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'Ityadi' is one of the most popular and the longest running magazine show on television. It has completed 27 years of transmission. It is the only BTV programme which is...
A few days ago I read an interesting story about life and I would like to share it with my fellow readers. The story is somewhat like this: One day...
The present situation calls for giving a big push to farm investment especially keeping in view the plight of developing countries. Though 60 per cent of South Asian countries are...
The Bangladesh economy draws its main strength from agriculture sector. The sector contributes about 19.10 per cent to the GDP and employs approximately for about 48 per cent of the...
Ground water availability and, in consequence, access to irrigation in the dry season have much to do with the production of high yielding rice in the winter season that has...
WE just observed the great May Day with due fervour and festivity. Sadly, we talk about workers and their rights when the historic May Day arrives but conveniently forget about...
THE number of elderly people in our country is increasing and currently those who are above 60 years of age constitute around 8.0 per cent of our total population. The...
THIS refers to your article "Trump's 100 days: A mixed bag?" (ED- May 3). The 100 days of the Trump administration have shown a positive trend for the Indo-US relationship....
The activities of the Dhaka city's meat traders in response to alleged levying of excess tax on them while purchasing cows and goats from the permanent cattle market at Gabtoli...
Nowhere is there in Bangladesh such a concentration of public hospitals, all being specialised except one, as it is in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. Starting with the Shaheed Suhrwardy Hospital, the only...
One of the most important implications of technological advancement in banking is that it has made distant customers come closer. Majority of banks are planning to introduce information communication technology...
COACHING business is going on unabated in the country despite repeated objections from the civil society. Under the circumstances the government should formulate new laws to eradicate the evil of...
MONSOON is round the corner and we are already experiencing light to heavy showers every now and then. It is needless to say that most of the roads in our...
SUPPOSE you are surfing on net, scrolling down the tab and suddenly at the bottom of the screen a rectangular box appears with an advertisement, may be of Sunsilk or...
It has become a practice that prices of essential commodities make a phenomenal jump at the beginning of every Ramadan in the country. This year also, the same scenario is...
Like any other commodity, the price of a currency is determined by its demand and supply. If, in a period, demand surpasses supply, the price will go up, and the...
President Donald J Trump's first 100 days were completed on April 27. During the campaign and while waiting the two months plus a few more days since winning the election...
The 10th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is frustrating for the Bangladeshi cricket fans as both of our players Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman are sidelined. This...
If people want, they can bring desired change to an ambience. Armanitola playground is a glaring example. A few days ago, I went on an official assignment to old Dhaka...
Your editorial "Water crisis plagues many rural areas" (FE- April 29) reminded me the words of William Ashworth who said that "Children of a culture born in a water-rich environment,...
When geography endowed Bangladesh with sea ports where even big ships, a few hundred years ago, could anchor inland such as Mirkadim, we have rested on the laurels of nature's...
In spite of the high importance tagged to multilateralism for quite sometime now, regional cooperation is, in reality, gaining increasing momentum. There are many reasons, including among others failure of...
With a surge in investment in the renewable energy sector within and outside, China has clearly targeted to lead the world in promoting non-fossil fuel based power production. Because of...
When U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt called a special congressional session, from March 9, 1933 to June 16 1933, to legislate the New Deal legislations, he defined more than half-a-century...
Of the country's total population, 127 million are workable. The government could provide nearly 1.0 per cent of its total population with employment in its existing setup. According to a...
If we look around, we see too many private cars are plying on our roads and choking the throat of city traffic. We cannot blame the citizens for their increasing...
Breast cancer is unfortunately quite common among our women and the number of affected women is increasing day by day. We do not talk openly about the disease. Every year...
In Bangladesh, roads have virtually become 'death-traps' these days! Recently, the government revealed that 34,918 people died in road accidents during the last ten years, although the latest media reports...
This was e-mailed to me by my cousin (Ayub Ahmed), who was born and brought up in Burma (now Myanmar) and is settled in the USA. You may find this...
On rare occasions does a laundry worker or a salesman of a neighbourhood grocery opens up to confide in one of the customers belonging to a class higher than his/her...
Today is the historic May Day or Labour Day. The day that represents the heroic struggle and supreme sacrifices of the workers in Chicago City of the USA to establish...
The Asia-Pacific region's high and steady economic growth has been an anchor of stability for the struggling world economy in recent years. Developing economies of the region now account for...
Since North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un flaunted dozens of medium and long range missiles including rocket canisters big enough to fit inter-continental ballistic missiles that might even hit the US...
When business leaders get together to talk about innovating their industries, they typically focus on initiatives like improving government funding for basic research, or building technology hubs and incubators. But...
ADOPTING unfair means in exams is a despicable crime, to say the least. Students involved in such crime are not only cheating their examiners, institutions and the examination system as...
EVE teasing is a social evil and despite our utmost efforts we are yet to get rid of it. We often read in newspapers about a girl committing suicide due...
THE former Prime Minister of United Kingdom, David Cameron, came to Bangladesh on a short visit. He was here to deliver a keynote address in a seminar on "Global challenges...
The news of the disappearance of a river in Canada in just four days has been readily attributed to the impact of global warming. The report appeared in the latest...
Unplanned housing is a major problem for the people living in rural Bangladesh. Although the government has implemented a few sporadic rural housing projects, namely cluster and ideal village projects...
Jobs of an American president in the First 100 Days are the first few steps he undertakes to fulfill what he had promised before being elected. These first steps are...
"Central problem of depression prevention has been solved'' - Nobel Laureate Robert Lucas That's what Professor Robert Lucas said in his presidential address at the 2003 American Economic Association's annual...
Recently, Bangladesh Bank (BB) has issued an instruction to all commercial banks advising them to follow Bank Company Act 1991 and amendment thereof up to 2013 while making payment of...
There is a need for a sharp rise in investment in the country. The private sector investors are not coming forward in this regard as there are complexities in all...
"The despised, the insulted, the hurt, the dispossessed-in short, the underdogs of the human race were meeting. … Who had thought of organizing such a meeting? And what had these...
UBER has been playing a vital role to improve taxi service in our city. I have a pleasant experience of using it and I found it very good, comfortable and...
OFFICE environment is far different from that of an educational institution. Most students want a good employment after graduating in different disciplines from different educational institutions. When the newly graduating...
Policymakers cannot hurry after a regional dynamic for tourism denying the slower pace of Bangladesh's own tourism activities. Nevertheless, tourism must be considered a key source of revenue as the...
The catastrophic flash flood in haor (wetland) areas of the country has brought to the fore the fact that Bangladesh is yet to be adequately prepared to face natural disasters....
In the thick of news about forced child marriages across the country, the emergence of resistance groups comprising teenage girls comes as a ray of hope. These days, child marriages...
Somewhere in between the rhetoric, the value of subsidies in a lop-sided economy has been lost. Impressive results in crop production, friendly weather and prudent use of subsidy have taken...
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