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Automation of tax system still a far cry!   

Automation of tax system still a far cry!  

-- 2021-09-16 22:14:32

Automation of the taxation system, though recognised as a priority agenda of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), is still in the lurch. The NBR has been working on a number of projects to digitise th...

Students solve business case at RUBC competition

Students solve business case at RUBC competition

FE YOUTH DESK 2021-09-16 14:55:10

The Rajshahi University Business Club (RUBC) has successfully arranged a national business-case competition titled CaseCation, sponsored by EduXpert, a global immigration and education service provide...

Reviving circular water route

Reviving circular water route

-- 2021-09-15 20:57:42

As part of a renewed emphasis on the country's waterways, the 110-kilometre circular route around the capital duly came up for consideration. It could not be materialised for 10 low-height bridges bui...

Rebranding tourism sector   

Rebranding tourism sector  

-- 2021-09-14 22:01:14

As the pandemic infection rate has been registering a declining trend in recent weeks, the government has taken guarded steps to help life return to normal. Industries and different business centres h...

Why graduates are unemployed

Why graduates are unemployed

-- 2021-09-13 21:40:00

A random survey carried out by the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, a government research agency, has come up with disquieting revelation. According to its survey, as high as 66 per cent o...

BNP begins series of meetings to finalise next course of action

BNP begins series of meetings to finalise next course of action

-- 2021-09-13 20:41:36

The policymakers of BNP are going to hold a series of meetings with the central leaders of the party and associate bodies to work out the party’s next course of action over the next general elec...

BNP never hesitates to sell independence to assume power, Obaidul Quader says

BNP never hesitates to sell independence to assume power, Obaidul Quader says

-- 2021-09-13 20:40:30

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said BNP does not hesitate to sell the independence of the country to assume power in disguise of patriotism. "Those who join hands with the an...

School reopening and dengue

School reopening and dengue

-- 2021-09-12 21:37:23

The reason the policymakers and health authorities have gone for reopening schools is evidently the continued drop in Covid-19 fatalities and patients. During the last 18 months of the educational ins...

Law ministry agrees to allow Khaleda to spend another six months out of jail

Law ministry agrees to allow Khaleda to spend another six months out of jail

-- 2021-09-12 17:34:19

The law ministry has agreed to stay BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's prison sentence and allow her to spend another six months out of jail.  “I made a recommendation to extend the suspension...

Reach Oxford Scholarships for developing country students

Reach Oxford Scholarships for developing country students

-- 2021-09-12 12:40:26

A number of Oxford colleges offer Reach Oxford Scholarships which was previously known as Oxford Student Scholarships. The scholarship is open for the students from developing countries who cannot pur...

Asa NGO is looking for an Accountant

Asa NGO is looking for an Accountant

-- 2021-09-12 12:37:11

Name of the post- Accountatn Vacancy- 1 Job-type- Full-time Experience- Minimum 5 years Educational Quality- Master’s with honours in Accounting from any recognized university, or MBA with B...

Job opportunity for freshers at BBC Media Action

Job opportunity for freshers at BBC Media Action

-- 2021-09-12 12:32:05

BBC Media Action is accepting application for Research Assistant post. Enthusiasts can send their cv, application form and other credentials. Name of the post- Research Assistant (Quantitative) Vaca...

BBC Media Action is looking for Research Officer

BBC Media Action is looking for Research Officer

-- 2021-09-12 12:28:04

BBC Media Action is accepting application for Research Officer post. Enthusiasts can send their cv, application form and other credentials. Name of the post- Research Officer Vacancy- Unspecified J...

Job opportunity in ActionAid with handsome salary

Job opportunity in ActionAid with handsome salary

-- 2021-09-12 12:23:57

ActionAid Bangladesh is accepting application for Officer post. Enthusiasts can apply online. Name of the post- Officer- Philanthropy & Private Sector Partnerships Vacancy- 1 Job-type- Full-tim...

Addressing the issue of long-term financing

Addressing the issue of long-term financing

-- 2021-09-11 21:39:16

It is natural for businesses to seek cheap and easy money to run their existing units and establish new ones. The longing for the same has gone a few notches up now because of the losses they have suf...

Bangladesh now 'friendless', says GM Quader   

Bangladesh now 'friendless', says GM Quader  

-- 2021-09-11 20:35:20

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Saturday said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen's frustration over not getting Covid vaccines from different countries has manifested that Bangladesh has become 'frien...

Awami League nominates Pran Gopal for Cumilla-7 by-polls

Awami League nominates Pran Gopal for Cumilla-7 by-polls

-- 2021-09-11 16:23:09

The Awami League has named Dr Pran Gopal Datta as its candidate to contest the by-election to the vacant Cumilla-7 parliamentary constituency. The decision to nominate the eminent physician was taken...

Recognising e-business as separate entity   

Recognising e-business as separate entity  

-- 2021-09-10 22:24:54

No doubt, due to restrictions on physical movement amid the pandemic, online trade has gained increased acceptance among the public. Thus the volume of online commercial transactions has witnessed a r...

Facilitating production of APIs

Facilitating production of APIs

-- 2021-09-09 22:18:47

The recent decision taken by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to extend tax holiday facility to pharmaceutical firms manufacturing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and laboratory regents is...

Drive against intermediaries

Drive against intermediaries

-- 2021-09-08 21:46:27

The news that the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has launched a drive against undesirable dalals (middlemen) who have taken their unsolicited services beyond limit in and on hospitals and their premises...

Bank credit to the disadvantaged

Bank credit to the disadvantaged

-- 2021-09-07 21:48:11

The Bangladesh Bank (BB)'s recently announced refinance scheme worth Tk. 5 billion to help the pandemic-hit disadvantaged sections of society to restart their economic activities is well-timed. The fa...

DU makes progress in ranking

DU makes progress in ranking

-- 2021-09-06 21:38:08

There is good news for the University of Dhaka to make its centenary celebration a little more enjoyable. It has made it to the 801-1,000 slots of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ran...

Police arrest Jamaat secretary general, eight others

Police arrest Jamaat secretary general, eight others

-- 2021-09-06 21:07:34

Police have arrested Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar and eight other leaders of the party in Dhaka. Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam said the arrestees held on...

Don’t make reckless remarks on BNP, Fakhrul urges Zafrullah

Don’t make reckless remarks on BNP, Fakhrul urges Zafrullah

-- 2021-09-06 20:18:16

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday urged Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury to refrain from making unguarded and confusing remarks over their party and its le...

Museum in Ctg circuit house named after Zia will be removed, says State Minister

Museum in Ctg circuit house named after Zia will be removed, says State Minister

-- 2021-09-06 17:45:50

The museum named after Ziaur Rahman at the old circuit house in Chattogram will be removed and the building will be turned into a circuit house again, said State Minister for Information and Broadcast...

Native fishes' extinction   

Native fishes' extinction  

-- 2021-09-05 21:39:57

Amid the media furore over the fast extinction of the age-old native fishes, there is also news people feel upbeat about. Fishing communities in a few places of the country are putting in their best o...

Reopening educational institutions

Reopening educational institutions

-- 2021-09-04 22:06:29

The long and anxious wait of millions of students, their parents and guardians and teachers is about to end. Schools and colleges are likely to resume classes from September 12 after a long gap of nea...

Obaidul Quader seeks accurate information on corruption

Obaidul Quader seeks accurate information on corruption

-- 2021-09-04 20:35:40

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has refuted BNP’s allegation of corruption in COVID-19 vaccination as fictional. At a briefing from his official residence, Quader asked his BNP co...

Khaleda asks BNP leaders not to lose courage, Fakhrul says

Khaleda asks BNP leaders not to lose courage, Fakhrul says

-- 2021-09-04 20:33:26

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said their party chairperson Khaleda Zia asked them to continue the movement without losing courage and getting disappointed. "I met our...

SMEs' recovery should top economic agenda

SMEs' recovery should top economic agenda

-- 2021-09-03 22:16:24

Looking at their number and the magnitude of employment they create, the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) unquestionably occupy a considerable space in the economy. But when it comes to the questio...