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Stakeholders at home and abroad need information from a third party about the standing of banks for safety of their transactions. Bankers' almanac is one of these important sources of...
Over the last eight years, bilateral relation between Bangladesh and India has advanced significantly thanks to the political willingness of both countries. Bangladesh, certainly, has moved faster to accommodate a...
Bangladesh has been improving its position in the world energy management index. A report of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) has placed it in the 104th among 127 countries...
ANXIETY and stress have become unfailing companions to modern life. A certain amount of stress is a normal part of life. We can use some simple techniques and strategies to...
ALL the state-owned sugar mills in Bangladesh, except Carew and Company, have been incurring losses for years together. It is very difficult to find when did the mills earn profit...
WE only feel blessed as we look at our cricket team, which Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been leading successfully for about a decade, although he was intermittently down with injuries....
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), anti-graft watchdog, is going through flurries of activities. It has apparently become active in arresting alleged corrupt people and filing cases against them. Very recently, the...
A local commercial bank once secured foreign investment against issuance of additional equity. The foreign investor was the IFC (International Finance Corporation), the market-oriented or commercial wing of the World...
THIS refers to your editorial "Allowing tourism to come of age" (FE- April 3). Tourist attractions of Bangladesh include historical sites and monuments, resorts, beaches, picnic spots, forests and tribal...
MITFORD Hospital in old Dhaka is one of the country's most prominent hospitals. Established in 1954, the hospital provides specialised medical treatment to patients. Once built in a sequestered place...
Most people love ice cream and a festive meal is incomplete without a scoop of it. Who would refuse a treat of cool and delicious ice cream in a hot...
Against the backdrop of labour turmoil in Ashulia garment industrial belt and its fallout, four global rights groups on January 18 last urged the European Parliament (EP) to review the...
The observance of the International Women's Day a fortnight ago has brought to light many relevant information about women --information that perhaps would not have otherwise gained such prominence in...
Bangladesh has secured impressive gains in the expansion of income, reduction of poverty and improving the basic indicators of human development. Buoyed by the success with income growth, whereby the...
The prices of gram, sugar, wheat, edible oil, etc., are on the increase. Traders say prices are increasing because of lower imports. But, according to Chittagong Customs, essential commodities for...
Figuratively there has never been much heat in Bangladesh's relations with Russia (stretching back even to its independence). Yet, that observation might become literally false: Russia boasts deeper imprints on...
Economics is all about choices. The theory of social choice by Kenneth J Arrow has played a revolutionary role in economics. But even without going to the rigorous theoretical analysis...
Successful service-oriented companies depend largely on teams of people who are appointed to work to fulfil organisational vision. Every firm needs to follow some basic systems to manage their employees....
A news item under the heading 'Brac signs MoU with a2i to provide technical training to the youth' has drawn my attention. Training of the youth is really very important...
THE Finance Minister, AMA Muhit recently said that tuition fees of public (government) colleges and universities including medical colleges would be increased by five times from next financial year 2017-18....
A world without flower is simply unimaginable. But why? Flowers are not foods that satisfy one's hunger. Yet if there were no flowers, this world would be far less an...
The state-owned banks that often hit the newspaper headlines, generally for wrong reasons, are victims of backlog of cases instituted with the Money Loan Courts (MLCs). A few statistics are...
The capital market of Bangladesh was until recently in the doldrums following two major crashes, first in 1996 and then in 2010. Both the crashes were characterised by fast escalating...
The month of March is important for Bangladesh. Every Bangladeshi remembers with respect the 7th of this month when Bangabandhu addressed all of us and told us to prepare ourselves...
THE YouTube internet channel has been covering programmes on Sufism where opposing Islamic scholars deliver contradictory opinion on Sufism. We are stunned to find questions like, are Sufis and Shia...
AS we step out of the house any time during the day we are bound to be confronted by beggars. Unfortunately, many of the beggars are children. We see them...
POVERTY and illiteracy are the root causes of early marriages. Obviously early marriages are high among the poorer section of the society. It is a vicious circle. Many parents in...
The unusual scene has the rusting and nearly dilapidated street food carts stuck in the medians and roadsides in the city's Shahbagh area. Those acquainted with the episode from the...
Bangladesh is the most densely populated country in the world. Our population density is about 950 per square kilometres. There is no other country in the world where population density...
President of European Council Donald Tusk received a communication from Prime Minister Theresa May on March 29 notifying Great Britain's divorce from the European Union (EU) by invoking Article 50...
European Union (EU) leaders gathered in Rome on Saturday, March 25, 2017, exactly sixty years after the singing of the Treaty of Rome which eventually led to the founding of...
ONLINE shopping is gaining popularity in our country particularly from the tech savvy people and I think its popularity will increase with time. Many young people are taking up new...
CONSUMER rights are now an integral part of our lives like a consumerist way of life. As a consumer, one should know how market products are constantly underweight, of inferior...
MOTIVATION is a major tool for boosting productivity of an employee in an organisation. While financial motivation is a great incentive for an employee, there are other motivational factors as...
Recently, the government has taken steps to develop the country's traditional sources of income - jute and the hilsha. However, experts have opined that other sectors should be included in...
Difficult times are ahead for developing countries like Bangladesh in areas of foreign assistance. Drastic cut in foreign aid is in the offing with the Donald Trump administration planning a...
Apparently, Bangladesh achieved remarkable success in the labour-intensive manufacturing sector as displayed by the country's ready-made garment (RMG) industry. For the last two decades, mass manufacturing has been the largest...
Following a recent decision of India to fast-track six hydropower projects, worth $15 billion, in the India-controlled Kashmir, tension has apparently risen along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) - a...
In the World Happiness Report 2017, released on March 20, 2017, Bangladesh is ranked 110th out of 155 countries. In South Asia, the report places Bangladesh ahead of Myanmar (114),...
Recent discoveries of some remains of Neanderthals have led scientists to draw a unanimous conclusion. They now believe the use of medicinal plants was widespread among the long-extinct but closest...
Barely six-years after the Second World War, six countries sat across the table to cobble together an agreement, an understanding that were driven by fear, by necessity and by compulsion....
THE Prime Minister while inaugurating the newly built Bangladesh Security and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Bhaban at Agargaon recently advised the stock market investors to invest in stock markets based on...
BANGLADESH Cricket needed one such icon. A team with youthful exuberance was faltering time and again. So it was looking for a leader who could show them the right direction....
"Age" may mean everything in the modern materialistic world. Beginning with the job we land to the support we will need as a senior citizen, "age" may be exerting a...
The news that some of the beneficiaries of the restructured loan facility offered by the central bank has defaulted on payment of the very first instalment of their outstanding loan...
Endowed with pristine beauty of verdant forest canopies on hilltops and lush green spreading endlessly at foothills, Sreemangal casts a magic spell on visitors to the land. Its natural gift...
During the election campaign Donald Trump repeatedly claimed "I am a deal maker, I know how to make a deal". He also pledged that on the first day in office...
AKM QUAYUM, a man of 51 years, born in a middle class family with no economic solvency but had the dream of doing something big. With this hope he left...
This refers to the letter "Importance of counsellors in reducing road accidents" (FE- March 28). More than 1.2 million people are killed in road accidents worldwide, every year. It is...
THE whole country was going through a nightmarish experience as the special team of Bangladesh Army was spearheading an anti-militant operation in "Atia Mahal" at Shibbari, Sylhet. Finally, the operation...
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