US CBP team holds wrap-up meeting with govt today

A three-member team of US customs and border protection (CBP) visited country's 30 readymade garment (RMG) units over the past ten days to see whether there was any abuse of trade facility offered to Bangladesh.The visit by CBP has been...

Singapore Airlines stops carrying Bangladesh Post Office's mails

Singapore Airlines has suspended carrying Bangladesh Post Office's mails and parcels, cutting off the country's postal links with 14 countries with sizable Bangladeshi population, officials said Friday.The carrier took the decision on Thursday after the BPO failed to clear dues...

AKTel's 30pc stake draws 3 int'l buyers

Three international mobile operators have joined the race to win 30 per cent stake in AKTel, the country's third-largest mobile phone company, a senior official said Friday.Ettihad Etisalat, a consortium headed by the UAE's Etisalat with the incorporation of six...

Rohanpur likely corridor for B'desh's trade with Nepal

The government has taken a move to develop Rohanpur corridor on the Rajshahi border to facilitate India-Bangladesh-Nepal trade.It has sent a draft 'Operational Modalities for Carriage' to Nepalese government in this connection.The Ministry of Communications held an inter-ministerial meeting recently...

If you aim low enough you will find meaning at work

AT a party recently a man who until recently was a government minister. We chatted about this and that, and he said how much he was enjoying his assortment of sinecures - non-executive directorships, speaking engagements and so on. He...

Focus on the female talent in the backyard

The supply of talented women entering science, engineering and technology is surprisingly deep and rich. A study, which I co-wrote, to be published next month by the Harvard Business Review(HBR) shows that 41 per cent of highly qualified specialists on...

The sea can be tamed, lands can rise from the sea

"All the inhabitants of the world should know that the power of kings is vain and trivial, and that none is worthy the name of king but He whose command the heaven, earth and sea obey by eternal laws"- King...

Reports on alien appearances revisited

UFO, the acronym for Unidentified Flying Object, is a blanket name for strange sightings made by people about objects or phenomena, which appear to be in motion and of which form and behaviour do not conform to common experience. Though...

Israel celebrates 60 years of persecution of Palestinians

THIS month Israel celebrates the 60th anniversary of its founding. Participated by international celebrities and politicians the celebration took place amid deep unease.Israel tried its best to hide the skeletons in its closet. Anxieties about an uncertain future make many...

Indian farm debt waiver plan backfires

A populist plan by the Indian government to waive $15bn (euro9.59bn,

Supports and conducive policy environment for private sector

Accelerated growth is the main expectation and need in the economic realm of Bangladesh. This is largely desired in the private sector. It is for the simple universal realisation that has dawned that the smaller the role of the government...

Preserving the open economy at times of stress

IS the spread of prosperity in the interests of citizens of today's high-income countries? Is globalisation of their economies in their interest?These distinct questions are raised in my mind by two important FT columns from Lawrence Summers ("America needs to...

Interactive classes make learners more enthusiastic

THE way lectures are delivered in the class is important as far as conducive learning environment is concerned. At college or university level, many teachers are following interactive ways of giving lectures and both students and teachers find it very...