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The progress of Bangladesh against some socio-economic indicators has been lauded nationally and internationally. It attained quite a number of targets of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). One of the important...
DRUG addiction is rising alarmingly in the old part of the city and senior citizens are worried about it. It has become a lucrative business for a few who are...
ROADS and highways of our country are becoming increasingly risky for our people to negotiate as deadly accidents have become a regular phenomenon on these roads. We saw on February...
A child is usually asked a common question by people around, "what do you want to be in future?" Most children will reply - 'a doctor' or 'an engineer'. It...
Muggers are on the prowl with malevolent intention. For quite sometime they remained inactive. Now these criminal gangs seem to have stepped up their activity with renewed vigour. In the...
With continued erosion of competitiveness of jute mills in Bangladesh, it has been news worthy update that the government has taken a large project to upgrade production technology of jute...
Good corporate governance should provide proper incentives for the board and management to pursue objectives that are in the interests of the company and its shareholders and should facilitate effective...
THE road of north Badda is in such a bad shape that both vehicles and pedestrians find it difficult to move through easily and we usually have a long traffic...
QUESTION paper leakage is now a common phenomenon all over the country. One can not even think of an examination without disclosure of question papers prior to the exam night....
YOU make a phone call and a taxi driver picks you up from your location to drop you at your destination. This was something the people of Dhaka city saw...
The recent media-circulated images of teenage school girls sobbing their heart out have moistened the eyes of many people. They were crying after a terrible loss inflicted on them. It...
The two-day Asia-Pacific Business Forum (APBF) concluded in the city last week with a clarion call on the private sector to play a greater role in implementing the country's Sustainable...
Donald Trump is on the saddle and his party controls both Houses of the Congress. He can now push through his tax plan. His tax package has apparently two major...
Belated though, perhaps an enquiry into the performance of the Bangladesh economy for the year that passed would not be out of tune. Normally an economy like that of Bangladesh...
Despite 11 ultimatums, the Ministry of Industries has not succeeded in shifting tanneries from Hazaribagh. The last deadline has expired but raw hides are entering Hazaribagh as usual. Leather is...
Motivating employees always plays a significant role in the growth of a business. An expanding organisation can motivate its personnel with attractive salary, pay rises, scope of promotion and most...
The members of my family gathered in front of our television on January 15, 2017 at round 11am in order to participate in the 'Akheri Munajat' of World Ijtema phase...
At long last the central bank has taken the trouble of taking note of the depositors' plight, in terms of the rates of interest the banks have been offering to...
Bangladesh is blessed with the Bay of Bengal as the sea gives the country a potentially smooth entry and exit route for imports and exports respectively. Chittagong now hosts the...
The smile was warm, as ever except the confidence of youth no longer permeated. The punjabi, worn often in conjunction with another was none the better for wear. Unlike other...
The smile was warm, as ever except the confidence of youth no longer permeated. The punjabi, worn often in conjunction with another was none the better for wear. Unlike other...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas paid a three- day state visit to Bangladesh at the invitation of President Abdul Hamid from February 01. He was accorded a red-carpet reception at the...
Inequality is one of the key challenges of our time. Numerous studies conclude that in 2015 almost half of all household wealth was owned by 1 per cent of the...
Kristine Carlsson, a Swedish poet visiting Dhaka, was found engrossed in poetry as he listened to the poems being read out on the dais. The event was the annual open-air...
INTERNET is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and...
LAST Monday, a senior Buddhist monk in Myanmar's Rakhine State was arrested after police discovered a huge consignment of methamphetamine tablets worth $9.2 million. The monk, named Arsara, is quite...
Bangladesh has been ranked one of the least attractive logistics markets in the world by a global think tank. 'Agility Global Integrated Logistics' with support from 'Transport Intelligence' prepared the...
The month-long Ekushey book fair at the Bangla Academy has transcended from a modest promotion of creativity in print form into a national cultural surge centring around books. Hundreds of...
How might China's year of the rooster relate to our 2017 expectations? Since it is the only bird in the Chinese zodiac, we do expect some sort of an exceptional...
The decision to demutualise is initially undertaken because of several external and internal factors related to stock exchanges. While it is important to look at the external factors that may...
ALTHOUGH fast food is becoming increasingly popular, lot of people are against making fast food eating a regular habit. They are of the view that one can occasionally go for...
THE new trend in Bangladesh right now is to go digital. Apparently, the Bangladesh Police has also been bitten by the digital bug, and they are offering a limited but...
Buoyed by the findings of a preliminary search, an Indian company is expected to drill an exploratory well in a shallow offshore block in the Bay of Bengal to discover...
The two policies the policymakers use to help develop or keep the economy on the right track are monetary policy and fiscal policy. One is no less important than the...
The main mode of public transportation in Dhaka as well as all over the country is privately operated buses. This has become the most vulnerable part of the country's public...
TWO balloon vendors died recently in the capital as their gas cylinders used for inflation of balloons exploded. It is worrying on many counts. In many houses gas cylinders are...
DHAKA is rated as one of the most polluted cities in the world. Dust and dirt have become an integral part of our life. The media are vociferous about its...
ELECTRONIC cigarette (e-cigarettes, e-cigs) is a power-driven device aimed to discharge nicotine with flavoured vapours. It is marketed as a substitute for normal cigarettes. e-Cigarettes contain high levels of drugs...
One of the strongest determinants of a nation's progress is its treatment of children. In this regard, the government should lead from the front to build them up as competent...
It is heartening to note that the country's readymade garment (RMG) industry has experienced a surge in value addition. The level reached lately, according to the analysis of the central...
Share market has been bullish for the last few weeks. In case of buoyancy of the market all should be happy. But the memory of tsunami in the share market...
THERE is a mushrooming growth of fast food shops across the urban areas. Fast food is very popular particularly among the members of the young generation who take them regularly...
NOW-A-DAYS everything is going online and e-related terminologies are very common all over the world. Bangladesh has also adopted the vision for a "digital Bangladesh" by 2021. Bangladesh Election Commission...
FOOD adulteration is commonly defined as "the addition or subtraction of any substance to or from food, so that the natural composition and quality of food substance is affected." The...
A joke going around says that top-division achieving students go on to be doctors, engineers and bureaucrats, second division achievers go on to become administrative specialists, third division achievers go...
There are a number of studies on labour market and employment of Bangladesh but very few of these focus on the dynamics of female labour market participation in Bangladesh. A...
Sandwiched between a middle-income fascination and a corruption-plagued identity, Bangladesh is a true paradox: more of a campaign is underway to get the United Nations Development Programme to tag the...
BANKING is a hectic job with hardly any breathing space. That is why one needs to take a break from the hectic life style occasionally to enjoy some relief. With...
RECENTLY the government introduced e-tendering system in Bangladesh for better and scam-free tender. But how much it will work for a scam-free tender system remains to be seen. If we...
Two pictures of an upazila chairman and a donor of school land walking on human bridges formed by students of two schools -- one in Chandpur and another in Jamalpur...
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