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The Financial Express

The battle for French pension reform

A year after a proposed fuel tax triggered the gilets...

The gratuity perplexity: Complication surrounding payment

Gratuity, in simple terms, is a form of monetary benefit...

Wars and viruses: Are robots less prone to market panic?

Widely blamed for volatile "flash crashes" in currencies and equities,...

Bridging the gender gap

It is quite encouraging that Bangladesh's ranking in global gender...

IMO 2020: Short-term impact

The noxious emissions, largely sulfur oxides, as well as nitrous...

Correspondent banking relationship -- Bangladesh perspective

Correspondent banking is the provision of banking services by one...

TBML: A black hole in international banking

Trade-based money laundering (TBML) is defined as a process of...

Wooing PF money to capital market

That scarcity of funds is one of the key reasons...

President Trump's peace plan -- a recipe for renewed violence

On Tuesday, January 28 President Trump in presence of Israeli...

Lessons from China's success in India

In the recently concluded event of the World Economic Forum...

AI vs human predictions: Tipping the point?

Since we have heard so much about 'artificial intelligence' (AI)...

Addressing family issues: What men can do

The growing interest in the role of men in the...

Reducing risks of non-performing loans

Non-performing loans (NPLs) that turn into bad debts are a...

Exchange rate undervaluation for export-led growth promotion

One mercantilist view is that exchange rate undervaluation - e.g.,...

COP25 and climate-anxiety: What can be done?

The recently held Madrid Climate Meeting marked 25 years of...

'Great leap forward': What Bangladesh does in 2020 will be pivotal  

With a 7.7 per cent growth-rate, as predicted in the...

Towards a tax payer-friendly environment

There is a general perception that the existing income tax...

Activating venture capital in Bangladesh  

Venture capital is gradually spreading its roots all over the...

Inequality, stagnation and instability

The failure of large-scale bailout operations, historically low interest rates...

A migrant's story: Am I abused or am I a failure to adjust?

Every year hundreds of immigrants leave their homes and trail...

Centralised vs decentralised banking operations

Financial system of Bangladesh is mainly bank-based and private commercial...

US versus Iran: Europe in the crosshairs

Iran charges Brussels for serving US interests in the Middle...

Trump's backward march on trade

Following America's disastrous 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the subsequent international...