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Early childhood care and education (ECCE) has become a key concern for education policy-makers and stakeholders. There is mounting research evidence on its benefits for children's capacities and educational achievements...
WHEN one is an idle onlooker watching the ugly side of beautiful things, he or she instantly starts thinking about the design of the item. It is good to have...
MEDIA reports that the World Bank intends to finance regional connectivity linking four countries on the eastern part of the South Asian subcontinent. In spite of repeated criticism of the...
SOME parts of the country are in the grip of seasonal floods although water in some affected areas is receding. It is estimated that around two million people have been...
E-MAIL service was first started in Bangladesh through a small private initiative sometime in late 1993. Another private organisation came up with a bulletin board service (BBS) with Internet e-mails...
CHINA, India and Vietnam are the major competitors of Bangladesh in the readymade garments (RMG) sector and despite oodles of hardship in this sector Bangladesh occupies the 2nd position in...
LIFE is not easy for the city commuters as going from one place to another is not easy, particularly on the weekdays. I was glad to know that the authority...
According to Olympic legend, hosting the Games is an economic boon for the chosen city and country. In reality, the Games are more often a boondoggle, as Rio de Janeiro...
DUE to its increasing and widespread use of Information Technology, most businesses around the world have already turned online. This online business refers to e-Commerce which has also moved into...
WE all know about the proverb that "early bird catches the worms" which illustrates the benefit of early rising. Early rising has many positive impacts on human health. If we...
THE bachelors in Dhaka are facing a great deal of trouble on their way to find a place to live. Hundreds of thousands of bachelors live in Dhaka for work...
The stickiness of domestic nominal interest rate is a related point that merits attention in order to examine the case of lack of sensitivity of private investment rates to private...
QR Code refers to a quick-response code. It is a trademark name for the 2-dimentional barcode system containing information and is an example of information matrix barcode. QR codes are...
BANGLADESH and India meet each other in their one-off Test match in February next year. The match to be hosted by India will be played in Hyderabad and it will...
PERFORMANCE of Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and mandatory for all Muslim adults who have the physical and financial ability to do so. At present over...
THE water in the canal at Bonosree area is very dirty and is polluting the environment. Many of the water bodies in the city are in similar condition and concerned...
In July, the International Monetary Fund's Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) released a major report on how the Fund handled the euro crisis after 2010. The IEO report is critical of...
CRICKETER Mustafizur Rahman, popularly known as Fizz, has got a shoulder injury which is going to keep him away from the game for some time. The injury was diagnosed as...
RIO Olympic Games have been inaugurated in Brazil in a grand fashion and the world watched the inaugural ceremony with great delight. The games will end on August 21. More...
IN Bangladesh, bank's lending rate is higher compared to other developing countries. As per World Bank website, lending interest rate in Bangladesh is 11.7 per cent, whereas it is below...
In its May 2010 "Global Survey," McKinsey & Company reported that, "the core drivers of globalisation are alive and well." In an April 2014 report, the firm went further, declaring...
The BRAC 2015 Annual Report contains, inter alia, a case study on how a social enterprise imparts immense social and economic impacts on poor households in rural Bangladesh. The social...
"Brexit means Brexit," Theresa May, the United Kingdom's new prime minister, insists. It is a simple and powerful slogan that sends an unmistakable message to all who have been hoping...
On August 06, in Hiroshima, Japan, people will gather at the Peace Memorial or A-Bomb Dome to reflect on the seventy-first anniversary of dropping of the Atomic bomb. This year...
TELEVISION is an amazing gift of technology. It was invented in the last century and instantly won over the hearts of millions around the world overnight. Television gives us information...
THE number of diabetes patients is increasing in the world and our country is no exception. A staggering number of 422 million people in the world are diabetic. Every year,...
DHAKA is not a clean city by any standard, but it could have been a much cleaner city, if we, the citizens of Dhaka, could behave more responsibly. Had we...
We now live in a modern, consumerist and largely urbanised world, where environmental protection is generally acknowledged as a prime concern while dealing with the future of humanity. Economists, environmentalists,...
Even 10 to 15 years ago, busy Dhaka roads and popular social and commercial hubs were frequently used to watching foreigners moving about freely. They were seen taking photographs, trying...
Labour force survey on a quarterly basis was introduced in Bangladesh for the first time in 2015, and July-September 2015 was the first quarter to be covered by the survey....
Labour force survey on a quarterly basis was introduced in Bangladesh for the first time in 2015, and July-September 2015 was the first quarter to be covered by the survey....
THE journey by a private car or a taxi cab from Dhaka Airport-Uttara Model Town to Bangla Motor-BIRDEM hospital takes two to three hours. There are a number of attractive...
THE importance of kidneys for human body can hardly be emphasised. Kidneys are indispensable for our existence. They are responsible for removing waste material from human body and enable it...
HUMAN trafficking is rising alarmingly around the world and it is high time the international community should come down united and fight this menace. It has been found out that...
On July 26, 2016, Bangladesh Bank (BB) announced Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the first six months of FY 2016-17. It is the first MPS after new Governor Fazle Kabir...
There are two types of financing under documentary credit: Pre-shipment financing n LC PACKING CREDIT Post-Shipment Financing BILL PURCHASED UPAS LATR LIM DOCUMENTARY...
TODAY the whole world is in the grip of a menacing terrorism. Bangladesh, of late, has also been an unfortunate victim of growing terrorism. It has created an alarm for...
SPURIOUS medicine is undoubtedly a threat to the public health and the government should come down mercilessly on the manufacturers of these drugs and people who are marketing these products....
Farm Gate is an important bus terminal in Dhaka city. But it is neither a starting nor finishing point of any bus route. Rather it is a mid position of...
It is certainly a piece of good news that the government will make its unrelenting efforts to guarantee 100 per cent safe drinking water coverage by the year, 2020. But...
So, this is where it was feared to get stuck! The Competition Commission, though officially announced, is non-functional as of now, and no one seems to know how long will...
For students of incomprehensible behaviour by otherwise apparently intelligent leaders, Australian politics is the gift that keeps on giving. The latest example is the decision by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) recently unveiled its 'cautiously accommodative' monetary policy aiming to achieve maximum economic growth through boosting investment, particularly in productive sectors. "The monetary policy is cautiously accommodative,"...
Financing the incremental size of recurrent and development expenditures has become more challenging in the country in the context of limited domestic resource mobilisation. To overcome the limitation, the government,...
IRREGULARITIES have become a regular phenomenon in our daily life. It is difficult to imagine an individual or an organization that has proper respect for law or system. There are...
PINEAPPLE is one of the most popular summer fruits in our country and its price is also affordable for all levels of income earners. More importantly, pineapple is a great...
EDUCATION is the backbone of any nation. Nothing is possible to achieve without education in a society. That is why, 'education for all' is a popular slogan in most developing...
During the last one month, hectic discussion has been going on across the world over Britain's exit from European Union (EU), which has gained popularity as an acronymic term Brexit....
In a bid to tackle the spread of mobile towers and bring an organised shape in the business, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has drawn up a policy to give...
IN our childhood days when we were in school, we read in our school text books that water is life and man cannot survive without water. According to medical science,...
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