance. Month-on-month net foreign investment dropped 20 per cent in March as foreign investors bought...

Futures, forwards should go first for launching in BD

Mohammad Ali | 2014-04-02 00:00:00

Commodity derivatives exchange that the authorities are mulling over to launch in Bangladesh in the near future can help the farmers get fair price of their crops, an international expert on derivatives said. "Under the 'Future', one of the four...

Eradicating the \\\'curse\\\' of autism

Kazi Abusaleh | 2014-04-02 00:00:00

Autism is a range of complex neurodevelopment disorders known as the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), which has an effect on normal brain functioning characterised by social adaptation impairments, communication difficulties, and by restricted, repetitive or stereotyped behaviour. It also affects...

A genius could be hidden inside an autistic child

Maswood Alam Khan | 2014-04-02 00:00:00

Throughout history, the human brain was brushed aside as just the white and grey matter. Everybody downplayed the role of the mysterious material between our ears. It's not more than for the last one hundred years that scientists started to...

Natural foods have medicinal value

Md. Mozzammel Haque | 2014-04-02 00:00:00

To keep ourselves healthy, we need balanced diet and fruits for vitamins and minerals. Balance diet, which will balance all elements of our body, is what we need for surviving. These elements are vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, proteins etc. Natural foods...

Rohingyas in Myanmar: Target of fresh discrimination

Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-04-02 00:00:00

Myanmar has announced that the Muslims in the violence-prone Rakhine state will not be allowed to register their ethnicity in the nationwide census. This has come as a fresh discrimination against them. The authorities ordered that these people be registered...

Stocks close higher for second day

FE Online Report | 2014-04-01 00:00:00

Stocks ended higher Tuesday with turnover crossing Tk 3.0 billion-mark after three sessions as investors took position amid optimism. The market opened with a positive trend and the upward trend continued till the market closure. At the end of the...

DSE, CSE open positive

FE Online Report | 2014-04-01 00:00:00

The prices of most of the shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday, the third trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index...

Roadmap for Basel-III implementation prepared

Siddique Islam | 2014-04-01 00:00:00

Bangladesh has prepared a roadmap for starting implementation of the Basel-III framework for bank companies from July, 2014, in line with the global standard. Under the roadmap, the central bank will issue guidelines for implementation of the Basel-III within April...

Foreign exchange reserves and the central bank\\\'s role

Md Jamal Hossain | 2014-04-01 00:00:00

Recently, there has been a surge of both applause and concerns regarding the record foreign exchange reserves announced by the Bangladesh Bank (BB). Suggestions are coming from different corners to ensure the proper utilisation of the reserves so that its...

Chinese market offers huge opportunities

Lutfar Rahman | 2014-04-01 00:00:00

Geo-strategically the Bangladesh-China relations are inevitable for both the countries. Not only for political reasons but also for economic compulsions, the two countries should promote good ties. From the ancient period, the two countries have close ties in political, economic...

Importance of quality economic reporting

Abul Basher | 2014-04-01 00:00:00

Professors teach economics in classrooms. Economic reporters explain economic issues, problems and prospects to the rest of society. Therefore, the quality of economic reporting is not less important than the quality of teaching economics, if not more. Economic issues and...

Indian election: Political parties woo minorities

Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-04-01 00:00:00

Not surprisingly, India's minorities are being wooed by the political parties ahead of the parliamentary elections, beginning April 07. The voting in the vast country involving more than 810 million voters will be completed in phases on May 14 and...

Govt will take steps to ensure use of Pangaon ICT

Rezaul Karim | 2014-04-01 00:00:00

The government is going to take steps soon to ensure use of the newly-built Pangaon inland container terminal (ICT) making it attractive to the traders, officials said. "We are trying to increase operation of the modern terminal through motivation of...

Rajuk likely to approve scrutiny body next week

Shamsul Huda | 2014-04-01 00:00:00

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipokkho (Rajuk) is likely to approve a scrutinising committee next week to select consulting firms who have applied for getting registration. The authority in a move plans to provide registration to some compliant consulting firms aiming to curb...

Stocks edge higher amid volatile trading

FE Online Report | 2014-03-31 00:00:00

Stocks edged marginally higher on Monday amid see saw trading throughout the session with turnover remaining sluggish as ongoing volatile market sentiment kept investors cautious. The market opened with a choppy trading. At the end of the session, the prime...

Stocks see downward trend at opening

FE Online Report | 2014-03-31 00:00:00

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed downward trend in early hours of trading on Monday amid fluctuation. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went down by 2.46 points or 0.05 per cent to...

Lack of coordination in Dhaka\\\'s road intersection plans irks WB

Munima Sultana | 2014-03-31 00:00:00

The World Bank (WB) has recently expressed deep concern about lack of coordination in road intersection plans and projects for Dhaka city. The Bank said it was particularly worried about the fate of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line-3. It...

Listed cos hide information in financial disclosures

Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-03-31 00:00:00

The listed companies are deliberately hiding important and compulsory information in their financial disclosures, thus misguiding the investors. A research conducted under the Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and the World Bank (WB)...

Footwear makers now set sights on home market

Badrul Ahsan | 2014-03-31 00:00:00

The country's leading footwear manufacturers, mainly the exporters, have now set their sights on grabbing the multi-billion-taka local market, alongside their usual exports, insiders said. They said the present strategy of retail marketing in the country would help the exporters...

Comfort at exorbitant cost

Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-03-31 00:00:00

The communications ministry, unfortunately, has been insensitive to the interests of the passengers using all modes of public transports when it comes to the fixation of fares. May it be the fare of passenger buses or of auto-rickshaws, the ministry...

Decline in industrial investment

Syed Jamaluddin | 2014-03-31 00:00:00

Political uncertainty is still lingering in the country's industrial sector. Entrepreneurs are not forthcoming in this sector. As investment trend is not positive, bank loans are contracting. According to a World Bank study, private sector investment declined by  1.2 per...

Biggest corruption scandal in China\\\'s history

Benjamin Kang Lim and Ben Blanchard of Reuters from Beijing | 2014-03-31 00:00:00

Chinese authorities have seized assets worth at least 90 billion yuan ($14.5 billion) from family members and associates of retired domestic security tsar Zhou Yongkang, who is at the centre of China's biggest corruption scandal in more than six decades,...

Stocks return to red

FE Online Report | 2014-03-30 00:00:00

Stocks returned to the red Sunday after two session gains with sluggish trading activities as ongoing volatile market sentiment made investors remained shaky. The market opened with a choppy trading. At the end of the session, the prime index of...