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Rice procurement drive and market volatility

Rice procurement drive and market volatility

-- 2021-11-03 22:54:31

Developments on the food front are far from reassuring, if not alarming yet. Rise in rice prices during the past few days, particularly on the eve of the government's announcement of procurement price...

Creating alternative infrastructure financing option

Creating alternative infrastructure financing option

-- 2021-11-02 22:17:32

Given the country's economic growth now at a faster rate than any time in the past, the demand for infrastructure financing, as expected, is also on the rise. Interestingly, the source of this finance...

Vitamin E for hair loss treatment: Fact or myth?

Vitamin E for hair loss treatment: Fact or myth?

Imtiaz Ahmed 2021-11-02 21:01:31

Hair fall has become kind of a silent epidemic nowadays. It’s hard to find a person who is not at all concerned about the way his/her hairline is reducing.  While for many, it’s a na...

Getting development parameter right

Getting development parameter right

-- 2021-11-01 22:15:39

The suggestion put forward for bringing urban development initiatives and utility services under one single umbrella in deliberations on the inaugural day of the six-day International Conference on Ur...

Creating hilsa-friendly reserves

Creating hilsa-friendly reserves

-- 2021-10-31 22:20:47

This year's 22-day ban on catching and selling hilsa yielded more fruitful results compared to the previous years'. Beginning on October 4, the ban ended on October 25. Since its start in 2008-09, the...

The BPC's move to hike fuel oil prices

The BPC's move to hike fuel oil prices

-- 2021-10-30 22:06:01

To make the situation more difficult for the poor consumers, the government might soon make the fuel oil prices costlier in line with their international prices. The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Cor...

Chattogram Medical College closes indefinitely following BCL clashes

Chattogram Medical College closes indefinitely following BCL clashes

-- 2021-10-30 16:56:31

Chattogram Medical College (CMC) has been closed indefinitely after clashes between the two factions of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student affiliate of the ruling Awami League. The college au...

FDI destination Bangladesh

FDI destination Bangladesh

-- 2021-10-29 22:23:56

Of the few success stories that Bangladesh can take pride in, Export Processing Zone (EPZ) is one. This is about a land area developed by the government and provided with necessary infrastructure, uti...

Khaleda Zia doing well, says Fakhrul

Khaleda Zia doing well, says Fakhrul

-- 2021-10-29 16:25:28

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said their party chairperson Khaleda Zia, undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the city, is now fine. “I visited madam (Khaleda) at...

Diversifying agriculture -- a call of the time

Diversifying agriculture -- a call of the time

-- 2021-10-28 22:27:59

Despite the commendable growth of agricultural produce in the country-- almost to the extent of self-sufficiency, food security continues to claim the top priority to not only ensure food for all but...

FE Predicts: Here are our Semi-Finalists of the World Cup

FE Predicts: Here are our Semi-Finalists of the World Cup

Ahnaf Wazed Khan 2021-10-28 20:36:57

In every World Cup, prediction becomes an interesting thing for all the fans.  All the speculations and observations regarding what might happen and what is most likely to happen, how certain in...

Care Bangladesh is looking for a Procurement Officer

Care Bangladesh is looking for a Procurement Officer

-- 2021-10-28 02:04:19

Care Bangladesh is offering a job in the Procurement Officer post in Cox's Bazar. Name of the post: Procurement Officer- under Program Support Vacancy - 1 Job Type - Contractual Up to November 3...

Job opportunity in Red Crescent Society with handsome salary

Job opportunity in Red Crescent Society with handsome salary

-- 2021-10-28 01:32:06

Bangladesh Red Crescent Society is looking for a Program Officer with experience. Name of the post: Officer - Program Officer (Youth &Volunteer) Vacancy - 01 Job Type - Contractual12 months...

Opportunity to work in BBC Media Action

Opportunity to work in BBC Media Action

-- 2021-10-28 01:16:34

BBC Media Action is looking for a smart, energetic, proactive, skilled and competent Project Manager for Media Development. Name of the Post: Project Officer (Media Development) Vacancy - Unspecifie...

Modernisation of Mongla Port

Modernisation of Mongla Port

-- 2021-10-27 21:57:55

Mongla Port has not been able to realise its full potential. But last year, notwithstanding the pandemic, as many as 970 ships - the highest number ever in its 70 years' history -- had it as their por...

BNP not to allow any election without a neutral government, Fakhrul says

BNP not to allow any election without a neutral government, Fakhrul says

-- 2021-10-27 21:22:19

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said their party will not allow any national election in Bangladesh without a non-party caretaker government. “Our position is cle...

Tapping blue economy potential

Tapping blue economy potential

-- 2021-10-26 21:59:43

Going by the Third UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS III, Bangladesh can exercise territorial control over 12 NM (nautical miles) of the sea. Also, it has the sovereign right to explore,...

Gono Adhikar Parishad: Reza Kibria, former Ducsu VP Nur form new political party

Gono Adhikar Parishad: Reza Kibria, former Ducsu VP Nur form new political party

-- 2021-10-26 16:37:48

Economist Dr Reza Kibria and former VP of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) Nurul Haque Nur have launched a new political party named ‘Gono Adhikar Parishad’. Nur ann...

BNP men, police clash in city

BNP men, police clash in city

-- 2021-10-26 13:04:25

BNP activists and police clashed with police in the capital's Nayapaltan area on Tuesday, leaving an unspecified number of people injured. The clash took place around 11:30 am when some BNP men broke...

Bridge on the river Payra

Bridge on the river Payra

-- 2021-10-25 22:05:29

With the commissioning of the bridge on the river Payra at Lebukhali, a milestone has been achieved in connecting by road the extreme south of the coastal areas with the rest of the country. Criss-cro...

Khaleda undergoes biopsy test, but ‘out of danger’, Fakhrul says

Khaleda undergoes biopsy test, but ‘out of danger’, Fakhrul says

-- 2021-10-25 21:25:20

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said their party chairperson Khaleda Zia is doing well and out of danger though she has undergone a biopsy test....

Covid-19 vaccine outline

Covid-19 vaccine outline

-- 2021-10-24 22:01:44

Against the backdrop of reassuring developments vis-à-vis Covid-19 vaccination, the information about many not getting their SMS for their very first dose is surprising. The news released by an...

Social development case competition launched at BUP

Social development case competition launched at BUP

Md. Zahidur Rabbi 2021-10-24 14:52:49

Bangladesh University of Professionals Development Leader's Club (BUPDLC) is organising its flagship event, DEVTHON 2.0. It is a social development case competition where the participants will have t...

Death on the roads

Death on the roads

-- 2021-10-23 22:04:27

Disciplining the traffic movement both within the city and beyond should be the prime task of all concerned. That necessitates the enforcement of provisions of the newly enacted transport law. Here, s...

Will Liton and Soumya ever be consistent?

Will Liton and Soumya ever be consistent?

Shajedul Rahin 2021-10-23 15:23:25

Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar are considered to be two of the most talented opening batters Bangladesh has produced in the last 7 years.  Liton Das was rated as a future prospect during his initia...

Helping industries meet compliance obligations

Helping industries meet compliance obligations

-- 2021-10-22 22:12:12

Lack of workers' safety is a chronic issue at workplaces in Bangladesh. Following the worst-ever workplace-related accident, the Rana Plaza collapse, in 2013 that took more than 1,100 lives, the gover...

Economic zone for Japanese investors

Economic zone for Japanese investors

-- 2021-10-21 22:18:11

The move for setting up economic zone with country-specific tag is the latest towards attracting foreign investment in the country. Earlier, it was the Korean EPZ meant exclusively for Korean investor...

Hasina asks partymen to strengthen vigilance to maintain communal harmony

Hasina asks partymen to strengthen vigilance to maintain communal harmony

-- 2021-10-21 17:06:44

Describing the recent incident in Cumilla as very unfortunate, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the Awami League leaders and activists to intensify their vigilance to maintain communal h...

Seeking int'l support to tackle climate change

Seeking int'l support to tackle climate change

-- 2021-10-19 22:25:30

When climate change is no longer an abstract scientific concept but a matter of daily experience, the significance of the upcoming climate summit cannot be overemphasised. A lot is being expected from...

Policymaking competition launched at BUP

Policymaking competition launched at BUP

Md. Zahidur Rabbi 2021-10-19 16:34:37

Bangladesh University of Professionals Economics Club (BUPEC) is organising one of its signature events - POMAC 2.0.  It is a policymaking competition that introduces the participants to myriads...