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Over the decades the police have constructed for them a negative image in general. It is partly because of some rogue members among them and partly because theirs is a...
Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) passed the “Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (Alternative Investment) Rules, 2015” in mid-2015. The registration and regulation of fund, fund managers, trustee, investors etc....
Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) is an important fuel for airlines. As the volume of ATF sold compared to Light Diesel Oil, Inferior and Superior Kerosene, Petrol, Octane and Furnace Oil...
THE millennial generation is considered to be the torchbearers of economic and social growth around the world. The millennial generation - people born between the years 1981 and 1997 -...
Donald Trump is perhaps one president-elect in US history whose transition to the Oval Office is being so much of a thorny ride almost from day one. There have been...
Against all forecasts, Donald Trump has won the US presidential race beating former Secretary of State and First Lady Hillary Clinton. At one stage of campaign trail, the Republican candidate...
Productivity can be measured at different levels -- macro, sectoral, geographic, and so on. However, the most robust representation is at the level of the firm. The firm as the...
BREXIT of England and Presidential election of US have shown that nationalism wins more than international pluralism. It seems zero-sum games in places instead of win-win situations. Newly elected president...
I was really happy and excited to see my favourite martial art actor Jacky Chan getting the Oscar award for his immense contribution to world cinema. He richly deserved it....
DONALD Trump has been elected the new president of the world's most powerful nation, USA. The whole world was waiting with bated breath for the result of the US elections....
Education has been considered a human right through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. Article 26(1) of UDHR proclaims: Everyone has the right to education. Education shall...
There is a large body of literature dealing with modern technology adoption. Quite obviously, the advent of modern technology, say in agriculture, tends to attract large and medium farms first...
History is riddled with too many instances of turmoil unnecessarily caused by, for example, global leaders blinking in a contestation among themselves, or out of sheer ignorance of key historical...
I don't know about you all, but I am pretty tired of the world's obsession with hijab and Muslim women. There has been much resistance and conflict in general over...
Governments and the UN system have an enormous responsibility in overseeing the achievements of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But they cannot accomplish the task alone. Complexity and urgency of...
AT present we see a scarcity of 100-Taka notes in the market. Even in commercial banks enough notes are not available. Banks cannot offer new notes but give their customers...
Speaker's Corner was established at the East West University three months ago in August 2016. One of the main reasons to establish Speaker's Corner is to impart the knowledge of...
EARLY marriage is a deep-rooted malady in our society. It has been going on for centuries and despite our movement against it, it is yet to be fully eradicated. Early...
The politics of economic anxiety has now driven the electorates of the United Kingdom and the United States into the hands of populists. If only, so the received wisdom goes,...
The Republic of Korean (ROK) has assumed a pro-active role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). ROK has stressed that both the United States and the European Union (EU)...
"I need to get a job" is the ultimate desire of most of the students. Very few can dare say I want to be an entrepreneur because it demands courage,...
LACK of transparency and accountability are the two most glaring spectacles in our society. The corruption graph instead of coming down is now showing an upward trend. The present government...
THE recent decision of Dhaka City Corporation North to install 5000 new CCTV cameras is a welcome move. The Mayor needs to be congratulated on it. We sincerely hope that...
Last week a friend called me to say that his laptop had been stolen and though he had insurance for laptop, he did not have theft coverage for his laptop....
Forecast by pollsters and news media failed to click as Republican candidate Donald Trump defeated Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton in the presidential election on November 08 of 2016. She was...
Most of the people in the country remain most of the time unaware of the plain land indigenous communities. These people draw attention whenever there is an incident of physical...
The Jatiya Sangsad (JS) standing committee on the planning ministry is dissatisfied with poor monitoring of the projects by the government implementation agencies.The Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), in...
The Bank of Japan (BoJ), European Central Bank (ECB) and the central banks in several other European countries, such as Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland have implemented negative interest rates to...
DUE to inclement weather conditions that continued for a couple of days, balls could not roll on the ground for the Bangladesh Premier League. As a result, matches were rescheduled...
DUE to inclement weather conditions that continued for a couple of days, balls could not roll on the ground for the Bangladesh Premier League. As a result, matches were rescheduled...
Information and communication technology (ICT) has become the heart of the banking sector in Bangladesh now-a-days. The banking industry is the heart of every robust economy. ICT is helping the...
Well-known author E.C. McKenzie, while referring to state of primary education the world over quite aptly said: "Some students drink from the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle." His quote...
The prospect of global foreign direct investment (FDI) looks gloomy for the current calendar year. Two world bodies have already made it clear that 2016 will ultimately experience lower inflow...
A ruling party parliamentarian getting convicted in a case of concealing his wealth is a milestone for our country as we do not see it happening once too often. A...
BUYING and selling wild birds and animals are a common sight even in our Dhaka city and it is sad to see it is happening under the nose of the...
THE victory of Donald Trump in the US elections is no less a fairy tale. Even the staunchest of Trump supporters could have never thought of a convincing victory for...
Dinendra Kumar Roy, famous author of Pallichitra, a detailed portrait of villages in the early 20th century Bengal, would have been much hurt seeing the plight of these ancient dwelling...
We must not forget that refugee and migrant children do not bear any responsibility for the bombs and bullets, the gang violence, persecution, the shrivelled crops and low family wages...
Books written on Bangladesh business and economy in English do not offer a comfortable and satisfactory picture. In this respect, the author deserves plaudits for his sincere effort, writes Raihan...
Life insurance is a tool to protect members of the family who are dependent on the family's one or more income-generators. If this purpose is to be achieved completely then...
Vietnam is one of the countries which have performed well and extended policy support to the small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) for flourishing. According to a plan to support...
Society is the place where we belong. It is our duty to make our society liveable. There are lots of problems in our society which hinders our normal life and...
Frankly, the identity of the knife-wielding attacker at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport is trivial compared to the actual incident that has seriously raised questions about the security system of...
Anti-multinational corporation activists, distinctly leftist in nature, used a common statistics in the nineties. It was all about how the largest of the large had turnover higher than individual country...
The Bangladesh Railway is losing due to competition from other modes of transport, especially from those on roads and waterways. Railway was an efficient mode of transport for human beings...
There is a report in the media that a mobile network operator (MNO) has been penalised for offering fibre optics Internet services to a large state-owned bank. If MNOs offer...
THE government is committed to providing healthcare services to people in both rural and urban areas. With an increasing number of students, the demand for medical education is expanding. We...
MANAGING employee skills and competencies is the essence of running an organization. An inventory of skills is therefore necessary to help identify the gaps in competencies. A skills inventory is...
The World Bank (WB) said extreme poverty has been falling steadily around the world. But eliminating poverty by 2030 could be stymied by unequal distribution of the gains of economic...
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