Doulot Akter Mala | 2013-10-01 00:00:00
The latest findings by the customs' authorities have indicated the "disappearance" of nearly 110 readymade garments (RMG) and backward linkage companies after availing the duty-free benefit under the bonded warehouse facilities. The companies, located in and around Dhaka, obtained licences...
Masum Billah | 2013-09-30 00:00:00
In order to continue raising academic standards we need to constantly examine and explore our methods of teaching. We need to observe other teachers' lessons at school. Some teachers have similar qualities to good actors and are totally convincing in...
Nilratan Halder | 2013-09-30 00:00:00
Songs on and lores or legends surrounding river crossing abound. But now is the time to compose epitaphs on dying rivers. The once mighty and furious Padma seems to be in its death pang. A pictorial story carried in a...
Neil Ray | 2013-09-30 00:00:00
Creation of a new word is no fluke. It has a purpose to serve. When the existing stock in the lexicon does no longer prove adequate for the purpose, a word is born. An occasion has just arisen for the...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2013-09-30 00:00:00
We often hear our leaders saying that all citizens are equal in the eye of the law and to put more emphasis on their statements they quote from certain provisions of the Constitution. But some people are always more equal...
Siddique Islam | 2013-09-30 00:00:00
Four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) have been asked to implement the new credit policy by September 30, 2014 to improve their financial health through mitigating the risks of fraud and forgeries in the country's banking sector. The central bank has...
Shamsul Huda | 2013-09-30 00:00:00
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (Rajuk) may finally cancel contracts with the firms which were awarded the contracts for construction works of its Uttara apartment project. The progress of construction works at a snail's pace in the last 15 months is the...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2013-09-29 00:00:00
The concept of 'waiting period' is as old as the concept of savings in economics. In the past, when credit mechanism was not so widespread, people had to calculate 'waiting periods' in consuming some goods and services, especially consumer durables...
Md. Abdullah Al Mamun | 2013-09-29 00:00:00
The wave of Arab Spring has shaken Syria like other countries in the region. The Syrian crisis is something more than a civil war. It involves deep-rooted regional and international politics. The five Permanent Members of the United Nations Security...
Khalilur Rahman | 2013-09-29 00:00:00
Last week, a private television channel broadcast live an episode on how organised groups of employees at the Orthopaedic Hospital, popularly known as Pangu Hospital in the city, are engaged in pilfering medicines, gauge, bandages, disposable syringes, etc., from this...
Ziaul Haque Howlader | 2013-09-27 00:00:00
Water is essential for human life. At the present global phenomenon of tourism, water is the main focus for the development of eco-tourism, riverine tourism, adventurous tourism and so on. Some countries are famous for water based tourism activities like...
Nilratan Halder | 2013-09-27 00:00:00
The picture of her blank look says it all. She is Nusrat Samia aged five, a nursery student of a school at Shantinagar. The little one has become speechless. When her two elder brothers and other near and dear ones...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2013-09-27 00:00:00
The securities regulator gave Thursday its final approval to the stock exchange demutualisation scheme with the provision of appointing the majority number of independent directors in the 13-member board structure of each of the bourses. The move comes following long...
Shamsul Alam | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh, Mr. Neal Walker, has said, "The world really needs an articulate Bangladeshi voice, a strong but concise statement on what is relevant for the nation and consequently, for the world's least developed countries." Bangladesh...
Abdul Bayes | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
Trade and business enterprises account for one-fifth of the rural non-farm employment and nearly half of the income is generated from business firms. Also, a large proportion of workers reporting non-farm labour as primary occupation are employed as wage labourers...
Talha Bin Habib | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
Talha Bin Habib The draft Formalin Control Law-2013 will be placed before the cabinet shortly with a provision to award stringent punishment for indiscriminate use of the toxic chemical with foodstuffs. "We have prepared the draft of the law and...
Ismail Hossain | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
The process of relocating tanneries from the city's Hazaribagh area to the Savar Tannery Estate is not progressing as expected, as the tannery owners are still dilly-dallying to move there. According to the Savar Tannery Estate office, only one tannery...
Abdul Bayes | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
Trade and business enterprises account for one-fifth of the rural non-farm employment and nearly half of the income is generated from business firms. Also, a large proportion of workers reporting non-farm labour as primary occupation are employed as wage labourers...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
The victory of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the hard-fought national elections has not come as a surprise. She has narrowly fallen short of the absolute majority. But Merkel has carved out a niche for herself in the post-war German...
Abul Basher | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
What should be the minimum wage for the ready-made garment (RMG) workers? The answer depends on what kind of society we intend to be. The level of minimum wage can be translated into how much we care for the toiling...
Md Enamul H Choudhury | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), which enjoys a legal status for the last 40 years, has by now become the most competent institution to regulate the professional financial management, accounting and audit/assurance services in the country. After...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
An individual (identity is not mentioned here, deliberately) used to work as a watch repairman even four years back. But he now uses the word 'doctor' before his name claiming himself to be a specialist surgeon. And to make his...
Mamun Rashid writes from New Delhi, India | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
I met Dr. Manmohan Singh once and that too was possibly for less than a minute. When I introduced myself being from Bangladesh at a regional summit several years ago, the reformist finance minister of India said a few words...
Munima Sultana | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
The government is yet to take sufficient initiatives to set up a 'multi-modal transport hub' opposite Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital as recommended by experts. The project is expected to facilitate movement of air and railway passengers, and...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh is set to request the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to exclude it from the 'grey list.' The request will be made, in consideration of the country's current state of compliance with all of the core recommendations. The government...
Chinese passengers wait to check in for their flights at Hong Kong airport Sunday as Typhoon Usagi approaches. | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
HONG KONG, Sept 22 (agencies): Severe Typhoon Usagi barrelled towards Hong Kong Sunday, shutting down one of the world's busiest sea ports and throwing flight schedules into disarray from Europe to the United States. Usagi packed winds of 165 kilometres...
Raihan M Chowdhury and Babul Barman | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh primary equity market subscribed around Tk 50 billion against demand offer of Tk 5.73 billion in the last nine months in 2013, showing the primary stock market is attracting the investors profusely. Analysts attributed the revival of the booming...
Akhter Zamil in the first of a two-part write-up on disposal of tax disputes | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
The right to appeal by an aggrieved person has been given in the Income Tax Ordinance 1984 under Chapter XIX against Appellate Commissioner and Commissioner (Appeal) under section 153 to 156 and sections 158 to 159 related to Appellate Tribunal...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
The share prices of a couple of listed banks in the stock market have gone down below their face value although the trading prices of some other listed companies, having small capital base and weak fundamentals, have recently observed unusual...
Sulav Chowdhury | 2013-09-26 00:00:00
With the state of things currently prevailing in the country's political scene, every conscious citizen tends to get baffled by the sequences of events stemming mostly from narrow, ego-centric stances that seem to essentially characterise the political culture of the...
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