Doulot Akter Mala | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
Revenue to the tune of Tk 70 billion is remaining unrealised over court battles with large taxpayers under the Value Added Tax (VAT) wing of the revenue board, sources have said. The Large Taxpayers' Unit (LTU) under the VAT department...
Mohammad Ali | 2013-12-29 00:00:00
Most of the public and private companies do not submit their annual 'returns filing' to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) every year taking the advantage of its feeble enforcement in regulatory provisions. As a result, the...
Syful Islam | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
India set a condition of enlisting Bangladeshi insurance companies, which will provide coverage of vessels, with the Indian authority concerned before the launch of a bilateral coastal shipping service, sources said. But Bangladesh found the condition illogical and termed it...
Sujan report reveals | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
FE Report Incomes of some 48 candidates of the upcoming parliamentary polls, who are also holding different key positions of the government, went up on an average by 582 per cent during the last five years, according to the statistics...
Ismail Hossain | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
The Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) is formulating guidelines for a refinancing fund of Tk 2 billion for Tk 10 account-holders. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) board has recently decided to create a refinance fund of Tk 2 billion for making Tk...
Shamsul Huda | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
Woven textile industry has failed to grow in the country as there was no fresh investment in this sector in the last four years, mainly because of EU's introduction of 'single stage' rule, sources said. Data shows that local textile...
Masum Billah | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
The country has been witnessing nightmarish scenarios since November 26 just after the declaration of the 10th parliamentary election schedule. A series of mindless blockade by the opposition alliance from November 26 and the response to it by the law-enforcement...
Shamsul Alam | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
To achieve the development targets, public investment should play a catalytic role through providing enabling environment for the private sector. However, available data on public investment management (PIM) in Bangladesh clearly demonstrate that the performance of PIM is far from...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh has signed the much-talked-about Trade and Investment Co-operation Framework Agreement (TICFA) with the US after more than a decade of wrangling with the Shakespearian hesitation 'to be or not to be' from the Bangladesh side. It is hoped that...
Md Abdullah Al Helal | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
Since election is a competition through which the citizens elect their popular representatives in all democratic countries for a specific tenure, inclusive or participatory election is considered one of the significant criteria of participatory democracy. In this sense, inclusive election...
Babul Barman | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
The stock market went down for the second straight week that ended Thursday with the turnover declining as investors remained reluctant to make fresh investments amid mounting political tension. The ruling Awami League-led grand alliance and the BNP-led opposition alliance...
Md Sazedul Islam | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
Visually impaired Jesmin Akhter, 11, daughter of Mohammad Jahurul Islam of Potajia village in Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj district, who had been suffering from sight problem since birth, was denied proper treatment due to ignorance of her parents. Her father,...
Nilratan Halder | 2013-12-28 00:00:00
Migration is movement. But not all movements are migration. For some it is a spatial movement for others a mental journey voluntarily induced or coerced by situations. Migration is not limited to man alone, in fact more birds, fish and...
Munima Sultana | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
The authorities concerned started scrutinising the Chinese offer to set up a special economic zone (SEZ) on the other side of the Karnaphuli river in Chittagong, officials said. China earlier this year placed the proposal on the SEZ and tagged...
Shahana Bilkis | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
Indiscriminate felling of roadside trees to block roads during violent political programmes like blockades and hartals, has become a matter of concern for forest officials and environmentalists. These trees are being sold mainly by local opposition party men and a...
Nilratan Halder | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
Festivals commemorate the watersheds of civilisation. Enthusiasm and fervour of great religious festivals swept all across Greece and Rome in ancient time. At times they assumed a distinct character by virtue of the nature of competition -athletic or drama. In...
M Jalal Hussain | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
Politics holds the tremendous promise for contributing to human development and welfare. It can also aggravate miseries, conflicts, confrontations, and sometimes lead to large-scale killings, among the people in a society as shown by historical records. Politics is a word...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
India's main opposition candidate for the prime ministerial position Narendra Modi is seeking votes of the minorities in the national elections early next year. The Gujarat chief minister, known for his anti-Muslim stance, has said that it is the Hindu-Muslim...
Syful Islam | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
The government has framed a draft policy suggesting formation of a commission to look after and facilitate social business in the country, sources said. The draft has also suggested for not allowing taking of dividends by the entrepreneurs if anyone...
Erik Kirschbaum and Lidia Kelly of Reuters | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
The luxury hotel in Berlin where Mikhail Khodorkovsky has spent the last few nights is worlds away from Corrective Colony No. 7, where the former oil tycoon was locked up for years. But Khodorkovsky says he could not care less...
Alina Selyukh and Sinead Carew of Reuters | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
A pair of potentially transformative U.S. telecoms and cable deals could run afoul of Obama administration regulators who worry that mergers among market leaders would hurt consumers. With both cable and mobile phone operators grappling with slowing growth, speculation has...
James Politi in Washington | 2013-12-27 00:00:00
President Barack Obama's attempt to push through legislation allowing for the swift passage of trade deals in Congress has been clouded by his nomination of Senator Max Baucus as ambassador to China, removing a key supporter of the effort on...
Siddique Islam | 2013-12-26 00:00:00
Farm credit disbursement grew by more than 20 per cent during the first five months of the current fiscal year (FY), 2013-14, despite the ongoing political unrest. The banks, particularly the state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs), however, faced difficulties in disbursement...
Badrul Ahsan | 2013-12-26 00:00:00
Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) has taken a set of proactive measures with a view to regaining its lost glory as well as for its survival, a high official said. To this effect, the BPO has in the meantime launched a...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2013-12-26 00:00:00
Complexities over collection of income tax on allowances and other income of the officials of state-owned enterprises (SoEs) and autonomous bodies have created confusion among the taxmen in the current fiscal year. Taxmen are puzzled over two contradictory rules of...
Shah Alam Nur | 2013-12-26 00:00:00
Private sector investment in the country has virtually come to a halt in the recent days due to the prevailing political unrest, industry insiders said. According to them, entrepreneurs are in a dilemma over making fresh investments and undertake business...
Nazir Ahmed from London | 2013-12-26 00:00:00
It is said that we have more than 10,000 'Indian' restaurants and takeaways in the United Kingdom. The real figure, if the outlets were properly counted, would be much higher. The catering sector has been making a huge contribution (estimated...
Masum Billah | 2013-12-26 00:00:00
The spat between the United States and India strikes a discordant note at a time when relationship between the two largest democracies is otherwise on a high, especially in the last one decade which has seen unprecedented cooperation in various...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2013-12-26 00:00:00
It is natural and expected that in this age of globalisation, we will march forward. It is also expected that by using the opportunities of modern information technology and following the examples of the modern world, we will go ahead...
Abdul Bayes | 2013-12-26 00:00:00
Land is the main source of livelihood in rural Bangladesh. In a country of too many people chasing extremely scarce land, it is the precious resource that every person wants to own and does not want to sell even when...
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