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CLIMATE change is a growing threat for the people of the world. The negative effect of climate change is dangerous. It seriously affects agricultural production and livelihood, especially of the...
THE process of making multiple identical copies (unauthorised) is called cloning. Cloning has engulfed all the technological fields making life increasingly difficult for the people of the world. SIM (Subscriber...
When the buzzword named corporate social responsibility (CSR) was introduced to the world it had an eerie and unreal aura of some sacred halo to hang around the corporate neck....
Finance Minister AMA Muhith expressed his hope last week that the country's investment-GDP ratio would reach 32 per cent within the next two years and that export growth would cross...
The growing sentiment against the free flow of goods and services, which is often dubbed as anti-globalisation stance, has been increasingly gaining ground in Europe and North America. This is...
The Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University (DU) formally started in 1965. Indiana University sent Professor Oris Canin as the first advisor to IBA. He shortlisted, interviewed and...
AIR pollution is a major health concern for the citizens of Dhaka. The city's air is heavily polluted. Dhaka is one of the twenty most polluted cities in the world...
THE futuristic cars of tomorrow will have features technology- and style-wise. It will be an electronic 'thinking brain' that will make car-driving easier for a driver, in the usual stream...
The issue of non-performing loans has gained increasing attention in recent times because of its rising trend over the past two years. Policymakers, businessmen, and others have been very vocal...
Two kids along with their mothers met the end of their lives when they were on their way to their school on the first day. All of them along with...
Davos, at the foothill of the Alps of Switzerland renowned as ski resort, has been playing an important window known as the World Economic Forum (WEF) about global economy for...
The Centre for Development and Employment Research (CDER) is a new think-tank that has started its journey. In collaboration with the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), the centre kicked...
The findings of a report released on January 17 show a little decline in the total number of children killed in 2016 in the country compared to the previous year....
The day after the final examination at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), I joined the US consulting firm PARSONS Corporation as a project engineer in their Dhaka...
BANGLADESH face New Zealand in the second Test starting from today, January 20 and it will be interesting to see how the Tigers cope up with their defeat in the...
The NOTRE DAME COLLEGE in Dhaka is one of the best colleges in Bangladesh. This college accommodates students from various parts of the country including students from tribal areas. Students...
IN order to include the unbanked people in the banking system, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has launched agent banking service for banks. In this regard, the central bank issued a...
Two city corporations of Dhaka, literally, are in the soup. They are having a tough time in their bids to right a few wrongs. They have been facing strong resistance...
Norway tops the Inclusive Development Index (IDI) because the Nordic country boasts high and rising living standard, effective social protection and low inequality inclusive of genders. This is further complemented...
Just as 2016 epitomized a year of retreating from external commitments in favour of enhanced nationalism, the 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) boldly seeks to push the global cooperation framework....
Inadequate energy supply is a predominant feature of all the underdeveloped nations across the globe. It is extensively acknowledged in empirical studies that the incompetence of these nations to meet...
The inefficient and inadequate public transport system of the country is gradually driving the people to look for some micro-level solutions to address commuting hassles. The growing number of motorcycles...
DEMONSTRATIONS by a large number of workers of garments and knitwear factories were held at Dhaka, Chittagong, Fatulla, Ashulia and Savar in recent years. Frequent labour unrest interrupted operation of...
MOUCHAK-MOGHBAZAR flyover may be just another name for a road linking Mouchak with Tejgaon I/A and beyond. The name of the flyover may be simple but for those who are...
The reported rise in sales of motorcycles by 15 to 20 per cent due to nearly 15 per cent fall in their prices will certainly delight our youths but this...
When we go through books on finance that deal with stock market investment, we think there is no way of understanding it without grasping these issues as written in books....
What is digital marketing? "Achieving marketing objectives through applying digital technologies and media is called digital marketing." This is probably the simplest form of definition of digital marketing by Dave...
Statistics measure a country's development status and help set priorities for future action. Statistics are used both in preparing the plan documents and also monitoring the progress made over time....
THE government of India has laid a levy on jute and jute goods to be exported from Bangladesh and Nepal which is likely to be enforced for 5 years from...
Against the backdrop of rising number of killings on roads we are all scared of road accidents. The frequency of road accidents and the extent of casualties thereof have really...
WE cannot do many things due to lack of attention or shortage of time. One should try and do whatever he or she really wants to do. But that should...
Severe gas crisis has hit many parts of the metropolis. A meagre flow of gas is available only at night time in those areas. Reports say the main cause is...
Is this too general an observation that to get out of poverty trap enmeshing most poor countries, international assistance is a must? Poverty trap is no rhetoric. Examination of the...
The economic wellbeing of a country is usually measured, for want of a better or simpler alternative, by gross domestic product (GDP). It is defined as the market value of...
Washington is getting ready to welcome the 45th president whose inauguration will he held on January 20. The US capital is also getting ready to show a face to the...
STUDIES have found that learning one or two foreign languages improves our cognitive process. The brain of a multilingual/bilingual speaker works in a different way than one who speaks only...
DONATING blood is a noble initiative which is glorifying for the donors and life saving for the receivers. Donation of blood relieves people in distress, and at times brings people...
IF the two city corporations of the capital can evict street hawkers permanently, it will be a great relief for us as illegal shops and street hawkers constantly create hindrance...
Donald Trump is no doubt going to be an unconventional President. He seems set to be taking his habit of twitting into his presidency. It proved extremely effective in getting...
South Asia, the most populous and the poorest region on earth, has been struggling for economic development for decades. Over the past decades, there were a lot of improvements on...
We could easily make 2016 an annus horibilis if we want. Many developments did not pan out as intended, the two most dominating street-side discussions being the Brexit referendum and...
BANGLADESH is one of the most beautiful countries in the world with exquisite natural beauty. Its tourist attractions include historical monuments, resorts, beaches, picnic spots, forests and tribal people, wildlife...
SALMAN Shah, the beloved hero of Bangladeshi cinema who touched the hearts of all Bangladeshi people, died on September 6, 1996. He lived for only three years as a hero...
SHAKIB Al Hasan's solid double century and Mushfiq's 159 marked a great turn-around for the Tigers in the first Test against New Zealand at Wellington. Both centuries came at a...
The traffic of Dhaka city has long earned the infamy of giving commuters a nightmarish time. On Thursday last, the regulators of traffic at Shahbagh and the intersections around it...
The stock market is in an upbeat mood. If not in terms of flow of investors, turnover and indices are indicative of a surge. Since the introduction of new indices...
The Internet has opened up a new possibility for trade and commerce, called electronic commerce. e-commerce involves the use of the Internet in advertising, identification, payment and supply of goods...
Nisha Desai Biswal, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs in the outgoing Obama Administration, once famously said that South Asia is one of the least...
Of the four macroeconomic accounts, balance of payment is critically important, next to monetary and fiscal account. It is a well-recognised term since it is widely used as an indicator...
Financial literacy is about making people financially literate aimed at enabling them to manage their finance adeptly and making their decisions judiciously. The significance of financial literacy can hardly be...
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