The Qur'anic Treasures hidden in the Surah Faatihah
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,(1:1)
The Beneficent, the Merciful.(1:2)
Owner of the Day of Judgement.(1:3)
Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help. (1:4)
Show us the straight path,(1:5)
The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; (1:6)
Not (the path) of those who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray. (1:7)
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The grand finale of Microsoft Imagine Cup Bangladesh 2013 was held last Saturday at the American International University Bangladesh (AIUB) auditorium in the capital. Buet 101, a team from Buet (Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology) won this year’s Imagine Cup Bangladesh competition with their project Happy Watch, a Windows phone app that instantly helps to…
Removal of import duties on Nepali exports will open avenues for farmers and businessmen in both countries Diplomats and merchants in Nepal are cheering Bangladesh’s decision to remove import duties on 108 agricultural products including vegetables, fruits and lentils from the Himalayan country. A Nepalese farmer walks through a paddy field to his home in…
Japan has extended its biggest-ever loan package to Bangladesh: $1.04 billion for infrastructure projects aimed at providing clean drinking water, ease traffic congestion, strengthen local government and diversify energy sources. Japan will give Bangladesh $1.04 billion – its largest-ever loan to Bangladesh – to help build and repair bridges, among other infrastructure projects. Improved traffic…
is one of the most significant confidence-building measures between India, China, and Bangladesh. Despite a well-functioned relationship between India and China in recent decades, the Brahmaputra River may pose new challenges to the continued supply of fresh water for both countries in the future. In addition, China’s announcement, last month, of its plans to construct…
After China, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is now reportedly showing interest to build a deep-sea port in Sonadia island of Bangladesh. A Japanese firm conducted a feasibility study for construction of a seaport in the Bay of Bengal in 2006 and the location at Sonadia Island near Cox’s Bazar was finalised in 2009. After…
A cheque of $50 million was handed over to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by Indian External Affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday as the first instalment of the $200 million grant by India. Prime Minister’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad said the cheque was handed over by Mr Khurshid when he met the Prime Minister…
As the threat of scrapping the US generalised system of preferences (GSP) looms large on the economy, the county’s export sector as a whole is worried about the outcome of the hearing late next month. The USTR (United States Trade Representative) hearing on the subject will be held on March 28 when Bangladesh will be…
The central bank of Bangladesh yesterday launched National Payment Switch (NPS), a common platform for the country’s commercial banks for electronic payments, which is going to revolutionise e-commerce in Bangladesh. “The advantages of this new payment platform are enormous. E-commerce will spread across the country,” said Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Atiur Rahman. Once all banks…
Refinancing women entrepreneurs stressed Bangladesh Bank (BB) has directed all scheduled banks to streamline their refinancing scheme for women entrepreneurs up to the branch level in line with the central bank’s earlier directive. The central bank earlier directed all banks to offer women entrepreneurs at least 10 per cent of their refinancing fund, formed with…
The prime minister recently called upon Vietnamese entrepreneurs to invest in the country promising conducive facilities. We laud her for her efforts to woo much-needed foreign investment. Yes, Bangladesh has the potential to become the investors’ choice destination. We have a number of things going for us at the moment. At the same time there…
Is economic teaching keeping up with the changing economy? This column presents a new way of teaching economics in light of the continuing crises. It argues that if we are to create a better-informed public debate we must begin by improvin Economics students have started to establish new student societies, which focus not on how…
As four nations to the TAPI gas pipeline look to sew a consortium that will build the line, Bangladesh has evinced interest in joining the multi-billion dollar project. “There was a request from Bangladesh to join the project. We require official note for this which will be considered by all the four governments of TAPI…
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