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A few days ago while visiting Drik Gallery's make-up convention, I found out how Facebook had developed recently to become a platform for youths to sell foreign and rare products....
Economic diplomacy is a tool of a government to achieve the country's national interests. It should also remain focused on economic policy issues. Economic diplomats are to monitor and report...
AS a resident of New Eskaton Road, now Rashed Khan Menon Sarak, for more than last three decades, we are elated to learn that both the elected Mayors of North...
I wish to offer my opinion on the call centers run by the mobile operators of Bangladesh as a regular user of mobile phone. Currently there are a total of...
IT was on July 9, 2016. I was returning to my work place by an intercity train. On reaching Parbatipur station, a man of about 30 to 35 years of...
The University of Dhaka, the oldest and largest University in today's Bangladesh, started its journey on the first day of July in 1921. Its role in the sovereign Bengalee nation's...
The gore and tragic deaths had occurred at Gulshan in the city on July 1, just five days before Eid-ul-Fitr. The country, including Dhaka, soon found itself caught in a...
Bangladesh is a land of potential promise. Economically, the promise stems from having the record of one of the most stable growth rate over the past quarter century among the...
DESPITE being hot favourites to win the Euro Cup final and dominating for the most part of the game, the French failed to win against resurgent Portugal. When Christiano Ronaldo...
CHILD marriage is a social curse which must be uprooted to make the country a better place to live. Child marriage, in other words, early marriage has become one of...
EVERY time a foreign delegation visits Bangladesh, the head of delegation along with representative of the concerned embassy calls on the head of the state or the government and discusses...
MOST of us have withdrawn ourselves from reading books, although reading remains to be a source of unadulterated pleasure. The importance of reading books cannot be ignored or underestimated even...
THE 2016-17 budget has held out many high hopes and aspirations for higher standard of life for the people of Bangladesh. But I am worried if I shall be able...
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is now facing condemnation for his role in Iraq war. It followed release of a seven-year probe report by an inquiry committee, headed by...
Commercial banks in Bangladesh offer trade services mainly in the forms of trade payment and trade financing. Export proceeds and import payments flow in and out respectively through banking channels....
THE peace-loving people of this country were terribly shocked and dismayed at the attack on the law-enforcing agency members by militants on Eid day at Sholakia where the largest Eid...
NATIONAL unity of all major political parties is the need of the hour and will encourage the common people to join the campaign against terrorism in our country. Religious leaders...
THE importance of imparting true religious education to our children has again come to the fore with two shocking incidents in succession in the past few days. I sincerely believe...
ENGLAND's upcoming tour of Bangladesh is an important event on our sport calendar. Cricket-loving people of Bangladesh are looking forward to it with great expectations. The England team is scheduled...
Britain’s vote to exit from the European Union signals the end of a love story-- Shakespearian love story, you can say-- that did not end, as usually it does, with...
Until recently women in Bangladesh hardly participated in agricultural activities outside their homes. A number of studies conducted in the 1980s and 1990s found that their contribution to socio-economic development...
While the Indians are grappling with apparent uncertainties caused by a sudden change of the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country's central bank, a top private...
Dhaka is shell shocked, especially the elites of the city. The terrorist act at Artisan Bakery Cafe where nine Italians, seven Japanese, one Indian and three Bangladeshis were killed in...
Many football lovers of Bangladesh are still mourning over Argentina's defeat in Copa America Cup final against Chile and subsequent announcement of super star Lionel Messi regarding retirement. Meanwhile, European...
ABOUT four years ago Dhaka (and most probably the entire nation) was experiencing terrible load-shedding many times a day. Adding to the woes, the load-shedding occurred without any fore-warning, causing...
RECENTLY Transparency Interna-tional Bangladesh has published a report on spreading corruption. To our knowledge the real picture may be even worse. It is too well-known to elaborate that corruption has...
Introspection is a good thing. Once in a while such probing of the self, asking disturbing questions individually and collectively is an exercise designed to purge that which is perceived...
The Wall Street Journal, a business-focused international daily newspaper based in New York City ran a commentary Thursday by Sadanand Dhume, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in...
I thank the BNP Chairperson for her call for a national unity. National unity of all major political parties will definitely encourage the common people to join the campaign against...
ALL our TV channels will air special programmes during Eid as usual. Such programmes will continue for 6 to 7 days and some of these programmes are bound to be...
BANGLADESH'S export is hugely dependent on the EU and US markets. These two markets constitute about 73 per cent of our total export. Even though Bangladesh is exporting more than...
By May 2016, three countries had signed up to open a special economic zone (SEZ) under the BEZA (Bangladesh Economic Zone Authorities) plan to build as many as 100 by...
Cyber crime is any criminal act related to computers and networks which is called hacking, phishing, spamming or is used as a tool to commit an offence (child pornography and...
THE common people of our country are very disappointed with the way our politicians are behaving in respect of the Gulshan attack that took away 22 lives. The chilling incident...
THE shocking incident at Holey Bakery in Gulshan has left us speechless. A group of people, mostly foreigners, were dining at the Spanish restaurant. All of a sudden group of...
THE media reports that Bangladeshis are now sending more money abroad than ever before and a lion's share of this money is being deposited to Swiss Bank. This has been...
ONLINE shopping is fast becoming popular in our country. Although it is a relatively new concept in our country, it has established its roots firmly in the developed world during...
IT is worrisome to learn that a shady trade of duplicate mobile SIMs is going on in the country which may turn out to be a grave danger for both...
World Population Day is observed every year on July 11 and this year will be no exception. The population clock of our country is ticking beyond 16.2 million and it...
A few weeks ago, America's new military commander of NATO, General Curtis Scaparriti had warned that the US-led alliance "Must be prepared to go to war against Russia at any...
On June 23, 2016 the United Kingdom (UK) voted for YES to exit from the European Union (EU). The news was a surprise for many. No one, including the Prime...
I was a bit surprised to read a letter to the editor in The Financial Express of June 27 written by Lauren Arce, Information Attaché of the Philippines Embassy in...
I came to understand from an article written by MH Rahman on Tourism Year 2016 with the title "The role of hospitality industry" published in "The Financial Express" on June...
Fifty-six scheduled banks are now operating in Bangladesh with 9,197 branches out of which state-owned commercial banks have 3,673 branches and share of rural branches was 56.80 per cent having...
EUROPEAN cup football is now at its quarterfinal stage and eight nations are competing to book their tickets for the last eight. Football loving people are enjoying every game and...
LUDWIG Van Beethoven (1770-1827), the German composer was one of the greatest composers of the world. His works immortalized classical European music. At the age of 20, he began to...
ONE of my banker friends who works in a 2nd generation bank told me that he is still uncertain if he would be able to celebrate Eid with his family...
Since its fledgling days in the early fifties in the then East Pakistan, commercial book publication in this land has been beset by some basic problems. Substandard production of creative...
Enterprises are the principal source of economic growth and employment, and their importance is universally accepted today. Economic growth is fuelled, first and foremost, by the creativity and hard work...
BANGLADESH'S export is greatly dependent on European Union (EU) and US markets. About 73 per cent of our export goes to EU and USA. Although Bangladesh exports more than 737...
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