Earthquake is one of the major natural hazards in Bangladesh like many other countries threatening life‚ property‚ and economic well being. Bangladesh is an earthquake-prone country. Historical seismic catalogues (ISET‚ 1993) reveal that Bangladesh has been affected by earthquake disasters since ancient times. Although in recent past no major earthquake has affected this country‚ a major event may affect the country any moment. As Bangladesh is the world’s most densely populated area‚ any future
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THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF E-COMMERCE Ziaul Hoq School of Business American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) Banani‚ Dhaka 1213‚ Bangladesh and Md. Shawkat Kamal Department of Management and Business BRAC University‚ 66 Mohakhali C/A Dhaka‚ Bangladesh. and A H M Ehsanul Huda Chowdhury School of Business American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) Banani‚ Dhaka 1213‚ Bangladesh ABSTRACT E-commerce has a significant impact on business costs and productivity. E-Commerce has
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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW The Indian Industry as a whole has given away a growth which is of positive but comparatively less than the previous year. For instance the Industry registered a growth of 7% in the month of April 2008 as compared to 11% growth registered in the same month of the previous year. In March 2008 industrial growth which was recorded was 3.9% the lowest in past 6 years. The growth slipped due to the sharp downfall in the manufacturing and specifically electrical sector to 7.5% and
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02 Jul Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: Recent Progress You are here: Home » Resources » Development Updates » Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: Recent Progress Share Posted by Web Editor in Development Updates 0 Summary: The Constitution of Bangladesh provides clear directives for formulating pro-people development strategies and goals. Bangladesh’s Constitutional guidelines are rooted in a framework aimed at raising the quality of life through a balanced and equitable growth. To fulfil
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Bangladesh has always been considered a natural gas rich country. It is largely available in the eastern part of the country extending from greater Sylhet down to greater Comilla‚ Noakhali and Chittagong. It has also been discovered offshore in the Bay of Bengal. Natural gas plays an important role in the country ’s economy. It is an environment friendly fuel‚ which undergoes clean and odorless combustion. It is widely used as fuel for domestic (cooking and heating)‚ industrial (metallurgical‚ ceramic
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Telecommunications in Bangladesh : The liberalisation of Bangladesh’s telecommunications sector began with small steps in 1989 with the issuance of a licence to a private operator for the provision of inter alia cellular mobile services to compete with the previous monopoly provider of telecommunications services the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB). Significant changes in the number of fixed and mobile services deployed in Bangladesh occurred in the late 1990s and the number of services
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CGS Working Paper CGS WP 4 Bangladesh Bank Reform Changes and Challenges Haydory Akbar Ahmed Background Paper for The State of Governance in Bangladesh 2006 Centre for Governance Studies BRAC University Dhaka‚ Bangladesh www.cgs-bu.com Ahmed: Bangladesh Bank Reform CGS WP 5 The Centre for Governance Studies at BRAC University seeks to foster a new generation of researchers‚ public administrators and citizens with critical and analytical perspectives on governance. The Centre’s State
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Political Environment in Bangladesh and its Impact on International Trade Introduction The interface between international trade obligations and domestic regulation of trade‚ health‚ safety and the environment‚ special and differential treatment of developing countries dictates whether a country will be able to gain from trade‚ commerce which contributes to development of a country. Since‚ independence‚ the political environment of Bangladesh has been fragile due to its lack of proper democratic
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INTRODUCTION The economy of Bangladesh is rapidly developing market-based economy. According to the International Monetary Fund‚ Bangladesh ranked as the 43rd largest economy in the world in 2010 in PPP terms and 57th largest in nominal terms‚ among the Next Eleven or N-11 of Goldman Sachs and D-8 economies. The economy has grown at the rate of 6-7% per annum over the past few years. More than half of the GDP is generated by the service sector; while nearly half of Bangladeshis are employed in the
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Natural gas and oil There are 22 discovered gas fields in Bangladesh of various sizes. The total reserve of 20 gas fields is about 26 Tcf (trillion cubic feet). Gas in most of the fields is dry‚ in a few fields it is wet. For example at Beanibazar (16 bbl/mmcfg)‚ Jalalabad (15 bbl/mmcfg)‚ and Kailashtila (13 bbl/mmcfg). Currently‚ natural gas accounts for more than 70% of the total commercial energy consumption and the major part of the future energy demand would be met from it. Power sector ranks
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