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For the last few years the banking sector is under tremendous pressure in creating opportunities for suitable lending in the wake of increasing competition. Competition is not just from within...
A question with regard to Bangladesh's exports to the world market that needs to be asked is: will the country get an easy time with its exports in the coming...
Nowadays, human rights violation of domestic workers has become a common topic in Bangladeshi dailies. Some violent and inhuman incidents are taking place in both middle and high class families...
Like many, this scribe too got confused by the rather obscure heading of the op-ed piece 'Sorry for trying to save lives' by State Minister for Posts and Telecommunication, Tarana...
As world leaders gather in Paris this week to address climate change, they will labour under the shadow of recent attacks by Islamic State (IS). Yet as they think about...
American doctor Stefan Ripich in his book The Diabetic Healing Diet has mentioned that fat is an essential component of a healthy diet. Nutrients should comprise 30 per cent of...
'Small Farms: Changing Structures and Roles in Economic Development' is a study undertaken by Joachim von Braun and Alisher Mirzabaev of the Center for Development Research (ZEEF), Bonn. Drawing on...
India is sucked into a whirlpool of debate over the comment made by one of its finest actors, Aamir Khan on the raging intolerance in the land of Gandhi, the...
The government of Bangladesh and the World Bank (WB) are now reportedly holding talks on the availability of $200 million from the latter to help improve operational efficiency of nine...
Many would have dismissed the dwelling centre for pavement people opened last week in the city as yet another gimmick. But the case was different. Although the land of the...
Late last year, the Prime Minister directed the ministry of textile and jute to 'reclaim' the mills and industries from private entrepreneurs who had failed to resume their operation as...
Industry, innovation and infrastructure constitute one of 17 SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) that form the framework of the 2030 UN mission for sustainable development. There is no doubt that sustained...
Gender-based violence is a curse the modern civilisation is yet to get rid of. In fact, violence against girls and women is not confined to poorer and less developed communities...
I deeply mourn the death of my youngest paternal uncle (chotto kaka) who breathed his last on November 21, 2015 (wa inna ilayhi raji'un). He is survived by his wife,...
Dhaka city still sits where it has always remained in the past few years. It seems bifurcation of the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) into two --South and North-- has failed...
With all its inevitable effects on the globe as a whole, climate change is most dreaded for what it is capable of doing to the poorer communities. A new World...
Climate change and environmental degradation are certainly the overriding issues of the 21st century. Climate change affects a host of human rights. Rising surface temperatures and projected increases in vector-borne...
Inflow of remittances has been a catalyst in poverty alleviation. Today remittance accounts for about one-tenths of our GDP (gross domestic product). Studies on overseas employment should obviously get a...
Global economic growth is sliding towards a five-year low, a gloomy backdrop for all but the most nimble of businesses. The silver lining for Asia is that the regional economy...
The world is getting noticeably warmer and there is a palpable change in world temperature. But, even after causing a once-in-a-century recession and unemployment for millions, finance is possibly the...
"To forgive them is up to God, but to send them to him is up to me". This quotable quote reportedly goes to the credit of Russian President Vladimir Putin....
It's dry season now. Usually the number of complaints about poor road conditions remains far less during this period of the year. The media too shun the attacking mood, which...
"A job well-planned is a job half-done". In case of planning a business, a business plan can be equated simply with one's career resume. Thus, a good business plan is...
Asia's largest e-library was opened recently in a ceremonial and delightful manner at the Faculty of Business Studies (FBS), University of Dhaka with state-of-the-art facilities and extensive resources. The e-library...
Sometimes, you regret for never getting an opportunity to write for the national dailies, then this is the chance you have been waiting for years. Publishing write-ups in national dailies...
On the Bangla new year, sexual harassment incident occurred at University of Dhaka, the law enforcers failed to stop the attackers and bring them under law enforcement. Social platforms like...
Most of the major sectors closed in the red last week that ended Thursday as investors were mostly on profit booking tendency throughout the week from recent price surge. Of...
The board of directors of Linde Bangladesh has recommended 200 per cent interim cash dividend for the year that will be ended on December 31, 2017, said an official disclosure...
Asian share benchmarks were mixed Tuesday as investors awaited a slew of corporate earnings reports. A meeting of the Federal Reserve and caution over potential twists and turns in US...
A significant section of the country's banks and their governing bodies are not sure about what their major cyber threats are, a recent industry-wide survey on cyber risk governance has...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on the wealthy to stand by the flood-affected people. "I expect that the well-off people will come to aid the victims," she said during...
President Md Abdul Hamid has called on the country's well-off families to support flood victims. “Floods have marooned a lot of people, who are not being able to celebrate the...
Scientists have discovered human-like footprints from Greece's largest island Crete - dating back to 5.7 million years - that may put the established theories of early human evolution to the...
A woman whose mutilated body was found inside a plastic drum at Gazipur has been identified as a schoolteacher from Narsinghdi, reports bdnews24. Nargis Begum, 54, was identified by...
Police in Spain have arrested 12 Britons - mainly from Manchester and Liverpool - and seized three kilos of cocaine worth around £150,000 after a series of dawn raids in...
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