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Tiny but dangerous insects called mosquitoes can transmit deadly diseases like malaria, zika, dengue, chikungunya and various forms of diseases encephalitis. What philanthropist and entrepreneur Bill Gates said about mosquitoes...
It is easy to sympathise with Mexico now that US President Donald Trump has turned that country into a political piñata. If Trump gets his way, Mexico's northern border will...
About a decade ago, only cell phone network used to be the prime channel through which we could make calls and send messages. The only other medium was using the...
PROPER marketing of services contributes substantially to the process of development. If innovative marketing principles are followed in services marketing, the socio-economic transformation will take place at a much faster...
The rate of student dropouts in our country is higher compared to other countries. There are many reasons of such dropouts. Some students are habitually inattentive. When teachers speak in...
Online shopping is gradually taking its roots in our country. It is becoming increasingly popular particularly among tech-savvy people and this has opened a new door of opportunity for the...
SAFETY at workplace is often overlooked in our country. A few days ago, I saw four workers cleaning the exterior glass of a high-rise building at Motijheel without wearing any...
THIS refers to your write-up "Non-reactive to Road accidents" (FE- July 3). Road safety is a concern for all, regardless of gender. It is a matter of great regret that...
THE difference between a developed and a developing country is that the former is better equipped to face the challenge of overcoming a critical situation than the latter. Developing countries...
The development journey of Asia and the Pacific region in the last 50 years is interesting on many counts. During this half century period, the whole region has teetered on...
Canada's 150th anniversary was more than an occasion for Bangladesh. Exposing many of the traits tallying with our own hopes, it was, indeed, special. When we were born as an...
Two things that President Donald Trump had said on the campaign trail would have disqualified him in a democratic election anywhere. One was his comment taped on the Access Hollywood...
Approximately 10 months after the successful Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in Hangzhou, it is the turn of a German city - Hamburg - to host this high-level meeting. Hamburg...
The fierceness of opposition by recruitment agencies to the government's G2G (government to government) agreements for sending workforce abroad wasn't surprising. Figures aren't readily available but it can be safely...
In international trade, various modes of payment are being used for import and export trade. These are Cash in Advance, Open Account, Documentary Collection and Letter of Credit (L/C). The...
In spite of various measures taken by the country's central bank, the flow of remittances dropped substantially by US$2.16 billion in the last fiscal year (FY). The inward remittances fell...
It is a wonder to many people of the world that Bangladesh could feed its 160 million people so long from within or from its own supply. Credit should go...
With global leadership now in question, the G20's upcoming summit in Hamburg on July 07-08 could be the group's tensest meeting ever. The summit process long pre-dates the G20's founding...
It was unprecedented. A major economic and revenue reform initiative that was tabled with the fiscal year (FY) 2017-18 Budget proposal in Parliament had to be aborted. After a few...
Only a few days back, on July 01 this year, Dhaka University celebrated its 96th anniversary with the theme of "Higher Education for Innovation and Development". With this theme in...
The longest 'war on terror' launched by the United States in Afghanistan seems to have been forgotten amidst the exploding nature of crisis in Syria. Both the wars were initiated...
The Bangladesh Stock Market reached around 5,800 at the end of 2016 and moved downwards to around 5,300. For the last one week trading continued its rising trend and came...
THE country's service sector is expanding rapidly. This expansion has created more employment opportunities and thus contributes a lot to the country's economy. Agriculture was once the main contributor to...
PEOPLE use roads to go from to one place to another. There are some roads where some miscreants are chopping trees frequently for business purposes. In rainy season when there...
Yet another in a long string of negative inflation surprises is at hand. In the United States, the so-called core CPI (consumer price index) - which excludes food and energy...
A few days ago while I was parking my motor bike in underground parking of a building at Motijheel, I noticed that half of the parking space was being used...
Despite having all the potential to flourish, tourism has been growing at snail's pace in Bangladesh. The country is not known as a tourist attraction in the international tourism market....
SWISS BANK is a safe haven for ill-gotten as well as clean money around the world. People around the world depend on Swiss Bank as the most reliable custodian of...
Economic theories developed since the 1960s embrace endogenous growth that introduces human capital - education - as a means of ensuring economic growth. Almost similar to this argument is Amartya...
Islamic extremism cannot be bombed out of this world. Broadly, a military solution is more likely to exacerbate the threat than extinguish it. That is not to say the negotiating...
Asian stocks held two-year highs on Monday, starting the new month on a solid footing after two quarters of gains while expectations of credit tightening by the world's major central...
With all the public attention in the United States focused on health care, immigration, and Russia, the Trump administration's trade policies have flown largely under the radar. But the underlying...
Empowering women as well as promoting gender equality is crucial to the accelerating sustainable development in Bangladesh. Ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls is not only a...
A book on governance written by Chinese President Xi Jinping marked the 1,000-day of its debut later last month, setting a new record in China's publication history in 40 years...
The new rapprochement between Brussels and Beijing involves converging economic interests between Europe and China - and diverging strategic interests between Europe and America. A day after the terror attacks...
THIS refers to a letter "Mosquito and spreading Chikungunya" published in the Financial Express on June 29. Deaths of several people are linked to an outbreak of Dengue, Chikungunya and...
PEOPLE expect a lot from the government on issues of health and food. Health clinics have mushroomed across the country over the years spreading even in remote rural areas that...
THE first anniversary of the Holey Artisan tragedy was observed. The hated terrorists killed twenty innocent men and women, including seventeen foreigners. It is a black day in our history....
Electronics is a typical example of linear model of innovation. The journey started with the invention of transistor in 1947. Three American physicists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley...
Earlier last month, an estimated 100,000 Hong Kong residents gathered in Victoria Park, to mark the 28th anniversary of China violent repression of pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. As...
As a longtime champion of liberty and free trade, it is not surprising that the United States enjoys one of the highest standards of living in the world. But unless...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will kick off a state visit to Russia at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on July 3. It will be the third meeting...
Stocks extended the winning streak for the second week in a row that ended Thursday, the last week of the just concluded fiscal year, as investors showed their buying appetite...
Despite seemingly mixed messages, China's great shift from easing to tightening has begun. While growth will continue to decelerate, it can still remain on the deceleration track, even as deleveraging...
A's for arthritis; B's the bad back, C's the chest pains; Perhaps it's cardiac… D is for dental decay and decline, E is for eyesight, can't read that top line!...
THE FOREIGN exchange reserve of the country has swelled and touched US$33 billion for the first time. The expatriate Bangladeshis working abroad remitted more money on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr...
THE DECISION of the prime minister to postpone implementation of the new VAT law is a laudable one and she deserves to be heartily thanked for the well conceived initiative....
One may ask with natural spiritual fervour, why even try to draw a balance sheet on the phenomenal market dynamism that revolved around the greatest festival of the Muslims --...
When United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres travelled to Uganda earlier last month, his stated mission - to raise billions of dollars for the country's growing refugee crisis - seemed a...
Spurred by resounding 'special election' wins, US President Donald Trump has sent environmentalists, economists and the solar industry diving in three directions with the announcement of building the wall along...
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