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Situation improves in urban areas but unchanged in villages

Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-03-08 00:00:00

Emergence of women entrepreneurship has changed the business landscape of Bangladesh. Financial empowerment of female workforce has added pace to the economic development. They proved themselves as successful entrepreneurs in diversified businesses ranging from handicrafts, boutiques to light engineering, banking...

Tobacco makers\\\' drives at universities to hire hands

H M Al Imran Khan | 2014-03-08 00:00:00

Tobacco is an addictive element having not a single usefulness. Despite knowing the bad effects, millions of people consume tobacco and thousands are being added to the group globally each year. The government of Bangladesh has formulated Smoking and Tobacco...

Searching for honest and efficient science advisers

Lutfor Rahman | 2014-03-08 00:00:00

A very hopeful message was published in a national daily on February 6, 2014 quoting that the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is looking for honest and efficient resource persons to speed up the development activities in the country. She likes...

Shale oil revolution and Bangladesh

Nehal Adil | 2014-03-08 00:00:00

The world is undergoing a new revolution, the shale oil and gas revolution. The United States has already made a breakthrough. But in shale oil technology Canada and Norway are not far behind. During Canadian Governor General's recent visit to...

When a hawker is sorely missed

Nilratan Halder | 2014-03-08 00:00:00

Those who are avid readers of human character often discover traits either common to people or simply special in a certain individual. Some have those inborn, others simply develop those as they grow, others have to think of peculiar ways...

BPC seeks Tk 7.25b from state coffer to meet deficit

Rezaul Karim | 2014-03-07 00:00:00

The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has sought a subsidy of over Tk 7.25 billion from the government to help keep its fuel imports and supplies uninterrupted, officials have said. The BPC has sought the subsidy while the Biman Bangladesh...

General investors\\\' IPO spree goes on

Mohammad Mufazzal | 2014-03-07 00:00:00

Public subscriptions of the newly-approved companies are witnessing a huge response, as general investors still prefer the primary market for risk-free investment amid volatility in the secondary market, officials said. Latest data reveals that three companies that completed public subscription...

BD businessmen now focus on JVs with foreign investors

Shah Alam Nur | 2014-03-07 00:00:00

A good number of local entrepreneurs have now shifted their focus on business expansion through joint ventures (JVs) with foreign investors, especially for building their capacity through adopting modern technologies, insiders said. According to them, the ever-growing global competition has...

Recovering Jagannath University dormitories

Shahana Bilkis | 2014-03-07 00:00:00

A suitable residential learning environment is an important stimulus for students. Beside providing the right atmosphere for learning, it increases informal interactions among students and offers multiple opportunities to explore values, lifestyles and interests in a supportive environment. Compared with...

Appreciating the value of conservation

Nilratan Halder | 2014-03-07 00:00:00

The inaugural World Wildlife Day has just been observed across the globe. It is rather intriguing that the recognition to this highly important issue of conservation has taken so long to come. Has not the United Nations proclaimed an array...

Taking rickshaws to the next stage

Ali Yusuf Hossain | 2014-03-07 00:00:00

In the Dhaka metropolis, as per the latest available official data, 29-39 per cent trips are hitched by rickshaws. The tricycles usually driven by pedals carry passengers for hire. It is difficult to find a place in our country where...

Stocks close flat amid choppy trading

FE Online Report | 2014-03-06 00:00:00

Stocks closed flat in positive Thursday with turnover improved slightly amid volatile trading throughout the session as most investors remained watchful. The market opened with positive note, gaining 27 points within first 40 minutes of trade, but rest of the...

Stocks open positive amid volatility

FE Online Report | 2014-03-06 00:00:00

Share prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early hours of trading Thursday, the last session of the week amid volatility. DSEX – the prime index of the DSE –...

Govt moves to prepare draft rules of Safe Food Act ‘13

Talha Bin Habib | 2014-03-06 00:00:00

The government has initiated a move to prepare the draft rules of Safe Food Act- 2013 aiming to ensure public health safety, a high official said. "We have started working to prepare the draft rules of Safe Food Act- 2013....

Local IIG cos facing hard times in small market

Jamal Uddin | 2014-03-06 00:00:00

The country's most of the internet bandwidth (data communication ability) operators are now in dire straits, as too many companies are operating in a relatively small market, stakeholders said. They blamed wrong policy of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)...

Govt revenue earnings from DSE marks 16pc rise

Babul Barman | 2014-03-06 00:00:00

The government's revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) marked 16 per cent rise in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY), compared to same period last fiscal as the trading volume was on the rise....

7 female chiefs of foreign missions, UN agencies now working in BD

Munima Sultana | 2014-03-06 00:00:00

Seven female chiefs of foreign missions and UN agencies have been serving now in Bangladesh. This is for the first time that so many women foreign diplomats are working at a time in the country. Ambassador/high commissioners are from Brazil,...

BSC may have to pay 10pc more for buying 6 vessels

Syful Islam | 2014-03-06 00:00:00

The cost of buying six new vessels for Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) is likely to go up by 10 per cent as price of those have gone up globally, officials said. "Officials of the vessel supplying company met us this...

BEZA yet to own land to set up industries

Shamsul Huda | 2014-03-06 00:00:00

Since adoption of the Economic Zone Act in 2010, the authority concerned is yet to own a single inch of land for establishing an economic zone, sources said. Due to the growing scarcity of land the government has planned to...

BD to seek duty-free access for all items

Rezaul Karim | 2014-03-06 00:00:00

Bangladesh is likely to seek duty and quota-free access for all its products to the United States (US) market at the upcoming TICFA meeting, the first one since signing of the deal between the two countries, relevant officials said. Besides,...

Lack of financial literacy creates distortion in the market

Khairul Bashar | 2014-03-06 00:00:00

What are the possible reasons behind the poor performance of our Mutual Funds (MF)? Why are they less attractive with 41 closed end mutual funds? Why a sophisticated industry in developed and emerging countries is still in its nascent stage...

Battle for Ukraine - US eyes Iran-style bank sanctions

Geoff Dyer in Washington and Christian Oliver in Brussels | 2014-03-06 00:00:00

The Obama administration is considering placing Iran-style banking sanctions on selected Russian financial institutions if Moscow were to send troops into eastern Ukraine. The banking sanctions are one of a series of measures the administration has been discussing with Congress...

DSE turnover dips below Tk 4b-mark

FE Online Report | 2014-03-05 00:00:00

Stocks edged marginally lower Wednesday, a day after positive trend with turnover dipped below Tk 4.0 billion-mark after 12-session as investors remained reluctant to make fresh investments.The market opened with a mixed trend in the morning session amid see-saw. At...

Mixed trend at opening

FE Online Report | 2014-03-05 00:00:00

Share prices on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw positive trend while that on Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed negative trend in early hours of trading on Wednesday amid fluctuation. DSEX – the prime index of the DSE – went up...

To borrow or not to borrow …

Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-03-05 00:00:00

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal last week advised businesses to borrow from foreign sources, instead of local banks. Mr. Kamal, himself a businessman, knows well how high interest-bearing loans hurt the operation of a commercial or an industrial establishment by...

Gold seizure goes up 21 times in 2013

Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-03-05 00:00:00

Sudden surge in gold smuggling in Bangladesh has raised strong suspicion that the precious metal is distained for the neighbouring Indian market, customs officials and insiders said. Indian government raised import duties thrice in 2013 to 10 per cent on...

BB holds biggest-ever conference of women entrepreneurs on Mar 13

Munima Sultana | 2014-03-05 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) will hold the biggest-ever gathering of women entrepreneurs in the city on March 13 to popularise the bank's small and medium enterprise loan facility among special beneficiaries through establishing a platform with all stakeholders. "A gathering...

Govt’s PPP initiative fails to make any headway

Shah Alam Nur | 2014-03-05 00:00:00

The government's much-hyped public-private partnership (PPP) initiative has almost failed to make any headway over the last six years due to multifarious factors including absence of proper policy framework and bureaucratic tangle, experts said. The government wants to run the...

NTERBB facing fund constraints to pay benefits to retired teachers, employees

Khairul Islam | 2014-03-05 00:00:00

The Non-government Teacher- Employee Retirement Benefit Board (NTERBB) now finds itself in a difficult situation to meet the growing demand for retirement benefits from the beneficiaries due mainly to fund constraints. The NTERBB is facing a fund deficit of nearly...

CrPC to guide spl court on stock mkt

Mohammad Ali | 2014-03-05 00:00:00

Recently formed special tribunal for capital market is set to start functioning shortly 'without having its own rules' amid the experts' doubts over smooth operation of the special court, sources familiar with the issue said. Although there was an initiative...