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Kenya is rapidly becoming one of the biggest players in the world's textile manufacturing industry, and is tipped to be one of the next centres for apparel sourcing in East...
The RMG industry has been at the helm of Bangladesh exports for over the years and a significant contributor to GDP. This industry has, till date, absorbed an estimated 4.4...
Export of 'Made in Bangladesh'-tagged garment items to the European Union (EU) or its duty-free access under a relaxed rule of origin unilaterally given by the EU through GSP for...
Bangladesh's dependency on import of fossil fuels is set to swell up significantly from early 2018 as the country, for the first time, is set to start importing 'expensive' LNG...
Private power generation company Doreen Power Generation and Systems Ltd will invest another Tk 10 billion in two power plants to add a total of 400 megawatt (MW) electricity...
Mohammed Saidul Islam Government policy support is necessary for easier and safer use of liquefied petroleum (LP) gas by households, motor vehicles and industries to cope with the increasing demand...
Lubricants are a mixture of chemicals that are applied in machines to reduce the friction between moving surfaces. The use of vehicles, machines and equipment has become a part of...
Bangladesh's overall electricity generation has currently reached to around 9,000 megawatt (MW) riding mostly on 'expensive' oil-fired power plants as low-cost power plants continued to delay in coming online.The major...
Mohammed Nurul Alam Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is a rapidly growing industry in Bangladesh. As a potential sector, we have seven major companies including BM Energy (BD) Ltd. The gap...
In the ancient Mediterranean, there was a famous city called Syracuse. Legend has it that when the Roman ships were attacking the place in 212 BC, one of the most...
Although the commerce minister claimed that the price of onion would come down in the markets soon, it continues to rise belying all expectations. It now sells at Tk 57-60...
An annual report of any business or company reflects the state of health of present business and its future prospects. The annual report contains statements of the company's chairman and...
Full English Brexit is off the menu. Before leaving the European Union (EU) altogether, the British government now wants an "interim period," in which the United Kingdom (UK) would retain...
Essentially, most of the private sector banks are in decent health when it comes to profits. The caveat remains that of bad debt and we know that public sector banks...
Bangladesh has received Geographical Indication (GI) tag for Hilsa fish with effect from August 01, 2017. It is the second GI product of the country after Jamdani saree. Some equate...
An activist of ruling Awami League (AL) was hacked to death by rivals at Sablat village in Shalikha upazila of Magura district over establishing supremacy in the area early Tuesday....
Income inequalities in Bangladesh are rising alarmingly. A study report presented by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and a local non-governmental research organisation shows that differences of income between...
As North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump's war of words escalates, Independence Day celebrations - commemorating the Korean Peninsula's 1945 liberation from Japanese colonial rule on...
When no one was willing to take the plunge, he knew what he needed to do. Col Jamiluddin Ahmed, who was posthumously promoted to Brigadier General and awarded the Bir...
No movement, agitation, enterprise or war, certainly not a revolution or struggle for independence-can reach its cherished goal without the guidance of an able and visionary leader. But sadly, there...
The corporate board around the world nowadays is composed of executives who are an organisation's internal and non-executives who are its external. Non-executive directors (NEDs) are part-time and do not...
Will of the people in Bangladesh is continually being ignored. The 'flawed' election of January 05, 2014 has otherwise been a major weakness of the government on this count. This...
The United States and North Korea appear to be on a collision course. Their differing national interests are heading towards irreconcilability and that is clearly reflected in President Trump's threat...
The US is in the midst of a political meltdown, unable to manage a domestic economic agenda or a coherent foreign policy. The White House is in turmoil; Congress is...
The much decried and defamed Libyan leader, the late Muammar Gaddhafi took his famous tent wherever he travelled, preferring its home-built comfort to that of the suffocating environment of fancy...
Shelter is a fundamental human right, vital to life, dignity and development of individuals and hence of the family, the society, the country and humankind at large. It is often...
This is a sequel to my article on my visit to Iceland published last week. One of the reasons for me to travel to Iceland was to get a better...
Brexit and President Trump's 'America First' rhetoric notwithstanding it is unlikely that nationalism and economic nationalism would be able to arrest the march of globalisation. The world has become too...
Prices of essentials are rising by leaps and bounds. Onions have become pricier in the markets of the capital by Tk 15 to Tk 20 a kg in one week...
We have long heard of introduction of a 'unified' or 'cluster system' of admission test at our public universities. But no progress to that end has yet been discernible. In...
The growing interest in the role of men in the family has been triggered by diverse demographic, socio-economic and cultural transformations that have occurred over the past several decades, impacting...
It was a late-monsoon day. The medieval Bengalee poets would find such a day filled with an unexplainable sadness. In a rare coincidence, the 22nd of the Bangla month of...
Globalisation is not dead, not by a long shot. Amid the hoopla behind Brexit and Donald J. Trump's 'America First' policy-orientation over the past year or so, not to mention...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which include 17 goals and 169 targets, are global and applicable to all countries. It covers every aspect of a society and leaves no one...
The recent killing of a member of Bangladesh Ansar force by a knife-wielding attacker at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport raises serious questions about the security system of the country's busiest...
Some policymakers compel grocery shop-owners to hang lists of fixed prices of items that are sold. But those fixed prices do not remain fixed; these are almost daily changed. In...
President Donald Trump' seventeen day vacation has created the sane curiosity as most of what he does. The White House will be renovated to eradicate bugs, water leaks and fix...
Consolidation of the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) sub-regional cooperation has been under process for the last couple of years. The Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA) signed by the four countries could be a...
Credit analysts have an important role to play in framing a good quality loan portfolio of a bank. The authorities like credit committee and executive committee of the Board of...
During his visit to Hu?, Vietnam's former royal capital, earlier this year, Japanese Emperor Akihito and his entourage were reminded of their country's longstanding cultural connections with Vietnam. In the...
With a higher growth rate (even if by a whisker) than last fiscal (7.5 per cent as against 7.4 per cent) announced in the budget for 2017-2018 and inflation reasonably...
Bangladesh has a somewhat comfortable position in Human Development Ranking (HDR). According to HDR Index 2016, Bangladesh has been ranked 139th among 188 countries. Bangladesh moved three notches up in...
The Bangladesh Constitution provides that it shall be a fundamental aim of the State to realise through democratic process a society free from exploitation, a society in which rule of...
Broadly defined in terms of power (the ABCD, i.e., acquisition, balance, control, and distribution of it), politics has historically been most representatively practised through a democratic government. At this 21st...
The opposition leaders have proposed to hold protests before election, blocking roads, calling for strikes and mobilizing party supporters to continue such demonstrations for free-fair election. The government claims that...
War is a curse to human civilisation. Waging war is the luxury of the powerful who either pretend to hear nothing or hear everything. In either case, the impunity or...
The Finance Minister has recently called for a public debate on the issue of changing the prevailing financial year (July-June) as some sections of people had opined that the financial...
Recent flash floods in the Sylhet region followed by successive landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rains in southeastern Bangladesh again brought to the fore the ravages unleashed by nature in...
In a way it was a journey of a lifetime, not because the distance involved for me (I was almost travelling from one end of the world to the other...
Over the past several years, SMEs have been the most focused and prioritised segment for credit growth. Policymakers have identified the SMEs as the prime driver of economic emancipation for...
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