The Financial Express

How queen became the most powerful piece in chess

Chess has a glorious history. The particular part of the game’s history that we are interested is the development of the queen piece. It’s an incredible story of powerful women impacting an everyday game, from a period where women were...

Input tax credit under value-added tax system: Few unexplained issues

Value-added Tax (VAT) is the most widely used indirect tax...

Hyperloop: Can we adopt it in Bangladesh?

Hyperloop is a proposed mode of transportation that uses some...

The burden of sedentary jobs and life

Sedentary behaviours include sitting time at work, at home, while...

Centennial thoughts on Dhaka University

The date of 1 July should be regarded as a...

PTA with Bhutan: A symbolic move and beyond

Bangladesh has finally joined the wagon of bilateral free trade...

Where lies the dignity of a loan defaulter?

I remember a borrower who was chanting 'Allah' repeatedly while...

A tribute to Samson H Chowdhury

Samson H Chowdhury (1926-2012), who himself became an institution, was...

The Washington Post, two Presidents and bold journalism

The Washington Post has done it again. It has exposed...

Debunking some myths of old golden days in Bengal

For one reason or another, people often boast of the...

Balancing up formats of cricket

The inauguration of T20 in the global arena, experimentation of...

Post-Brexit: What next for the UK and the EU ?

The tempestuous talks have, despite the background noise, been able...

The untold story of American aid to Israel

On December 21, the United States Congress passed the Covid-19...

Automating bank's vault system and preventing fraud

One branch manager of a bank who used to be...

Brexit Deal: Now the way forward

It was rather a very quick dash just before the...

The jobs of tomorrow

The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2020 comes...

Manto: The storyteller who mesmerises post-partition generations

Saadat Hasan Manto, one of the unique storytellers in the...

Festivities in the time of pandemic

The world has not experienced such a dreadful time as...

Comics industry climbing up the ladder in Bangladesh

Even two decades ago, the comics that the young generation...

Writing personal letters: Do we miss it?

In almost all countries, it takes 2-8 working days for...

Farewell 2020, an awful year to Indian scribes

Devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic since March, the robust Indian...

China's socialist market economy

At one time, not so long ago, market socialism was...

A reality check to the buzz of economic success

The world economy is reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic, but...

Fiftieth year of Bangladesh banking

Banking sector of Bangladesh commenced its journey under the leadership...

How queen became the most powerful piece in chess

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