FE Online Report | 2014-02-23 00:00:00
Share prices on both bourses – Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – saw negative trend in early hours of trading Sunday amid see-saw, the opening day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-02-23 00:00:00
The government is set to re-introduce 20 per cent Supplementary Duty (SD) on import of tea, which had been scrapped in the budget for the current fiscal year. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) recently took the move following a...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-02-23 00:00:00
Finally, Ukraine's embattled president Victor Yanukovych has reached an understanding with the opposition to end the long-running political crisis in the country. But doubts persist about the eventual smooth implementation of the deal since the opposition finds it short of...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-02-23 00:00:00
Leaders of the National Committee to protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports have once again demanded relocation of Rampal power plant to save the Sundarbans. The Committee which has been relentlessly protesting installation of the thermal power plant...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-02-23 00:00:00
The government has formed 22 committees to assess the quality of education and detect the irregularities at private medical and dental colleges in the country. The committees have been formed as allegations are galore that the private medical colleges have...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-02-23 00:00:00
The government is going to cancel licences of a number of companies engaged in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) business for their failure to install bottling plants within the stipulated timeframe. The new licence holders of LPG bottling plants could not...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-02-23 00:00:00
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has expressed its interest to invest in Bangladesh's infrastructure sector, especially in the port development. The UEA has appraised the government of its proposal for building a deep sea port in the country, an official...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-02-23 00:00:00
Local drug manufacturers including the top market players are increasingly making foray to produce herbal medicines together with their traditional ones considering their growing demand in the local and international markets, industry insiders said. They observed that scope to exploit...
Sabine Siebold and Natalia Zinets of Reuters in Kieve, Ukraine | 2014-02-23 00:00:00
A breakthrough peace deal for Ukraine halted two days of violence that had turned the centre of the capital into a war zone and killed 77 people, bringing sweeping political change that met many demands of the pro-European opposition. Russian-backed...
Mashiur Rahman in the first of a two-part article titled National Social Protection Strategy: Critique & Appreciation | 2014-02-23 00:00:00
Ninety-five poverty reduction and social security programmes have been implemented by the government. Virtually all Ministries run one or more programmes. Foreign Ministry and Home Ministry would be possible exceptions but for pension for retired officials, children's education allowances, and...
Babul Barman | 2014-02-23 00:00:00
The market ended flat last week that ended Thursday after previous week's correction with turnover dropped significantly as investors remained cautious to make fresh investments into stocks. It was the first week after new boards took charge of demutualised stock...
Alamgir Khan | 2014-02-23 00:00:00
In 1991 SSC examination, 44 percent students came from science group. It came down to 30 percent in 2005. In 2005 HSC examination, 23 percent appeared from science group, 49 percent from humanities group and 27 percent students from business...
FE Online Report | 2014-02-21 00:00:00
The launching ceremony of a book, titled ?????????? ????????: ???? ? ????? (Bangladesher Arthaneeti: Vetor O Bahir). authored by Dr Fahmida Khatun, Research Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) will be held tomorrow (Saturday) at 3.30 pm at...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-02-21 00:00:00
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) is yet to pay Tk 1.04 billion to printers who delivered books for 2014 on time amid restive political situations. The government organised textbook festival on the first day of the new year...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2014-02-21 00:00:00
Sixty-two years ago, in 1952, the Language Movement catalysed the assertion of Bengali national identity in the then Pakistan. It became a forerunner to Bengali nationalist movements, including the emerging self-rule consciousness in 1954 general election, a student movement in...
Md Abdullah Al Helal | 2014-02-21 00:00:00
The concept of freedom of expression is well accepted as a fundamental to the democratic process. It is guaranteed in the Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR). The idea is that people will take their own...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-02-21 00:00:00
The ruling by the High Court on ensuring the use of Bangla in advertisements on electronics media, vehicle's registration plates, signboards and billboards across the country could not come at a better time. This is the month of Falgoon/ February...
Syed Ashraf Ali | 2014-02-21 00:00:00
On February 17, newspapers carried two important news items, both having relevance to financing of imports. The first one carries a good news that Bangladesh's name has been taken off the 'grey list' of international money laundering watch dog-Financial Action...
FE Online Report | 2014-02-20 00:00:00
Stocks edged higher for the second running session Thursday with turnover improved further as investors went for buying spree amid optimism.The market opened with a positive note and the upward trend continued till the market closure amid modest see-saw, eventually...
FE Online Report | 2014-02-20 00:00:00
Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) have praised the government decision for providing access to the Election Commission’s National ID (NID) database to verify the subscriber’s information before activating new mobile phone connections....
FE Online Report | 2014-02-20 00:00:00
Share prices on both bourses --- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) --- saw upward trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE...
Munima Sultana | 2014-02-20 00:00:00
The Korean consultant appointed for doing detailed design work on the second dedicated bus lane from the city's Airport point to the Jhilmil project has proposed a change in the route to ease the project implementation process and lessen its...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-02-20 00:00:00
The government has plans to add more medicines to the existing list of essentials drugs to make available new generation medicines to the common people at affordable prices. Health secretary MM Neazuddin said, when contacted by the FE, said "We'll...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-02-20 00:00:00
The country's leading corporate houses are taking initiatives for expansion of their units to occupy a large portion of international plastic products' market, insiders at the export-oriented sector said. Lately, a good number of international buyers, comprising those both in...
Anwar Faruq Talukder | 2014-02-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank has recently announced the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the second half of the financial Year 2013-2014 with the aim of containing inflation and maintaining the growth momentum. Monetary policy is generally defined as the process by which...
Abdul Bayes | 2014-02-20 00:00:00
In the context of women's participation in economic activities, an important issue is how many of them pursue these activities on a full-time basis. For the sake of brevity we assume that six hours a day (42 hours a week)...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-02-20 00:00:00
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) has sought Tk 5.7 million from the government for creating awareness about the consumer rights protection act 2009. The non-government and non-profit voluntary organisation applied to the secretary of the ministry of commerce (MoF)...
Syful Islam | 2014-02-20 00:00:00
The ministry of shipping (MoS) has requested the finance ministry to allocate about Tk 780 million for Payra seaport as operating cost and procure some equipment to make the country's third seaport operational, sources said. Of the total amount Tk...
FE Online Report | 2014-02-19 00:00:00
Stocks rebounded Wednesday, snapping a four-day losing streak with turnover improved slightly as investors went for buying spree amid optimism. The market opened with a positive note, and the key index of the premier bourse gained 29 points within first...
FE Online Report | 2014-02-19 00:00:00
Share prices on the both bourses --- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) --- saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday, the fourth trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...
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