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Banks and CSR: Bringing more discipline and rigour

Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2014-09-21 00:00:00

There is a sudden furore over corporate social responsibility (CSR) acquitted by commercial banks in the country. A war of words broke out recently between the finance minister and the chairman of a public sector commercial bank over the issue....

Some misconceptions about Communicative Language Teaching

Masum Billah | 2014-09-21 00:00:00

Why should we have proper and clear idea about Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)? It is simply because of CLT in our national English curriculum. Thousands of students and guardians are directly influenced by CLT. It was introduced in our national...

Mexico gets first bid for $10b national mobile network

Christine Murray and Leila Abboud of Reuters in Mexico City/Paris | 2014-09-21 00:00:00

Mexico has received its first bid from a consortium to build a $10 billion state-owned mobile network, a linchpin of efforts to break the hold of Carlos Slim's America Movil on telecom services. Telecom equipment makers Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson helped...

Iran moving to comply with extended nuclear deal with powers: IAEA

Fredrik Dahl of Reuters in Vienna | 2014-09-21 00:00:00

Iran is taking further action to comply with the terms of an extended interim agreement with six world powers over its disputed atomic activities, a UN nuclear watchdog report obtained by Reuters last week showed. The findings in a monthly...

China joins nations eyeing India\\\'s civil nuclear sector

Krista Mahr of Reuters in New Delhi | 2014-09-21 00:00:00

China became the latest nation to line up for a stake in India's civil nuclear energy drive last week, agreeing to open talks on cooperation in a sector that New Delhi sees as the solution to its chronic power problems....

France expanding US-led drive against Islamic State

Oliver Holmes and Alexandria Sage of Reuters from Baghdad/Paris | 2014-09-21 00:00:00

French jets struck a suspected Islamic State target in Iraq for the first time on last week, expanding a US-led military campaign against militants who have seized a third of the country and also control large parts of neighboring Syria....

Lower rawhide price anticipated this Eid

Rezaul Karim | 2014-09-20 00:00:00

Traders concerned are likely to procure rawhide and skin of sacrificial animals worth nearly Tk 30 billion during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest Muslim festival, industry insiders said. On the other hand, the tanners have set a target of...

PWD fails to execute govt order to implement nat\\\'l bldg code

Shamsul Huda | 2014-09-20 00:00:00

The government's standing order to the Public Works Department (PWD) to implement national building code to reduce disaster risks gathers dust. As per a Standing Order on Disaster (SOD), the PWD was empowered to ensure implementation of building code both...

Fund crisis: Non-govt teachers, employees not getting retirement benefits

Khairul Islam | 2014-09-20 00:00:00

The retirement benefit board is quite unable to pay the due benefits of the retired non-government teachers and employees because of fund shortage which is causing immense sufferings to them, sources said. According to the board, some 32,053 applications of...

Unfit ships set to delay Indo-Bangla shipping

Syful Islam | 2014-09-20 00:00:00

Launch of the coastal shipping service between Bangladesh and India may be delayed due to the lack of vessels fit for plying their coasts. The Department of Shipping (DoS) has set a target to launch the long-awaited service by October...

CIP shortage for want of clean candidates!

Badrul Ahsan | 2014-09-20 00:00:00

Annual targets of crowning businessmen as commercially important person (CIP) remain unmet every year, of late, for want of deserving candidates. Loan default or tax evasion disqualifies many aspirants for the coveted status as business VIP.   Following the CIP guidelines...

Stocks see record turnover

Babul Barman | 2014-09-20 00:00:00

The prime index of Dhaka bourse struck last week its peak since its inception early last year as the market was on a steady gaining streak for four straight weeks. The market witnessed strong buying pressure from investors as continuous...

Massive investment in infrastructures is key to development

B K Mukhopadhyay from Kolkata | 2014-09-20 00:00:00

Developed countries have now been motivated to accept the growth of less developed countries as an important goal and to help in its realisation for humanitarian, political and economic reasons. BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) deserves credit...

A roadmap for Digital Bangladesh

TIM Nurul Kabir | 2014-09-20 00:00:00

There is a strong positive relationship between economic growth and foreign direct investment (FDI). Foreign investments facilitate transfer of advanced technology and technical know-how, bring up-to-date managerial knowledge and skills with it and generate direct and indirect employment. Larger inflow...

Leprosy: Fight stigma, discrimination to eliminate the disease

Parvez Babul | 2014-09-20 00:00:00

IF you witness physical disfiguring in your skin sores, lumps, or bumps that do not go away after several weeks or months, the skin sores are pale-coloured; then consult a doctor soon and get treatment of the disease; because it...

When the universe comes crumbling on small souls

Nilratan Halder | 2014-09-20 00:00:00

The scene could well fit into Spanish artist Francisco Goy'a late frescoes known as black paintings detailing sinister and horrifying scenes that evoke dark and at the same time painful emotions. But this was no painting. It was stark reality...

Afghan rivals close to ending feud on how to share power

Jessica Donati and Hamid Shalizi of Reuters in Kabul | 2014-09-19 00:00:00

Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates may reach a deal on how to share power this week, according to Afghan and Western officials, potentially ending months of tension over the outcome of a run-off election held in June. The struggle to find...

Climate smart farmers get tech savvy to save India\\\'s bread basket

Nita Bhalla of Thomson Reuters Foundation in Karnal | 2014-09-19 00:00:00

Erratic weather, rising temperatures, declining water resources and labour shortages are threatening India's bread basket state of Haryana, forcing farmers to abandon age-old practices and adopt technology to ensure food supplies for millions. Using machines which sow rice directly, devices...

Stopping violence against children

S. M. Rayhanul Islam reviewing a Unicef analysis | 2014-09-19 00:00:00

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and other international human rights treaties guarantee that children everywhere should live free from all forms of violence. Nevertheless, violence remains an all-too-real part of life for children around the world...

Transforming agriculture into a dynamic sector

Shamsul Alam concluding his four-part article on transformation of agriculture | 2014-09-19 00:00:00

Research and extension services are critical for the creation of a modern, diversified and highly productive agricultural sector. The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) drafted a National Agricultural Extension Policy (NAEP) in 2012 for providing specific policy directions for agricultural productivity....

A city in its death throes

Nilratan Halder | 2014-09-19 00:00:00

By all accounts Dhaka is in its death throes. According to the 2013 Economist Intelligence Unit's (EIU) Global Liveability Survey, the capital city of Bangladesh is the second least liveable one among 140 cities after war-torn Syrian city Damascus. The...

Stock market: Policymakers should not suffer from complacency

M. Farid Ahmed concluding his two-part article titled \'What we have learned from stock market development: A focus on some policy issues\' | 2014-09-19 00:00:00

Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is the pioneer stock exchange in Bangladesh that was incorporated in 1954 but formal trading started in 1956 at Narayanganj. In 1958 it was shifted to Dhaka at the then Narayanganj Chamber Building at Motijheel and...

Indian by-elections: \\\"Modi Magic\\\" on the wane

Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-09-19 00:00:00

Outcome of the last Saturday's by-elections to several federal and state assembly elections in India has left a message - the "Modi Wave" is on the decline and no longer attracts the electorate in the manner it did hardly less...

DSE key index crosses 4,800 mark

FE Online Report | 2014-09-18 00:00:00

Stocks ended higher for the 3rd second straight sessions on Thursday with key index of the major bourse crossing 4,800 points mark, powered by investors’ strong buying spree. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went up...

DSE, CSE see sharp rise at opening

FE Online Report | 2014-09-18 00:00:00

The prices of most of the shares at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw sharp rise in early hours of trading on Thursday, the week’s last session. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up...

Rising default loans inflate banks\\\' capital shortfalls

Siddique Islam | 2014-09-18 00:00:00

Most of the state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) are set to face the central bank's wrath today (Thursday) as their capital shortfalls swelled due to multiplying default loans, officials have said. "We're going to voice a hard message for the SoCBs...

NBR guidelines to avoid taxpayers\\\' harassment

Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-09-18 00:00:00

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has issued guidelines on selection of tax files for auditing to save taxpayers from harassment by the tax-survey offices. Officials said the step came after it was found out that some taxpayers' files were...

Govt will form mobile courts in dists

Talha Bin Habib | 2014-09-18 00:00:00

The government will form mobile courts at all the districts to ensure compulsory use of jute bags by traders for packaging products. The government launched a mobile court drive last month in the capital to enforce the mandatory jute packaging...

Ensuring food security and nutrition

Shamsul Alam in the third of his four-part article on transformation of agriculture | 2014-09-18 00:00:00

The importance of agriculture now-a-days is more as nutrition and food security issues rather than as a growth driver for the economy. Economic growth is not only dependent on agricultural growth but a certain growth is required for ensuring food...

Conspicuous growth of the stock markets

M. Farid Ahmed in the first of a two-part article titled \'What we have learned from stock market development: A focus on some policy issues\' | 2014-09-18 00:00:00

Economists plunged into considerable debate over the relationship between financial system and economic growth. Economists' paradigm can be seen from different perspectives. Manager-shareholders relationship (agency relationship) has got prominence in recent times. While the possibility of the divergence of interest...