Neil Ray | 2014-04-14 00:00:00
For weeks prior to Pahela Baishakh the much sought after Hilsha has become one of the rarest things in this country. The impression is that it is nowhere to be found. After all, the craze of the Bangalees for overnight...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-04-14 00:00:00
Tax collection from the profits on bank deposits marked a record 53 per cent growth in the first three quarters of the current fiscal year (FY) 2013-2014 thanks to excess liquidity with higher rate of interests in the banking system....
Shamsul Huda | 2014-04-14 00:00:00
The government has failed to follow a High Court (HC) order to set up an authority to enforce the national building code. The HC in its 2010 judgement asked the government to establish an authority to enforce the building code...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
The government has failed to follow a High Court (HC) order to set up an authority to enforce the national building code. The HC in its 2010 judgement asked the government to establish an authority to enforce the building code...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
Tax collection from the profits on bank deposits marked a record 53 per cent growth in the first three quarters of the current fiscal year (FY) 2013-2014 thanks to excess liquidity with higher rate of interests in the banking system....
Babul Barman Back from Chittagong | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
Golden Son Limited (GSL), a listed company involved with manufacturing variety of products and a cent per cent export oriented company, aimed to double its net profit within next three years. "Currently we are undergoing a massive expansion of production...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
The direct contribution of hospitality industry to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) is likely to rise by 8 per cent in 2014 which was Tk 222.6 billion (2.1 per cent of total GDP) in 2013, according to an international...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
The government has directed commercial wings of its foreign missions to boost the country's exports and explore new markets for jute and jute goods, officials said. The ministry of commerce (MoC) has taken up the initiative with a view to...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
More than one hundred sub-contracting apparel factories, mostly non-compliant ones, have been closed and many others are at the verge of closure mainly for want of sufficient work, industry insiders said. They said the sub-contracting factories have long been facing...
ZM Aminul Islam | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Apr 13: A wonderful instrument for retention of water level has been innovated by Md. Abdus Sobhan, a retired professor of mathematics of Government Nurunnahar Women' College, Jhenidah. The device can be used for flood control, arsenic-free water and...
Jason Lange of Reuters in Washington | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
For a bunch of people who just agreed the global economy is doing better, top officials from the world's rich and poor nations sound rather worried. For poor nations, the easy monetary policies in advanced economies are leading to big...
S. M. Ali Akkas | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
The Bangladesh economy was little affected and instead it showed resilience even in the most turbulent period of the global financial crisis starting in 2007. Export of readymade garments, the major export item of the country, could mostly avoid the...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman in his insightful column titled Does Economics Still Progress? in the New York Times published on September 27, 2011 fumed saying: "And all this makes me wonder what kind of an enterprise I've devoted my...
Christian Lowe of Reuters in Moscow | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
Gennady Timchenko, the billionaire Russian gas trader hit with U.S. sanctions over his alleged ties with the Kremlin following Russia's annexation of Crimea, said being singled out by Washington was a badge of honour. But Timchenko, who sold his stake...
Neil Ray | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
For weeks prior to Pahela Baishakh the much sought after Hilsha has become one of the rarest things in this country. The impression is that it is nowhere to be found. After all, the craze of the Bangalees for overnight...
Reihan Salam of Reuters | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
Alan Gross, the 64-year-old American who has been imprisoned by Cuban authorities since 2009, is an unremarkable man on the surface. He could be a friend or colleague, or an uncle you've been meaning to call. Yet what distinguishes Gross...
Syed Ashraf Ali | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank has recently issued a circular underscoring the importance of prompt payment of import bills under letters of credit (LCs). Non-payment of these bills, the circular added, tarnishes the image of the country and raises the cost of imports...
FE Online Report | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
Stocks ended lower Sunday with turnover dropped significantly as the investors remained shaky following trading disruption at opening session on the prime bourse.Trading was halted on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) at 10.35am Sunday after five minutes of trading following technical...
FE Online Report | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
Trading at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) resumed at 1:15pm today (Sunday) after being halted at 10:35am following a technical glitch and it will continue till 3:15pm, said a DSE official. Meanwhile, DSEX, the prime index of the DSE went down...
FE Online Report | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
Share trading on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) halted at 10:35am today (Sunday) after five minutes of trading following a digital glitch, a DSE official said. “Due to the technical problem, today’s (April 13, 2014) market has been halted. Starting time...
Mehreen Zahra-Malik of Reuters from Islamabad | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
The Pakistani Taliban will coordinate with Islamist activists at major seminaries in or near the capital, Islamabad, to launch attacks if peace talks with the government fail, police said in a report. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took power last year...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has moved to offer special tax facilities to freedom fighters (FFs) to help them maintain cars and facilitate their travel abroad. As part of the facilities the board is likely to waive Advance Income...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
The front-runner in the 2014 national elections in India - Narendra Modi of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - finds a personal issue emerging as a highly embarrassing one for him even as the balloting has already begun...
Munima Sultana | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
New taxi cab service is unlikely to hit the city streets from Pahela Baishakh, as announced earlier, due to failure to complete major formalities like publication of a gazette notification on fares. Officials said completion of registration, digital name plates,...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has, once again, expressed determination to remove the old and unfit vehicles from the city. Talking to reporters last week, Mr. Quader announced that a coordinated drive would start next month in this connection, aiming to...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has initiated a move to help new entrepreneurs get bank loans for launching businesses. Under the new initiative, the DCCI appointed a consultant to assist the new entrepreneurs for scrutinising their project...
Pamelia Khaled | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
In ancient times, Bangladesh was situated in the eastern portion of a huge river delta region and called Bang, where the Ganges and Brahmaputra River systems empty into the Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean. The region became known as...
Masum Billah | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
Language teaching needs five important components such as students, teachers, materials, teaching methods and evaluation. Using materials mostly indicating textbooks gets third importance in language teaching. Can we teach English without a textbook? One thing has made me surprised to...
Shamsul Alam | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
We all know Article 15 of the Bangladesh Constitution requires the country to follow the path of a planned economy for realising its development objectives. Accordingly, to fulfill this constitutional obligation and also to transform Bangladesh into a middle income...
Md. Nazmul Islam | 2014-04-13 00:00:00
The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) in a report on March 18 said the present Bangladesh parliament lacks a genuine opposition party to hold the executive branch accountable to the people. TIB executive director Iftekharuzzaman, while releasing his organisation's findings on...
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