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JAHANGIRNAGAR University is so lovely a place with exquisite scenic beauty that you can just idle away hours together by sitting amid the bounty of nature. As a bonus, you...
SIXTY-FIVE years ago, the Language Movement martyrs laid down their lives on February 21 in 1952 for recognition of Bangla as a state language. The day was later declared the...
DHAKA city and traffic jam have been synonymous. Dhaka city is characterised by perennial traffic congestions which often grip the city and one does not know how long it will...
Europe is cautiously welcoming the return of inflation after a worrying period where interest rates veered to below zero, essentially meaning it would cost to maintain deposits. Rising prices pre-suppose...
Bangladeshi expatriate workers sent home $13.61 billion by official count last year against $15.32 billion a year before. Thus the remittance inflow dropped by 11.15 per cent last year despite...
The global economy appears to be poised for very modest growth in 2016 and 2017. According to the IMF-WEO, October, 2016, the global economic growth is projected to decline to...
The ruling party's public meeting on Wednesday left the common people of the city in pains. Many of us usually do not step outside the house if it is not...
An asteroid estimated to be around 35 to 120 feet in diameter, flew close by our earth in early January. It passed by at a distance of about half the...
Use of polythene paper and bags were banned in the country by laws a few years ago. There was a marked improvement immediately afterwards and it prompted a mercurial rise...
Bangladesh, in order to embark upon a higher growth path, needs to increase labour productivity. This depends on appropriate skill training. As the economy draws the lifeblood for the country's...
In rural Bangladesh, mobility of farmers between farm and non-farm activities has increased. This mobility is from farms to non-farms and not the other way round. As far as primary...
Through the current 7th Five Year Plan 2016-2020, the government of Bangladesh has begun the journey of sustainable development goals (SDGs) as a 'whole of government' approach, which includes health...
In two dramatic developments, 2016 saw the end of globalisation as we have known it. The first was Brexit last May, the decision by the UK to leave the European...
Domestic tourism in the country has started picking up after the 2013-14 political mayhem ended, and with the return of normalcy. Many other sectors are also witnessing optimistic developments. Violent...
THE concept of human rights came under limelight in early 20th century. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. In 1950 General Assembly...
SEEKING admission to a gym is beneficial for health as the facility is like a school which trains up to lead a healthy life for us. There are various kinds...
A detailed and technically important safety matter related write-up on Russian Nuclear Power Plants, and related nuclear regulations that need to be enforced was very lucidly covered by Dr. Rahman's...
As described by the CNN in a recent report, popular but politically humbled, Barack Obama leaves the White House as the President of the world's number one superpower and the...
If anything, it is a multi-dimensional textbook imbroglio this time. First, a decision has already been taken to reduce the number of textbooks for students of class VI, VII and...
Realistically, since no world-leading country prevails presently, the contestation boils down to three would-be candidates (or 'pretenders', since that is what their actions betray): China, Russia, and the United States...
The government of Bangladesh has done the exercise of SDG Data Gap Analysis with the assistance of all data-generating agencies including the National Statistical Organisation (NSO) of Bangladesh viz. Bangladesh...
WHEN was the last time you got lost in the realm of imagination? Most of us these days spend our time scrolling news feed, reading tweets, watching Youtube videos and...
LITTERING wastes here and there is a bad habit which makes the city unclean and filthy. The government should enact a law against it and anyone found littering indiscriminately should...
A few days ago we saw a massive fire that broke out all of a sudden in the Gulshan-1 DCC market and the shops located in the market were burnt...
When a younger cousin of mine approached me with a technology-based business idea, unique in its own right, I asked him to prepare a pitch deck for it. He wanted...
Only a few decades back, Islamic finance was unknown to even many Muslim scholars who were religious and propagators of Islam. To many other finance experts, the subject of Islamic...
Air pollution is a global phenomenon. The two major sources of air pollution in Bangladesh, e.g., vehicular emissions and industrial emissions are mainly concentrated in cities. Moreover, in order to...
International trade of Bangladesh has passed another year of buoyancy against the backdrop of global slowdown as well as some internal shocks. Sluggish global demand was particularly a matter of...
It is well recognised that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are all inter-connected in a system. We cannot aim to achieve just one Goal. Rather we have to achieve all...
It is well recognised that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are all inter-connected in a system. We cannot aim to achieve just one Goal. Rather we have to achieve all...
"A drop of ink makes millions think." I am told by a very senior journalist as well as by a very elderly advocate that it was Justice Murshed who would...
THE Tigers will start their first of the two Test match series against the New Zealand on January 12. Undoubtedly the hosts will be in a more comfortable position as...
NO textbooks either in Bangla or English versions are available on the NCTB website. Other materials like teachers' guides are also not found there. There are many learning materials prepared...
A large number of labourers have been going abroad for employment. They have been sending in good amount of foreign exchange every month. Most of the labourers who went for...
The agriculture minister deserves thanks for her innovative efforts in organising a three-day national vegetable fair at Khamarbari in Dhaka. The expo has brought to the fore huge potential of...
The prospect of Public Private Partnership (PPP) looks dim for many countries, including ours. Despite the promised deliverance from tight regulatory control that most advocates of this model of growth...
In a recent friendly argument, a media person insisted that it was about time for certain rules to be in place for social media content. If it is possible to...
The new Gregorian calendar year is showing some signs of a new geopolitical equation to deal with the American-backed Afghan civil war and the six-year-long Syrian crisis which have defied...
The new Gregorian calendar year is showing some signs of a new geopolitical equation to deal with the American-backed Afghan civil war and the six-year-long Syrian crisis which have defied...
WHAT will be facilities and amenities in a car of tomorrow? Naturally look, style and shape are bound to change. Amenity wise, the major change will be in electronic modifications...
THE Tigers lost the T20 series with a 3-0 margin. It is indeed frustrating to see Bangladesh being defeated in successive encounters. Now the Tigers will have to adopt a...
UBER is a mobile phone app which connects a taxi cab with a passenger. Under this arrangement, every taxi cab has global positioning system (GPS) to observe the location of...
Sanjay Kathuria, the World Bank lead economist for South Asia, has said the right thing. He said Bangladesh needs to think beyond the apparel sector as a part of its...
In the realm of land management in rural Bangladesh, one important question often raised is how the farmers use the meagre amount of land that they have, and what factors...
The New Zealanders reversed the 4-0 whitewash by Bangladesh on its 2011 visit to the country in the 50-50 series by whitewashing Bangladesh 3-0 in the same format on its...
Since the last few years, the NBR's tax target has been increasing exponentially. The principles of fixing the targets on each category of taxes, i.e., income tax, import tax and...
Bangladesh manufactures almost all types of medicines and fulfills the demand of 160 million people. The country manufactures around 97 per cent medicines domestically and imports the remaining 3.0 per...
Widening of tax net is one of the most discussed and debated issues in Bangladesh. It is a fact that while Bangladesh is aspiring to graduate from the present level...
FAST food is particularly popular among young children and they love fast food without knowing that eating this food regularly may bring health complication like obesity, diabetes, hypertension etc. Children...
AMIR Khan's latest movie "Dangal" is shattering all previous box office records in terms of reputation and commercial success. Amir is lovingly known as Mr. Perfectionist of Indian cinema. "Dangal"...
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