FE Online Report | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
Stocks ended marginally lower Sunday with declining turnover value as investors moved cautiously amid profit booking tendency. The prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) --- DSEX --- ended at 4,822.71 points, shedding 22.37 points or 0.46 per cent...
FE Online Report | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The prices of most of the stocks on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading Sunday, the opening day of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The elections in Thailand are now over, but hardly anyone thinks that the polls would help resolve the debilitating political crisis in the country. The voting on February 02 went off rather peacefully in that country barring some areas and...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The government is likely to initiate a move to enhance imports of some key commodities that will be locally marketed through the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB). The authorities have expressed the hope that such import would help keep the...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has, of late, embarked upon a plan to demolish dilapidated buildings declared unsafe for use long ago. The CCC drive against worn-out structures listed as risky by the Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) began from January...
Khairul Islam | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The government is going to sign an agreement with the World Bank (WB) worth Tk 20.54 billion tomorrow (Monday) to support the country's tertiary education. "Negotiation between the government and the global bank has concluded", Prof AK Azad Chowdhury, chairman...
Munima Sultana | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The number of road accidents and casualties decreased in the country during the last six years with the highest 28 per cent drop last year, according to the police headquarters. The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) claimed 53 per cent...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The country this season has witnessed a bumper production of potatoes in almost all the potato-growing districts. But the growers have fallen into a state of despondency. Though potato has not yet been harvested fully, the growers have become disappointed...
Shahana Bilkis | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
At the Ninth WTO Ministerial Conference held in Bali, Indonesia, from December 3 to 7 20I3, ministers adopted the "Bali Package", a series of decisions aimed at streamlining trade. The package provides for, among others, more options for food security...
Mohammad Hasan in the second of his four-part article, titled Human resource development in RMG factories | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
Besides the production and personnel issues, the production manager (PM) remained involved in many pre-and-post production activities. The purchase of machinery and spare parts, maintenance of the equipment, excess materials, especially fabrics, etc. were attractive areas of interest of the...
Syed Ashraf Ali | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The rise of foreign exchange reserve to a record level of $18 billion has spawned some questions on its likely impacts on the economy. I have come across an article written by Ahsan H Mansur, Executive Director of the Policy...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
The microcredit regulator has sought one-year extension of the British Department for International Development (DFID)-funded project 'Promoting Financial Services through Poverty Reduction' (PROSPER). Under this programme, the DFID provided Tk 370 million to support the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) in...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-02-09 00:00:00
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) will start training next month-part of its effort to create 2,000 new entrepreneurs, said the chief of the trade body. "We will start training for creating new 2000 entrepreneurs from March to help...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
The revenue board has halved Value Added Tax (VAT) for the country's superstores in a bid to encourage consumers to buy quality products at reasonable prices from such outlets. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) cut the VAT on purchase...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
The Probashi Kallyan Bank (expatriates' welfare bank) has disbursed Tk 400 million in loans to the migrants so far with a satisfactory recovery rate, a top official of the bank, said. "We have disbursed Tk 400 million as migration loans...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Foreign products are largely dominating the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) as many local traders are selling those mainly due to poor participation of domestic manufacturers in the country's largest annual trade carnival, organisers and participants said. Among 497 participants,...
Syful Islam | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
The government is set to face mounting pressure from the western countries over allegation of growing harassment and termination of labour leaders for trying to form trade unions in the readymade garment (RMG) factories, sources said. The US embassy in...
Jamal Uddin | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Mobile phone operators are likely to elbow out Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and WiMAX operators in providing broadband internet service to people in future, industry insiders opine. At present, two WiMAX operators - Banglalion and Qubee - and about 100...
Babul Barman | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Stocks continued its gaining streak for the sixth straight week with key index of the premier bourse setting a new high, powered by investors' buying spree. "A gradual increase in investors' confidence helped the market set the new high. The...
Masum Billah | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Upazila administration in the country was introduced by Hussein Muhammad Ershad, ostensibly to strengthen the local government bodies and to take administration to the doorsteps of the common people. It actually witnessed a strengthened role in running the affairs of...
Pamelia Khaled | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
"Women in much of the world lack support for fundamental functions of a human life." (Nussbaum 2000) Women in most of the countries including Saudi Arabia are treated as lesser bearers of human rights. Thus women are victims of abuse,...
ABM Ahsanullah | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Established in 1954, and located at 1200 Getty Centre Drive, Los Angeles (LA), California, USA, Getty Museum is well-known throughout the world. Art lovers know about it better. I personally came to know of the name of J Paul Getty...
Sharmila Chakraborty | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
DEMOCRACY is considered as the foundation of modern civilistion. The more democratic the country is, the more civilised the nation is. People of a true democratic country enjoy their fundamental rights through personal liberty and freedom. The most dangerous threat...
Md Mahbub Alam Prodip | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
The politics of South Asian countries including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Burma, and Sri Lanka is being increasingly dominated by women. Generally, women have occupied the top positions as Prime Minister or President or are playing prominent roles in the parliaments...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-02-08 00:00:00
Murders take place in myriad forms in this country. Teenagers also fall victim to mindless homicide following family feuds. What a primitive way of exacting revenge on rivals! If no particular area in the country is immune to this deranged...
Munima Sultana | 2014-02-07 00:00:00
Authorities of the bus rapid transit and the Moghbazar-Malibagh flyover projects are locked in a row over changes in the design of the under-construction flyover to accommodate an uninterrupted bus lane in it. Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) has been...
Khairul Islam | 2014-02-07 00:00:00
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has launched 'Class Room Tryout Programme' across the country to justify utility of the current textbook syllabus, sources at the board said. They said that the curriculum board has already formed 70 high-powered...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-02-07 00:00:00
The market share of local woven fabrics in RMG export is stagnating for the last three years despite rising demand every year, data shows. Though the mills have expanded their production capacity in line with export growth but their market...
Syful Islam | 2014-02-07 00:00:00
Cargo flight operations from Bangladesh increased significantly in the recent years, leading to the country's signing of bilateral air agreements with at least seven European and Asian destinations alone in 2013, sources said. Last year, Bangladesh signed air agreements and...
Ziaul Haque Howlader | 2014-02-07 00:00:00
Tourism is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing industries. In many countries it acts as an engine for development through foreign exchange earnings and creation of direct and indirect employment for men and women. Tourism contributes 5.0 per cent...
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