Social and emotional learning in school curriculum

As individuals and members of society the students who make just better results in terms of academic performance may not be well prepared to face the practical challenges of life. They must be well-equipped with social and emotional learning which...

Electrical home appliance sales boom on hot spell

The ongoing spell of unbearable heat has pushed the sales of almost all electrical home appliances, especially air conditioners, air-coolers, electric fans and IPS up, shopkeepers said. They said the sales of these items had witnessed a sharp increase over...

CPA finds LNG terminal site risky for deep-sea port

The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has found the site, preliminarily chosen for building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Maheshkhali, crucial for constructing various establishments of the proposed deep-sea port, sources say. It also considers the proposed LNG terminal...

State sugar mills struggle with surging stockpile

Around 221,555 tonnes of sugar valued at Tk 9.0 billion remain unsold in state-run mills, forcing them to delay payment to banks. Stocks of sugar at the state-run sugar mills have been piling up since 2013 due to price fall...

DSEX surpasses 4,700-pt mark

Stocks cruised to a higher path for the second straight week and key index of the prime bourse crossed the 4,700-point mark with improved turnover, driven by banks and multinational companies. All the five trading sessions of the week gained....

Poultry industry: Realities and prospects

The poultry industry has developed in Bangla-desh. This industry provides various opportunities for increasing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate plus equitable distribution through arranging food security as well as ensuring self-employment at a large scale. It was in...

Gabriel García Márquez: Such giants never die

Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez died on April 17, 2014 at the age of 87.  That everything he wrote was gold is how a translator of his works recalls. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century,...

When the tiger appears, the lamb must give way

A K Fazlul Huq (1873-1962) and Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) both were famous leaders in the then Indian subcontinent. Huq was known as "Sher-e-Bangla" that denotes the "Tiger of Bengal.'' He was the Mayor of Calcutta (1935), Chief Minister of...

Ingenuity used for dubious purposes

The Bangalees have a penchant for imitating everything. When they imitate, the difference between the original and their look-alike is nearly impossible to discern. Dholaikhal's engineering works bear testimony to this observation. Only a few years ago companies used to...

Financial offer of Chinese co for building PMB accepted

Only a Chinese company has finally submitted financial proposal for the country's costly Padma Multipurpose Bridge (PMB) construction work, asking for Tk 29.61 billion more than the project's estimated cost for the bridge construction. The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) accepted...

TCB to import gram, date for Ramadan

The state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would import 1,500 tonnes of gram and 150 tonnes of date for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, officials said. The food items will arrive in the country by next month. The TCB...

Legal barriers create obstacles in trading odd-lot shares

Investors, having odd-lot of shares of listed companies, are facing problems to sell such stocks mainly due to their poor demand coupled with the existing legal barriers, people close to share market said. The situation for the odd-lot shareholders of...

Ministry for marketing skills abroad

Hundreds of thousands of fresh graduates are unemployed in Bangladesh. They have obtained their graduation degrees in various disciplines including Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Genetic Engineering, deemed very attractive across the world. Those employed are also not satisfied...

Respecting Earth\\\'s inviolability

The Earth Day, now celebrated on April 22 worldwide each year, is the largest secular holiday on this planet celebrated by a billion people, according to the first Earth Day 1970 organiser Dennis Hayes. It is now observed in 192...

Load shedding or \\\'force shedding\\\'? It\\\'s back again

Because of extreme heat, electricity load shedding is taking place throughout the country. It takes place three to four times a day with duration of one hour each time. The Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) says that there is no...

DSE key index crosses 4,700 point-mark

Stocks edged higher for the sixth running session on Thursday with the key index of the premier bourse crossing 4,700 points mark once again as investors went for buying spree. The market started with a sharp rise and DSEX up...

DSE, CSE up at opening

The prices of most of the scripts on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed upward trend in early hours of trading on Thursday, the last trading day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the...

Indian electorates in cobweb of divergent political interests

AGRA (India), Apr 23: A visit to the city of "Tajmahal", where voting will be held tomorrow (April 24), gives an impression that the turn out of voters this time will be high compared to that of the previous elections...

Remembering the Atiar Chand

The Zamindari system, which once played a dominant role in the socio-economic life of this country, is non-existent now. It has now become a subject of academic discussion only. Vanity, power, pomp, luxury and torture became synonymous with the Zamandari...

Traffic management - if we could do then, why not now?

The capital city dazzled with sparkling lights, cleaner roads and colourful hoardings during the T20 World Cup Cricket. The roads, road islands and important intersections were magnificently decorated. It is learnt that the government spent Tk 1.15 billion to give...

Times of India, Dr. Subramanian Swamy and water issues

A Times of India (TOI) report, a BJP leader's statement and a particular talk show should wake up the spirits of millions who became martyrs in 1971 in disbelief about what is happening in present-day Bangladesh. The TOI report concerned...

Guidelines for banks for safe lending

For some years now non-performing loans continue to pose a serious threat to the health of the country's financial institutions. The problem of lending money has assumed new dimension on account of sluggish demand for loans on the one hand...

DSE turnover crosses Tk 5b-mark again

Stocks closed higher for the fifth consecutive session on Wednesday with turnover crossing Tk 5.0 billion-mark once again as investors went for buying spree on large cap stocks. The market started with a positive note and continued till the market...

Stocks see positive trend at opening

The prices of most of the shares on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday amid modest see-saw. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by...

Policy decision likely soon on deep-sea port construction

Policy makers concerned would take a decision soon on the construction of the much-talked-about deep-sea port at Sonadia in Cox's Bazar, official sources said. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the ministry of shipping (MoS) to send a comprehensive...

Government, the indifferent investor

Though belated, the issue of extremely poor rate of return on its equity investment in as many 135 establishments has come to the notice of the country's single largest investor  --  the government. The government, according to a report published...

TCB seeks Tk 2.0b from govt to buy essentials to keep market stable

The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) has sought Tk 2.0 billion from the government to procure essential commodities for uninterrupted supply aiming to keep the market stable and tolerable.   An official said the top priority of the present government is...

Pakistan: Growing domestic insecurity

Legally, the rule of law requires 'the government to exercise its authority under the law'. This requirement is sometimes explained with the phrase 'no one is above the law'. The rule of law requires the government to exercise its power...

Averting tragedies in garment factories

"While women find liberty in hard labour in the garment industry, the grim reality is garment factory workers toil for paltry wages. Nevertheless, such jobs have offered Bangladeshi girls a measure of independence in a traditional Muslim society." The above...

Outlook for global trade

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has made one of those announcements that it not so frequently does, a forecast for an uptick in global trade growth. According to news published recently, global commerce is set to grow by 4.7 per...