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Accountability: When the grotesque becomes a burlesque

Politicians pooh-pooh-ed the criticism when banking licences were handed out...

Educating Myanmar's youngest refugees

Sofia Begum is a case study in the power of...

Would human beings survive another century?

Nuclear weapons have been around for many years but this...

Islamic banking: Creating an enabling regulatory environment

Eight full-fledged Islamic banks are currently operating in the country....

Improving cold wave resilience

Bangladesh is not a severely cold-prone country. People are habituated...

'Mirror, mirror on the wall', letting 'self-determination' say it all  

One-hundred years ago, almost to the date, Woodrow Wilson put...

Policy making: The efficiency criteria  

It bears repetition that policy making is associated with government's...

The way to the New Cold War

The "New Cold War" between the US and Russia began...

The rise and fall of commonality

Less than a decade after they were at each others'...

Making SEZs operational on an urgent basis

The private sector in several discussions with the government has...

Asset liability management: Strategic way-out for banks, FIs

An effective Asset Liability Management (ALM) demands adoption of strategic...

Iran's protests: Domestic implications

The rapid spread of civil unrest in Iranian towns and...

Hydrogen innovation creating policy dilemma

Hydrogen combines with oxygen releasing energy and producing water-no emission....

Coldest-ever weather and Trump's chilling twitter message!

The coldest-ever weather and President Donald Trump's twitter message hinting...

Moscow holds the key to peace in Syria

One of the most horrendous civil wars that killed over...

Bangladesh now looks for quality of life

As the Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016 (HIES) of...

Enigma and reality about inward remittances

An  auspicious  macro-economic note was struck in the second half...

Salvaging Dhaka: Administrative decentralisation, eastward expansion

At 964 per square kilometre, the population density in Bangladesh...

In memory of Mahabub Hossain

Dr Mahabub Hossain passed away on January 03, 2016 following ...

Adjusting the trade policy in the new year

Bangladesh has passed a year without any noticeable change or...

Indian experience with NPLs: Lessons for Bangladesh

The experience of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in...

Sustainable development: Africa's must-do decade

Since 2000, Africa has recorded impressive rates of economic growth,...

Evolution of decision making: A year of disruptive ideas

The year of 2017 has been full of disruptive ideas...