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NOW-A-DAYS we see children growing up less actively than their previous generation and we cannot blame them for not being so. One of the contributing factors in this respect is...
PEOPLE in Bangladesh can now take medicare for free from doctors working in the government health centres. For this, a mobile phone has been given to each district and sub-district...
PAKISTANI cricketers have proved once again that they are the most unpredictable team in the world. It has won the ICC Champions Trophy by stunning everyone when they were considered...
The 11th ministerial conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is scheduled to take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina this December. This is the second time a Latin American country...
Bangladesh is prone to natural hazards but is not a protracted crisis-ridden country like Sudan, Afghanistan, Fiji and Zimbabwe. The annual gross domestic growth (GDP) rate has been growing 6+...
By some estimates, automation threatens over half of all jobs in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. And now that the employment challenge is coming into focus, the...
It has been reported in the media recently that there is a stock of 100 tons of illegally procured gold with 11 top businessmen in the country. The value of...
BANGLADESH BANK has instructed all the scheduled banks to set up help desk to accelerate remittance inflow through banking channel. The central bank urged top 30 remittance-recipient banks to go...
AFTER the introduction of Uber in Bangladesh people thought it would be a very convenient way to travel inside Dhaka. Most of the CNG-Auto rickshaws and taxis are not charging...
AS we learn a foreign language we also come to know about the culture, people, and their lifestyle. Studies have found that learning one or two foreign languages improves our...
The spontaneous outbursts of criticism and condemnation of the tax proposals in the budget by all and sundry no sooner the finance minister read it out in parliament made me...
Bengali hospitality and generosity have been two of the hallmarks of the resilience that we are famous for. From natural disasters to the tumultuous and scary days of the war...
Hectic diplomatic activities are now going on in the Gulf region following severance of ties with Qatar by Saudi Arabia along with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain and...
Recently, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked all commercial banks to be cautious about fake notes as forgers may attempt to release counterfeit notes ahead of the Eid festivals cashing in...
The ICC Championship final will be played today (Sunday) between two traditional rivals both in cricket field and outside, India and Pakistan. India is predicted to be the likely winner...
The United Kingdom general election held on June 08, 2017 resulted in what the British call a "hung parliament" indicating that no one single political party commands an absolute majority...
The Finance Minister (FM) Mr. A M A Muhith presented the next fiscal year's budget to the parliament on June 01, 2017. He claimed it to be the biggest and...
EID is only a few days away and the crowd of homebound people is already growing in number. A mad rush is already there for tickets. Sharing of Eid festivity...
TIGERS' dreams ended in disappointment when they lost in ICC trophy semi-finals against hot-favourite India and set the stage of an India- Pakistan clash in the finals. Like they did...
THREE construction workers died as they fell from an under-construction 10-storied building at Baily Road in the capital. Such incidents are quite common in Bangladesh and it seems there is...
The DHAKA WASA collects Tk 8.09 per cubic litre of water for domestic consumers along with a similar amount against sewerage connection. This is in addition to 15 per cent...
Last month, Emmanuel Macron pulled the proverbial rabbit from the electoral hat. Against the odds, the independent centrist won the French presidency by a decisive margin, beating the far-right populist...
The role of remittances in Bangladesh's growth and development needs no emphasis. Direct and indirect impact of foreign as well as local remittances on reduction of poverty is amply documented...
In hindsight it was the wildfire success of Facebook that re-channelled focus creating the information technology (IT) bubble. Up went the stocks as well as expectations of a new and...
Loading policy-making analysis with historical events often takes the 'baby' being cleansed (Islamic extremism) out with the dirty bathwater (faulty policies, first by befriending dictators, then by prioritising bombings and...
A great number of people are reported to have been infected with Chikungunya virus in the city. High temperature along with joint pains are the common symptoms of the disease....
THE two elected mayors of Dhaka city appeared on the media after completing two years as mayors of Dhaka. As residents of New Eskaton in Dhaka we are yet to...
CHILDREN in Dhaka are missing out on physical activities because of a shortage of playgrounds. A recent survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics suggests that only 2.0 per cent...
At least 125 people, including six army personnel and children, were killed in separate incidents of hillslides triggered by heavy rains in Rangamati, Bandarban, and Chittagong districts on Tuesday (June...
As Britain focuses on what its relationship with the European Union (EU) might look like once it leaves the bloc, sometime during 2019, the rest of the world is already...
When the first vehicles of Rapid Action Battalion rolled down the streets of Dhaka and waded into action there was a quiet sense of relief among the general public even...
Recently, US President Donald Trump declared that his country would pullout from the Paris Agreement under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change after striking a major blow to international...
THE holy month of Ramadan teaches us self-restraint and purification and encourages us to live a simple and pure life. It is the month when introspection among the Muslims should...
BANGLADESH is in ICC Champion's Trophy semi-final and everyone is impressed with the new-found Bangladesh! Legends and star cricketers like Sunil Gavaskar, Sourav Ganguly, Mike Atherton and Ramiz Raja are...
WE are saddened to learn that more than a hundred people were killed by landslides in the hilly districts, Chittagong, Banderban and Rangamati due to heavy downpour. Most of the...
Substantial hike in prices of rice and garlic in recent months has been hitting the commoners very hard. Prices of both these commodities have reached all-time high in the country....
The government, it seems, wants to mobilise as much money as it can to increase its annual revenue income. This is evident from its ever-increasing effort to levy taxes almost...
Among other things, two fundamental factors are pivotal to the sustainable growth of Bangladesh economy - investment (both domestic and foreign) and employment generation. The largest budget in terms of...
As the central banks of major advanced economies are pondering the shift from massive easing to gradual tightening, all other nations must adjust to these huge shifts, whatever their current...
It could be passed as the product or even an invention of a devil's workshop. Isn't an idle head a devil's workshop? But it's more than that. Beatification of the...
BANGLADESH Biman has always been one of the worst airlines in the world, but according to recent reports it was ranked second. The report published by SKYTRAX, a web-based airline...
THIS refers to your thought-provoking article "Drawing up strategy to reduce non-performing loans" (FE- June 11). Over the years, much has been talked about non-performing loans and the emphasis so...
BANGLADESH and India will face each other in the semi-final of the Champion's Trophy and the high voltage match will take place on June 15. India is far ahead of...
The power sector has played a crucial role in making Bangladesh one of the fastest developing economies in the region. The generation capacity has tripled between 2008 to 2017 (from...
WASTE is a regular phenomenon everywhere in the world that require to be removed at regular intervals in the interest of public health. The two Dhaka City Corporations (DCC North...
BELIEVE it or not, the Dutch King Willem-Alexander was a regular "guest pilot" on KLM's Fokker-70 airplanes for decades as reported in the latest issue of the magazine "Popular Mechanics"...
The DEBATE over the erection of Rampal power plant has already kicked off a lot of dust. On one hand, the scientists and environmentalists have waged a relentless struggle on...
Exhorting the Comptroller and Audit wing to ensure transparency and efficiency of public spending is almost an adage for presidents as they accept updated reports. Essentially there was nothing different...
In the budget speech in parliament on June 01, Finance Minister AMA Muhith gave us good news that Bangladesh is now on the 'highway to development' (Unnyoner Mohashoroke). The budgetary...
A budget can be analysed to find fault with or for appreciation from many perspectives ranging from balancing income and expenditures and implementation capacity of the government. This write-up examines...
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