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Water experts have long been sounding alarms against receding ground water level in the country. If things continue like this we are in for a grave danger. The importance of...
Over the last few decades, rise in climatic hazards, associated with slow onset and extreme weather events, warranted implementation of the 'Loss and Damage' (L&D) along with adaptation and mitigation...
IT is good to know that the government has no plan to restrict the use of messenger services like imo, viber and whasapp as these apps are playing a very...
I was dismayed to read about Colombian plane crash that killed 76 people. The unfortunate flight was carrying Brazil's Chapecoencs football team members. Out of 81 people only five people...
SOME good initiatives have been taken by the incumbent government. One of the best initiatives is no admission test in grade-1. We had seen all guardians carrying their wards in...
Renowned organisations and professional individuals throughout the United States of America have joined forces and are preparing to mount a robust campaign to end corporal punishment in all schools. No...
Monetisation of paper money is done simply by passing an order by the monetary authority. A central bank, which issues currencies, says that such and such notes are monetised or...
Donald Trump's victory in the United States' presidential election surprised most of the world. But the president-elect is not finished defying expectations. Contrary to the predictions of many experts, stock...
The results of the 2016 presidential election came as a surprise to everyone who had been following election polling. The day before the election, most pollsters and statistical models had...
IT is surprising to note that degree certificates issued by at least eighteen private universities are not recognised by authorities concerned. It is difficult to accept such a situation when...
CHILD labor is an issue that the government is trying hard to eradicate. According to statistics, around 10 per cent of our children aged between five and 14 years work...
THE world is mourning the death of mercurial leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro. Bangladesh is also mourning the sad demise of this great revolutionary leader. He was one of the...
Bangladesh is a densely populated poor country in South Asia with significant achievement in health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with noticeable Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. The density of its...
Public bus is considered as the most efficient mode of urban public transport compared to other smaller vehicles like private cars, motorbikes and auto rickshaws. The efficiency of public bus...
BANGLADESH is about to be a middle-income country. There had been an all round material development in the country. But keeping the city clean remains a major headache for the...
THE whole world has been shocked to see the brutality of the Myanmar government against their own Rakhine citizens. The brutality of the Myanmar regime has reached an extreme level...
DHAKA, the capital of Bangladesh, is one of the most crowded cities in the world and is known for its traffic congestion. People are stuck in a traffic gridlock for...
With populism seemingly going viral in the advanced economies, the political establishment is in retreat. Outsiders are achieving significant political victories by making dramatic promises to shake up or overthrow...
WITH all eyes on the demonetisation, the economists view Rupee with uplifted brows, when it will resurrect from its recent lows against the US dollars. Adding salt to the sea,...
SOME guidelines are proven more fruitful for effective managerial leadership. Effective managers must have the knowledge to make proper use of their time, cope with demands, and handle conflicts. Firstly,...
THE Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) has already drawn the attention of cricket lovers of all ages. It is already a star-studded affair and more cricket stars from around the world...
It has been widely recognised that over the last three decades and a half, income inequality has risen quite significantly not only in developed countries but also increasingly happening in...
Bangladesh should now shift its focus from Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to human development for inclusive and sustainable progress of the economy because a large part of the country's...
The draft of 'Prohibition of Child Marriage Act - 2016' received the final approval at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on November 24. It seems to...
It turned out to be a memorable experience to see one of the global literary celebrities talk at an event at Bangla Academy on last November 18. The person was...
There is a saying: 'History is written by the old, but made by the young'. Young people are the most strong, self-confident, creative and productive guiding force of any nation....
Before the shock waves generated by Donald Trump's triumph over Hillary Clinton in the US presidential race of November 08 died down, Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi detonated a bombshell...
A Rajshahi-datelined report of the November 22, 2016 issue of the FE suggested household tube lamps (photograph shown) to reduce power consumption. However, it did not mention about the important...
WE are the inhabitants of greater Ramchandrapur-Bangara of Muradnagar upazilla under Comilla district. The only road link between Ramchandrapur and Muradnagar is abour 20 kilometre long and it is a...
The youth has large potential for leadership and all they need is an environment favouring the development of the innate leadership qualities. While youth empowerment and leadership are inter-linked, the...
Various donor countries and agencies have provided Bangladesh with substantial amounts of public foreign assistance since independence in 1971. At the time of present government, from the fiscal year 2009-10...
Since the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed between Iran and the P+1 countries (United States, Russia, China, United Kingdom, France and Germany; along with the European Union)...
SPURIOUS drug is abundantly available in the market, which is posing a constant threat to public health. Often the law enforcers arrest some dishonest traders but they are mere agents...
WE cannot deny that the standard of education in our country is slipping downward. Students and their parents are more interested in obtaining good marks than acquiring knowledge. We see...
THE business of realtors has not been going well for the last couple of years owing to high price of flat and registration cost. As per the National Budget 2015-16...
It is due to abject lack of appropriate policies that Bangladesh is yet to come up with commercialisation of agriculture. As a result, experienced farmers are increasingly deserting their farmlands...
How can the US respond to cyber attacks by foreign powers or their proxies? It is an issue that has faced President Barack Obama in the wake of reports of...
A credit analyst generally analyses audited financial statements and recommends eligibility of loan. The analyst usually picks up figures from the statements without caring to understand, review and interpret statements...
A conference titled Business and Economics: Reinventing Business for the 21st Century was held at Dhaka University on October 25-26. There Dr. Syed Abu Hasnath and Iqbal Yusuf, fellow researchers...
I read with interest the recent article, written by Mr. Serajul Islam on presidential election in America that was published in The Financial Express. The assessment is as I consider,...
THE Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) is the main gateway to our country and every year hundreds of thousands of people visiting Bangladesh come through it. But the way the...
Complaints against private universities in this country are often raucous on this or that account. Now the public notice issued the other day by the University Gants Commission (UGC) on...
How is the present power supply situation in the country? Of course, it is far better now than any time in the recent past. The improvement, however, has been gradual...
Road accident is a common phenomenon in the Dhaka city. A large number of people die every year while they try to cross the road ignoring the traffic rules. They...
Recently Myanmar army has reportedly carried out a planned ethnic cleansing in its Arakan province against the ethnic minority, Rohingyas following a riot. The media reported that 160 people were...
American President-elect Donald Trump has literally trumped the global mainstream media by getting elected. Political leaders of all hues the world over were also crestfallen. Meanwhile, the same mainstream world...
The success of foreign policy depends on many factors. Internal political stability plays an important role in strengthening foreign relations, apart from creating an atmosphere of mutual trust among nations....
MOVEMENT of common people in capital Dhaka has turned out as a crisis owing to lack of affordable, comfortable and easy means of transportation. Apart from a few thousand affluent...
ENTREPRENEURS are the vanguards of progress as they are the ones who innovate, create jobs and launch start-up businesses that realise incredible ideas, increase a country's economic growth, and enlarge...
Beyond the bickering, nastiness and stomach turning rhetoric, politicians have during the course of the year been given unmistakeable messages - they are out of touch with the electorate. The...
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