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The cost of doing business index of 2016 put Bangladesh in the lowest rung of ranking. In 2015, the country's position was 172, which slipped to 174 in 2016 out...
THE veteran physician M R khan, who was widely known for his love and care for the children, has breathed his last at the age of 88. He was a...
There are many private schools, colleges and universities in Bangladesh that earn money (return on investment) in the process of imparting higher education. This is more prevalent among the English-medium...
BANGLADESH is marching ahead on the path of development along side global development initiatives. It is great to learn all that the government has undertaken a number of mega projects...
Kenneth S. Rogoff's eloquent defence of downsizing the role of transactional cash (that is, paper currency), albeit implicitly for developed countries (Wall Street Journal, August 28, 2016), confronts the growing...
As per cost of doing business index, Bangladesh slipped 6.0 points from the year 2015 in case of starting a business, while many countries have been moving ahead much faster...
THE Mouchak flyover, has not been completed as yet although work of the project started in 2013. As a result, the sufferings of the pedestrians using the road know no...
ACCORDING to media reports, demand for Bangladeshi female workers is increasing in the developed world and it is an opportunity for us to exploit the situation to our advantage. Due...
COMMUNAL harmony is an essential precondition for development. It is indeed unfortunate for us that a country with century-old communal harmony is witnessing vandalism against minority Hindu community. For centuries...
Located in the southwestern tip of Bangladesh about 320 kilometres southwest of capital Dhaka, Sundarbans has an area of around 10,000 square kilometres, 60 per cent of which fall inside...
Since its launch, in 2010, the basic philosophy of Harvard Business Review's (HBR) ranking to select "The Best Performing CEO in the World" has remained unchanged: that business leaders should...
A law-enforcing agency (LEA) is an agency which enforces laws of the land. There are several agencies serving in Bangladesh. After independence we had a hard time in establishing proper...
BANGLADESH Premier League (BPL) has generated a lot of enthusiasm among the cricket loving people of Bangladesh and abroad. A galaxy of international cricket stars like Shahid Afridi, Chris Gayle,...
WHAT will happen if your closest one suddenly falls sick at midnight or starts suffering from severe fever suddenly? You will surely be very tense and start looking for doctors...
After almost one and half decades of mindless construction spree on the Cox's Bazar beach, the sea has largely gone out of focus. What the tourists visiting the site see...
Remediation in 'risky' garment factories assessed under the government-ILO (international Labour Organisation) joint initiative has not so far made appreciable progress. Industry insiders attributed it mainly to the lack of...
In many developing economies, governments change swiftly, but the state of agriculture changes at snail's pace! In India, another Five Year Plan is going to be over - a mixed...
CYBER security is being breached quite often as cost of cyber safety is increasing. In Bangladesh, cyber crime incidents took place first on August 23, 2004 when an e-mail message...
IN 1971 when Bangladesh achieved its independence, hundreds of thousands of homes in the capital were made of either thatched or corrugated iron (CI) sheets. Residential buildings constructed by bricks...
Right at this moment candidates seeking admission to different universities, medical colleges and institutes are going through a most critical phase of life full of anxiety. Their grade point average...
Over the past few weeks, the visit of the Chinese President has been a topic generating much discussion at various levels. While the bulk of the discussion centred on the...
It took more than 15 years for the movie city of Bombay to see the release of its first-ever 'moving picture' or movie in 1913 after Hiralal Sen's venture. Sen...
Higher Education in Asia: Expanding Out, Expanding Up Published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2014 Pages 162, ISBN: 978-92-9189-147-4 Since the 1980s, higher education and research have developed rapidly...
The Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) operates in more than 150 countries across the world. JICA's projects in Bangladesh focuses on seven major sectors: Energy/Power, Health, Education, Governance, Rural Development,...
The proposed bailout project to clean up accumulated non-performing loans (NPLs) is a very big and challenging one. However, bailout package, securitisation, involvement of Asset Management Companies (AMCs) and easing-up...
among the youths, but old and middle aged people are also not immune from this craze. Some Smartphone companies claim that they have better Selfie cameras and allure people to...
IT is neither the dress nor the behaviour to blame. It is lack of moral character and moral values, or else why would a five-year-old girl be brutally raped and...
Tax fair is being held now and will continue until November 07. It is a good move by the tax authority and has been continuing for last few years. The...
FBI chief James Comey dropped a bombshell last weekend, not so much by setting afoot a review on Hillary Clinton's e-mails in light of what is touted as 'new but...
There is a strong apprehension in America that election on November 8 would likely to turn into chaos, leading to violence as a result of repeated allegation of" rigged election"...
Now-a-days, it seems students are very serious about their grades as they identify good studentship with good grades in examinations. Guardians of students also think that only good grades for...
The initiative, proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, comprising the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road has brought together over 100 countries, including...
During his recent visit to Bangladesh, World Bank President Jim Young Kim laid emphasis on training and development of human resources. According to him, investment in human resources is as...
ON October 31 people from different parts of the world celebrated Halloween. Halloween does not only mean attending fancy dress or costume parties nor does it indicate carving pumpkins into...
EVEN though the 2-match Test series against England ended in a 1-1 draw and One Day International (ODI) series was won by the tourists 2-1, the overall performance of the...
Jatra, a form of opera, was once a very common means of entertainment all over the country, particularly in the countryside. Jatra was also quite popular among the educated and...
Central to Agenda 2030 in the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) crusade is the elimination of poverty, itself requiring sustainability of sorts across several frontiers, from such basics as food...
The roller coaster ride for the US voters is far from over. Only last week it looked like Donald Trump's alleged sexual overtures were the last of the bolts to...
Two high officials of the Power Division, allegedly, received a staggering amount, $80 million (nearlyTk 64crore) to be exact, as bribe from a Spanish company for helping the latter in...
RECENTLY the south city corporation mayor embarked on an abortive mission to free footpaths around Gulistan from hawkers. But on the very next day we saw the hawkers reoccupying the...
ON Tuesday November 8 the Americans will cast their votes to elect the next president of the United States. But the votes of residents in only a few states would...
RESULTS of BCS examination published recently have three tyres. Some candidates are recommended for cadres while some others are recommended for non-cadred appointment and rest of the candidates are unsuccessful....
RECENTLY I had been to China on a twelve day official visit and I travelled to various places like Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Beijing and Dandong near the China-North Korea border. I...
The business community has expressed concern over India's move to impose anti-dumping duty on jute and jute goods exported from Bangladesh. These items now enjoy duty-free access to India under...
The just-concluded visit of the Chinese President has been highly fruitful for both countries in terms of commercial and economic development at a strategic level. With the Chinese commitment of...
Board of Directors (BOD) is the supreme authority of a bank and it has a key role in keeping the health of loan portfolio in good shape. So BOD, among...
If Donald Trump loses the US election, will the tide of populism that threatened to overwhelm the world after the Brexit vote in June begin to wane? Or will the...
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), "Green building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle from...
Banking sector in Bangladesh has rapidly developed during the last four decades. In fact, a revolutionary change has taken place in the country's banking arena. Product diversification, automation, online banking,...
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