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138001. Financial inclusion and the banking sectorPublished: December 02, 2015 22:38:08

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...


138002. Bangladesh in the era of free trade blocsPublished: December 02, 2015 22:37:29

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...


138003. Protecting domestic workersPublished: December 01, 2015 22:40:17

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...


138004. Saying \'no\' to social networkingPublished: December 01, 2015 22:39:33

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...


138005. Syria, Yemen, Libya - one factor unites these failed states, and it isn\'t religionPublished: November 30, 2015 19:25:34

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...


138006. The case for palm oil extracting millsPublished: November 30, 2015 19:24:01

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...


138007. Farm size and productivityPublished: November 30, 2015 19:23:00

'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...


138008. Intolerance on the risePublished: November 29, 2015 20:42:59

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...


138009. Incorrigible public sector banksPublished: November 29, 2015 20:41:49

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...


138010. Centres for pavement dwellersPublished: November 28, 2015 19:25:58

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...


138011. Reclaiming land of the divested millsPublished: November 28, 2015 19:23:21

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...


138012. Sustainable innovation agenda at COP21Published: November 26, 2015 22:19:55

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...


138013. Dealing with violence against womenPublished: November 26, 2015 22:15:09

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...


138014. A tribute to a Freedom FighterPublished: November 25, 2015 22:07:38

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,...


138015. Dhaka mayors hibernating !Published: November 24, 2015 21:31:50

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...


138016. Poorer regions to take the most of climate risksPublished: November 24, 2015 21:30:34

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...


138017. Climate change: Technology transfer to LDCsPublished: November 23, 2015 19:33:14

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...


138018. Remittance and poverty reductionPublished: November 23, 2015 19:31:35

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...


138019. Growing in the middle: Growth challenges of medium-sized companiesPublished: November 22, 2015 22:07:24

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...


138020. Battling climate change: Challenges of coordinating and accessing financePublished: November 22, 2015 22:06:21

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...


138021. In critical times, the poet in leaders leaps outPublished: November 22, 2015 21:56:41

"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....


138022. Road maintenance still a neglected areaPublished: November 22, 2015 21:55:34

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...


138023. YSSE organises training on business planPublished: September 16, 2015 18:00:00

"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...


138024. Asia's largest e-library opens at FBS, DUPublished: September 09, 2015 18:00:00

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...


138025. Join the contest of feature writingPublished: May 14, 2015 00:00:00

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...


138026. How incidents like these embarrass the non-teasersPublished: April 30, 2015 00:00:00

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...


138027. Most sectors down on profit bookingPublished: July 22, 2017 08:25:00

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...


138028. Linde BD recommends 200pc interim divPublished: July 25, 2017 10:28:43

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...


138029. Asian shares mixed Tuesday ahead of corporate earnings reportsPublished: July 25, 2017 11:09:45

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...


138030. Most bank boards ignorant of cyber risks, finds studyPublished: July 29, 2017 09:54:42

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...


138031. Stand by flood victims: PMPublished: August 24, 2017 12:06:57

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...


138032. Stand by flood victims: HamidPublished: September 02, 2017 20:56:17

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...


138033. 5.7m-year-old footprints challenge human evolution theoryPublished: September 03, 2017 15:06:20

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...


138034. Woman found dead in Gazipur was a school teacherPublished: September 03, 2017 16:47:28

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...


138035. 12 Britons accused of smuggling drugs into MajorcaPublished: September 03, 2017 16:52:52

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...