Nilratan Halder | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
Civilisations have been always in the making on the banks of rivers. If rivers had undergone mighty changes for some reasons, civilisations ceased to exist. Mohenjodaro and Harappa tell a tale of one such devastation of the great Indus civilisation....
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
Political instability harms the services sector more than any other sector of the economy. The sector's contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at present is about 50 per cent in the economy of Bangladesh. About 31 per cent of...
FE Online Report | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
Stocks rebounded Thursday, breaking fifth session’s losing streak with turnover dropped almost three months low as natural buy pressure helping the market to make some recovery. The market opened with a positive note and the uptrend continued till the market...
FE Online Report | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
A number of listed companies have gone out of operation for a considerable period of time, thus, depriving the general investors of their due, officials said. Officials at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) said since the bourses had...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
The country's as many as 15 jute mills have been shut down recently and many others are on the verge of closure because of lower demand of jute products and their price fall in the international market, industry people said....
Shamsul Huda | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
Instead of going abroad people suffering from acute or chronic leukaemia and blood cancer-related diseases will now be able to get bone marrow transplant treatment locally at a low cost. According to an estimate currently near about 300 patients go...
Maswood Alam Khan from Plano, Texas, USA | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
After deposing Pakistan's President Iskander Mirza on October 27, 1958 one of the first things Muhammad Ayub Khan did on formalising his military rule was a nationwide campaign that he had launched to cleanse the environment of homes and workplaces....
Abdul Bayes | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
Some researches have already reached the conclusion that, there exist an inverse relationship between farm size and productivity. Interest in the relationship between farm size and productivity (output per unit of land) is not new. It dates back to the...
SM Nasimul Haque | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
In my opinion as a retired airline pilot, the Houdini-style vanishing of the B-777 from midair with no trace of it to be found anywhere on the god-damned earth is a very costly joke. This scribe believes very firmly that...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
Crimea, the autonomous region of Ukraine, is now part of Russia. President Vladimir Putin of Russia and leaders of Crimea signed a treaty on Tuesday in this regard. Earlier, the referendum in Crimea took place, much to the delight of...
Number of jobless claims fall | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
LONDON, Mar 19 (Reuters) : Britain's jobless rate was stable in the three months to January, but the number of people claiming unemployment benefits fell more than expected and earnings showed signs of picking up. The jobless rate was unchanged...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
The ministry of commerce (MoC) will ask the ministries concerned to fianalise the issues discussed during the just-concluded Bangladesh-India Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting in the city, a trade official said. Senior officials of both the countries at the JWG...
Khairul Islam | 2014-03-20 00:00:00
The country's business schools are largely failing to churn out skilled human resources, forcing the business and industrial houses to lean on foreigners to pick up the slack. Industry insiders say that traditional academic curriculum and poor linkage between the...
FE Online Report | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
The stock market extended the losing streak for the fifth consecutive session Wednesday with turnover improved slightly as investors remained cautious to make fresh investments. The market opened with a negative note and the downtrend continued till the market closure....
FE Online Report | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
The prices of most of the shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed sharp decline in early hours of trading on Wednesday, maintaining the last four session’s downward trend. DSEX, the prime index...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has moved to re-scrutinise the SIM replacement procedure in a bid to resolve the long-standing dispute with the country's four mobile phone operators. It has already started working on the issue again with the...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
People often cite the example of a proverbial pond while explaining the state of affairs with the public sector development projects. Some unscrupulous government officials, it was alleged, had embezzled funds in the name of digging a pond and, later,...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
The government has started putting all out efforts to implement its election manifesto-2014 aiming to achieve socio-economic freedom of the people and overall development of the country, sources said. The government's long term objective is to take ahead Bangladesh to...
Jamal Uddin | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
The government is working closely to ensure the country's strong position in the global outsourcing market by taking multifarious steps to prepare the youth, mainly university students, for outsourcing jobs, said officials. The major initiatives include ensuring Information Technology (IT)...
Md. Maskurul Alam | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
The progress of pharmaceutical industries was affected seriously owing to political unrest in the October-December period of last year. As a result, leading pharmaceutical companies incurred heavy losses instead of earning profits. The companies' plans and programmes were completely shattered...
M. Serajul Islam | 2014-03-19 00:00:00
The Awami League is behaving like a party that has returned to power with the whole nation standing behind it. If we are to believe in what their leaders are saying, then we should accept that in our lifetime and...
FE Online Report | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
Stocks ended lower for the fourth running sessions Tuesday with turnover improved slightly as investors remained cautious to make fresh investments.The market opened with a negative note and the downtrend continued till the market closure amid modest see-saw. At the...
FE Online Report | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed negative trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday, maintaining the last four session’s downward trend. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE went down by 25.21 points...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
Around 300 stuck up reconditioned cars in the Mongla Port following a sudden suspension of issuance of Clearance Permit (CP) by the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) have become a burden of the revenue authority. Importers earlier released those above 5-year-old...
M A Taslim | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
Government leaders often claim that the economy has suffered badly because of the 'sahinsa' (violent) movement carried out by the opposition 18-party combine in the months immediately before the largely voter-less election of 5th January, 2014. Media experts also echo...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
No fresh investment has been made in the knitwear sector in the last three years though there are opportunities to expand its export market share. Leaders of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) said despite the rising demand for...
Syful Islam | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
The country's readymade garment (RMG) factory owners are required to spend at least Tk 40 billion to meet fire safety standards set by various international buyers and their alliances after the deadly Rana Plaza incident, stakeholders say. Fire Service and...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
A business delegation of the country's apex trade body will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) soon to enhance bilateral trade and investment between the two brotherly countries. Bangladesh has much potential to increase its trade with the UAE. There...
Abul Basher | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has officially announced the electricity tariff adjustments on Thursday, March 13, 2014, increasing them by about 7.0 per cent. All media made the headline news on this issue. Both electronic and print media can be...
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