Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-01-24 00:00:00
Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand's immediate past prime minister, has left a legacy that is rare among modern politicians. At 42, she is too young as a politician to retire. Since her coming to power in 2017, she was the youngest...
Golam Rasul | 2023-01-24 00:00:00
The United Nations General Assembly in 2019 declared January 24 as International Day of Education. The fifth International Day of Education will be celebrated on January 24, 2023. The theme of this year's International Education Day is "to invest in...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-01-23 00:00:00
The groundbreaking ceremony to start construction of the country's first underground metro rail (MRT-1) in the city has been rescheduled to February 02 next from January 26.Talking to the FE, Project Director Mohammad Abul Kashem Bhuiyan said the Prime Minister's...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-01-23 00:00:00
The revenue board has withdrawn the 2.0-percent advance tax on government procurement of domestic food-grains under food-security contingency plan, as prices stay steep and global supply chains also remain volatile. As per order of the National Board of Revenue (NBR)...
Neil Ray | 2023-01-23 00:00:00
Aishwarya is her nickname, full name Sara Islam. Hers was a brief life of just 20 years, the major part of which was painful because of a genetic health problem called tuberous sclerosis, yet she never betrayed her physical affliction;...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-01-23 00:00:00
Bullying in schools, colleges, universities and other educational institutions is a systemic problem everywhere. About school bullying, the National Center for Educational Statistics, which is under the United States' education department, in a report in 2016 said that one in...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-01-22 00:00:00
The removal of 12 abandoned aircraft, which have been occupying a large slice of the cargo village at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, hangs in the balance.The long legal procedure and non-cooperation from craft owners are to blame for this delay...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2023-01-22 00:00:00
A large number of patients with hypertension are being deprived of proper treatment as the country's community clinics are yet to include necessary drugs in its list.The country has a total of 14,200 community clinics that must have to store...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2023-01-22 00:00:00
On a fine Monday morning in June 2020, investors discovered that the owner of Crest Securities Md Shahid Ullah absconded with Tk 420 million from the funds of its clients, having shut the brokerage firm. The money was withdrawn from...
Asjadul Kibria | 2023-01-22 00:00:00
After four years, Bangladesh Bank has resumed the practice of announcing half-yearly monetary policy statement (MPS). Since the formal introduction of MPS in January 2006, it had been issued on a half-yearly basis. Dr Salehuddin Ahmed was the governor of...
SM NAJMUS SAKIB back from Islampur, Jamalpur | 2023-01-21 00:00:00
Belal Hossain has long been struggling to come out of poverty but he is yet to change his fate for being an islander in Jamalpur.The man, who is in his 30s and lives in Char Sisua under Shapdhori union in...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-01-21 00:00:00
Poush Sankranti or Makar Sankranti, otherwise known as Poush Parban is celebrated in Bangladesh and West Bengal on the last day of the Bangla month Poush. It is primarily a harvesting festival, like similar others, in an agrarian society. It...
Md Ashadul Islam | 2023-01-21 00:00:00
Effectiveness of Board is an integral part of corporate governance especially when the corporate board needs to be more engaged, more knowledgeable and effective. An effective board defines the company's purpose and then sets a strategy to deliver it, underpinned...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-01-20 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 19: Business community leaders in Chattogram have expressed concern over the price hike of gas and power. They said consumers have to bear the brunt as the prices of commodities have increased following the hike in prices of...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-01-20 00:00:00
The government is set to revise the Padma Multipurpose Bridge (PMB) project with both cost escalation and time extension.Officials said the third revised development project proposal (DPP) would seek a cost hike by 8.88 per cent to Tk 328.75 billion...
Babul Barman | 2023-01-20 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank's latest monetary policy removing the deposit floor rate is expected to improve the liquidity condition in the stock market, said EBL Securities. Savers will direct a part of their savings to the capital market for higher returns...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-01-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh's demonstration of a much improved performance in innovation capabilities ---by as significant as 14 notches move up in the Global Innovative Index (GII) ---in 2022 could be quite savouring but for its still poor ranking compared to its neighbouring...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2023-01-19 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) enquired in 2021 and 2022 about the reasons behind the abnormal price hikes of Gemini Sea Food on the prime index. Not only did the stock demonstrate abnormal rises but also it had steep falls...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2023-01-19 00:00:00
There are too many cars, and too many flyovers, in Calcutta. As with flyovers as also metro rail links in a good number of cities in our part of the world --- think here of the metro rail structure overshadowing...
Tasmiah Tabassum Ali | 2023-01-19 00:00:00
There are, as many say, only two seasons in Dhaka: the wedding season and the admission season. Both herald new beginnings while inducing anxiety, but it is safe to say that only one of these seasons is fun to experience....
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-01-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh has taken an initiative to give a fresh impetus to operationalise the subregional motor vehicle agreement (MVA) at an expected level to facilitate free flow of people and goods among the participating countries, officials said.They said Bangladesh, Bhutan, India...
SYFUL ISLAM | 2023-01-18 00:00:00
Accelerating policy adjustments is imperative to ensure the sustainability of Bangladesh's external balance, says the visiting Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund while detailing an IMF aid package for the country.The top IMF executive, Antoinette Monsio Sayeh, noted...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-01-18 00:00:00
Direct tax collection-growth slowed by 7.01 per cent against the target set for the first half of the current fiscal year (FY) for sluggish economic activities in the country.However, the growth was 6.19 per cent higher than the corresponding period...
BABUL BARMAN | 2023-01-18 00:00:00
Sea Pearl Beach Resort and Spa has been flying high on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) as news has been circling around that it would get a big amount of interest waived by state-owned Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB). The...
MEHNAZ LAMEESHA | 2023-01-18 00:00:00
Panam Nagar, which covers an area of 20 square kilometres, is a bustling city. Shitolokkha River runs to the West of this city, and the Meghna River runs to the East. Communities have grown around these riverbanks. These waterways transport...
SHADIQUE MAHBUB ISLAM | 2023-01-18 00:00:00
The terror group 'Free Land For Peace' wanted havoc on the city on new year's eve, but the death-defying intervention by ADC Naveed had foiled the terrorist plan. The terrorist leader Khalid vowed to plunge the country into the darkness...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-01-17 00:00:00
Bangladesh and India are expected to start negotiations on the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) within the next two months, officials said.They said Dhaka is set to commence negotiations on inking the deal with its second-largest trade partner to...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2023-01-17 00:00:00
General shareholders of two state-run sugar mills have no possibility of getting any return in foreseeable future as the mills have been squeezed more and more every year under the weight of losses piling up. The Dhaka Stock Exchange has...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-01-17 00:00:00
Recently, a report that Canada has slapped a ban on the purchase of residential properties in that country by foreigners has drawn much media attention. And the reason for such attention is obvious. But how far that ban is going...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2023-01-16 00:00:00
The government has taken a move to dispose of all kinds of its assets at the end of their economic lives, aiming to increase revenue and save money spent on maintaining such assets.A disposal policy has already been drafted and...
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