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Gaps in the national budget

The Finance Minister has presented a robust budget in Parliament....

The 'real' truth about investments

Everyone wants definitive answers, or the 'the truth'. This is...

Recent policy shift - a shock to mobile assembling industry

Of late, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has issued...

Japan's bullet train: A case of technology transfer

Bangladesh is contemplating to introduce high-speed train service  between Dhaka...

Of technology, its impact on scholarship

'Scholarship' is itself a quite old-fashioned term. Whenever we ask...

In Memoriam Dr. Hafiz G.A. Siddiqui

Prof. Hafiz G.A. Siddiqui, the former Vice Chancellor of the...

Nuclear nonproliferation malpractice

The global nuclear nonproliferation system has always relied on responsible...

Transport infrastructure not functioning at acceptable level

There are mounting transport problems facing the economy and more...

When a nation starts failing its elderly people

Like all other South Asian countries, Bangladesh holds its senior...

Alarming rise in lightning strikes: Government takes ad-hoc measures

In the 1950s, when scientists of south Norway and western...

Global spending on military in 2017: Highest since end of cold war

According to the latest report by the Stockholm International Peace...

VAT Act: Facilitating refund of accumulated input tax credit for service providers

Finance Minister AMA Muhith is scheduled to present the Finance...

From whispers to conversations

In most places in South Asia, menstruation is not really...

Migration: Remitted money hardly used for productive use

Migration as a livelihood strategy has duly drawn the attention...

'One Belt, One Road' and South Asian geopolitics

The 'One Belt, One Road' (OBOR) initiative is a foreign...

The labyrinthine alleys of suicide

Suicide has been a socio-psychological enigma since the early phase...

Air pollution: The poor suffer more than the rich

Not only the researchers, common people in their daily life...

Is Big Tech destroying retail markets?

Information technology is not just transforming markets; it is also...

International trade: Limitations of traditional banking  

Globalisation and global value chain have increased the importance of...

Trump defies global consensus on Iran nuclear deal

An interesting observation has been made by Jonathan Marcus, BBC...

Brexit: The highs and lows

The inevitability of toothpaste squeezed out of the tube is...

Reviewing Global Food Policy Report 2018

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) recently organised a...

Conquering cholera: A silent golden jubilee

That Bangladesh, previously East Pakistan, would one day find itself...