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The Financial Express

Why rich countries must protect developing nations from coronavirus pandemic

Governments in wealthy, first world countries must not ignore the...

BD-US trade: GSP gone, FTA not in near future

Early this month, the United States-Bangladesh Trade and Investment Cooperation...

Need to mitigate arsenic contamination

A study conducted by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) some...

The love for new narratives  

In public transports or at roadside tea shops, people still...

Traffic gridlock a bane for commuters  

In Dhaka city nowadays, traffic congestion has become a common...

COVID-19 evolves and crosses into Bangladesh

Like in more than 100 other countries, the impact of...

Masquerading against coronavirus

As the controversy over effectiveness of mask in protecting a...

Dhaka beggars are back  

The once ubiquitous beggars of Dhaka are making a comeback....

Revival of basic hygiene practice  

The outbreak of deadly novel coronavirus, officially termed COVID-19, across...

Morality in the 21st century: Moral progress or amoralisation?

"If a slave says to his master, "You are not...

Paddy procurement: Intention and outcome  

The Ministry of Food has achieved something remarkable---it has procured...

COVID-19 weighs on global stock market

The global stock markets appear to be in a long-term...

Stock market bubble no basis for shared prosperity

The US is currently still in a stock market bubble...

Need to discipline the road sector

The good news is that the much-awaited road safety law...

Agent banking service is a boon to rural unbanked population  

When the banking sector is plagued by massive non-performing loans,...

The US Federal Reserve's debt purchases are a warning

In a 2017 speech, John Williams, then the president of...

Numbers are also romantic

In '1984', George Orwell's classic novel, the 21st century readers...

Protecting depositors' money in banks and FIs

The government's move to increase insurance coverage of single depositor...

Taming of mosquito menace urgent

Mosquitoes have of late become a dangerous insect spreading various...

Epidemics can quickly wipe out economic advances

The COVID-19 outbreak is threatening to become a global pandemic...

Worrying time for bank depositors

The fear that the sizeable cut in interest rates of...

What abhorrent cruelty to parents!

When are parents compelled to flee their oppressive sons? It...

US initiates fresh peace effort in Afghanistan   

A new peace effort has been initiated in Afghanistan since...