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Globalisation in retreat

Globalisation is a phenomenon that has been accelerating since the early 1990s, but  the term is  so  complex,  it defies any simple definition. Yet globalisation is commonly understood as a process of intensification of world-wide interrelations leading to an increasing...

Decline and change in book reading habit  

Is the habit of reading books gradually declining in the...

They call it multistakeholderism: Where does that leave the UN?

Global governance is slipping away from the United Nations. Whether...

It's all about high cost and durability  

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) in...

Electric vehicle disrupts labour-based value chain

In 2018, around 86 million cars, predominantly gasoline-powered, were sold...

Freeing the poor from extreme poverty

Although Bangladesh has halved poverty rate since 2000, one-fourth of...

Improving the country's medicare system  

In an overpopulous country like ours, many of the physicians...

'Brain gain' reversing 'brain drain'  

"Brain gain", as defined by The Economist in 2011, is...

The Arctic: Earth´s last frontier

The last frontier for utilising and maybe even exhausting Earth´s...

Business with ill motive of exploitation  

The rape of a university girl in an office-cum-residence at...

Will Boris Johnson's political coup succeed?

The long-running tragicomedy of the United Kingdom's relationship with the...

The endless tale of haircuts  

The other day a lady in her 30s was seen...

Triumph of the Right is changing the world order

The crisis of regional and multilateral institutions goes hand in...

Erosion of social values is alarming  

As the country is moving up the ladder of economic...

The slow greening of finance

Some of the most influential players in the global economy...

Where darkness is a symbol of defiance  

The brutal murder of an app-based motorcyclist on the Rampura-Shantinagar-Razarbagh...

Expediting completion of API industrial park

The Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) industrial park is finally taking...

Ratcheting up trade war will not solve America's woes

The US-China trade war has flared up in less than...

The next step towards addressing Google vs Bangladesh case  

Bangladesh's media industry has been facing a crisis of declining...

After two years of horrors in Myanmar, the US is still doing too little, too late

Monsoon season is currently wreaking havoc on the more than...

Inquiring into unnatural deaths of female migrant workers  

A survey by the BRAC Migration Programme has recently found...

Trump's war on evidence

Decision-making based on evidence rather than superstition was a driving...

Need for urban forests or green belts  

Eiffel Tower projects a majestic sight but its surrounding, although...

Dengue: Nonchalant attitude of citizens  

As a nation, Bengalees in Bangladesh in general are untidy...

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