NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-03-11 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM: After completion of the capital dredging of the Karnaphuli River, the shipping cost has come down as 10-metre draft vessels can now berth at the Chittagong port.Earlier, lighter ships used to transport goods to and from larger vessels anchored...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-03-11 00:00:00
Dhaka city is heating up notwithstanding the fact that it is only the third week of Falgun, the first month of the Spring known as the king of seasons. But 250-kilometre apart, a village in Barishal's Agailjhara upazila sharing its...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-03-10 12:00:00
Accidents at industrial units or factories can happen due to human errors and oversight or may have explanations involving factors at times beyond control. But when disaster strikes out of the blue at home or commercial establishments, people have reasons...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-03-10 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 09: There will not be any shortage of essential commodities in the coming fasting month of Ramadan as the supply of consumer goods is so far adequate. Traders based in Chattogram's Khatunganj, the largest wholesale goods market in...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2023-03-09 12:00:00
Pakistan's police have been trying for days to take former Prime Minister Imran Khan into custody on the basis of judicial directives. They have attempted to serve him with summons issued by the court. They have failed to do that...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-03-09 00:00:00
The newly-introduced Metro Rail, the country's first ever sophisticated urban train communication system, has become a dream-come-true project to many young job seekers. But it has yet to attract woman professionals that much.The Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Company Limited (DMTCL)...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-03-09 00:00:00
Investors should consider professionalism, experience and previous records of fund managers while investing in mutual funds, said the CEO of ICB Asset Management Company Ltd (ICB AMCL). ICB AMCL has been ensuring good returns for unit holders through prudent investment...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-03-09 00:00:00
Investor participation in transactions of listed mutual funds (MFs) was nearly zero percent of the total March 2 turnover of the Dhaka Stock Exchange. The 36 MFs saw transactions amounting to Tk 0.7 million only on the day while the...
Mohidul Alam and Zarin Tasnim Safa | 2023-03-09 00:00:00
"Her life was not a bed of roses, it was rather shaky and her struggles were too real. She somehow managed to balance all the crises in her life and grow. She completed her graduation and today is her convocation...
A K Abdul Momen | 2023-03-09 00:00:00
The vision of shared prosperity becomes more relevant if one compares the development trajectory of South Asian countries, who have made substantial progress. Some South Asian countries have already graduated to middle income status while others are making their way...
Luthmela Farid | 2023-03-07 00:00:00
Since its inception in 1984, Pacific Jeans Ltd (PJL), a leading jeans manufacturing and exporting company in Bangladesh, adopted the principle "Respect For Individual" to stipulate clearly that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity within the organisation. The...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-03-07 00:00:00
World's richest woman, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, who has amassed net wealth of US$ 81.49 billion, is involved with doing fashion and retail business. The French-born billionaire is vice-chairman of L'Oreal. Two top female billionaires of the world are in fashion...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-03-07 00:00:00
Merely the term 'metro rail' is what allured two young ones from the womenfolk -- Moriom Afiza and Asma Akther--to apply when recruitment for Bangladesh's maiden mass rapid transit (MRT) project was advertised. They applied for the post of operator...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-03-07 00:00:00
This year's theme for the World Wildlife Day is partnership for wildlife conservation. But reports coming from the Sundarbans, which is the world's largest mangrove forest, are flying in the face of the call for such partnership. Consider this. The...
The Financial Express | 2023-03-06 12:00:00
Financial Express (FE): IFPRI's mission is a world free of hunger and ma lnutrition. How do you assess the accomplishment of IFPRI in fulfilling that mission during the last nearly five decades of its existence? Johan Swinnen (JS): There is...
BABUL BARMAN | 2023-03-06 00:00:00
More than 15 of the 24 Z category companies rose abnormally on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) in the year through March 4 without any reason for investors to be inclined to bet on the stocks. Having operations suspended, the...
Neil Ray | 2023-03-06 00:00:00
The relations between humans and wildlife have remained intriguing ever since the pre-historic time. In the stone age, cavemen had to survive on wild plants and animals as they were yet to learn the art of cultivation. Even in modern...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-03-06 00:00:00
War is part of human existence. In fact, peace is but absence of war and not the other way around. With the end of the Cold War era, it was thought that a unipolar world would be safer, as there...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-03-05 00:00:00
The Agence Française de Développement (AFD), which carries the French government's mandate to finance mainly on climate change and SDGs, is interested in enhancing its support to Bangladesh for achieving the long-term vision of becoming a developed country by 2041.Achieving...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-03-05 00:00:00
The risk management wing of Bangladesh Customs has unearthed a couple of money laundering cases through under-invoicing on the import of identical goods by evading taxes.Customs found that the value of identical products was shown lower in Chattogram Customs House...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2023-03-05 00:00:00
As many as 29 companies, which have remained non-operational for at least a decade, are yet to exit the stock market to the agony of individual and institutional investors having no means to offload their holdings. The securities regulator did...
Asjadul Kibria | 2023-03-05 00:00:00
Just in progress is a global event where leaders of the least- developed countries have gathered in Doha, the capital of Qatar, to brainstorm a comprehensive roadmap for these countries to move forward in the next decade. The five-day international...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-03-04 00:00:00
India is close to granting revised quota on some commodities and food grains for Bangladesh with an eye to ensuring an unhindered supply chain, sources said."India is already in consultation with its ministries concerned in this regard," the Bangladesh high...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-03-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh's fledging automated VAT administration remains dependent on foreign operators and risks disruption countrywide if the hired firm leaves, sources said amid concern over a long payment backlog. They feel the National Board of Revenue (NBR) is unlikely to be...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-03-03 00:00:00
A total of 42 industries owned by 15 foreign investors have already been set up at the Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) in Chattogram. Besides, eight more industries are under construction, officials of KEPZ said. The 42 factories are now...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-03-03 00:00:00
After the finance ministers, it was the foreign ministers' turn to deliberate on the pressing global issues at the two day G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting (FMM) in New Delhi. The meeting of the finance ministers and central bank governors of...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-03-02 00:00:00
The Padma Multipurpose Bridge (PMB) project has so far paid US$1.6 billion to its contractors and to meet other bills.The spending in foreign exchange (forex) is nearly 26 per cent or around $560 million lower than $2.16 billion earlier estimated...
SHEIKH RAKIBUL KARIM | 2023-03-02 00:00:00
Over the past decade, Bangladesh has experienced significant growth in various sectors. It is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, with an average growth rate that is well above the Asian average. Conversely, the growth of the insurance...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2023-03-02 00:00:00
The danger in Europe today is two-fold. On the one hand, it is the inability or reluctance of President Vladimir Putin to call an end to the war he launched against Ukraine in February last year. On the other, it...
SM Ziaul Hoque | 2023-03-01 00:00:00
Introduction of latest technology in the insurance sector is very important. When the economy is going forward, the issue of risk protection comes up simultaneously. Most of the developed countries have done this during their economic growth. Insurance safeguards individuals,...
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