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A 999 call and payment of hospital bill

Nilratan Halder 2021-02-27 00:00:50

The law enforcement agencies in the country may not have a clean image yet but the 999 emergency call has been going from strength to strength so far as its acceptability among the people is concerned...

Aiding economy with digital health services

Shafaat Ali Choyon 2021-02-27 00:00:17

The emergence of digital health services can significantly impact the country's growing economy with the adoption of proper planning and strategy.Our economy is affected due to the pandemic, but the p...

The great divergence: A fork in the road for the global economy

Kristalina Georgieva 2021-02-26 20:07:31

As G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet virtually this week, the world continues to climb back from the worst recession in peacetime since the Great Depression. The International Mon...

Recovery of manufacturing and services industries during pandemic period

Fahmida Khatun, Mustafizur Rahman, Khondaker Golam Moazzem and Towfiqul Islam Khan 2021-02-22 20:34:00

The state of recovery of the manufacturing and services sectors in view of the Covid-19 pandemic may be judged by assessing the nature of changes in business activities against pre-pandemic level. Dur...

Pitch made especially to suit hosts may backfire

Nilratan Halder 2021-02-20 00:00:53

Cricket is no longer what it was before the introduction of the shorter versions. Many believe Test cricket played over five days has no future at a time when mad rush governs people's life. They ough...

Padma Bridge: Its huge impact on economy

Abul Quasem Haider 2021-02-20 00:00:12

Towards the end of 2020, the full length of Padma Bridge of our dream became visible. After installation of the 41st span of the Padma Bridge on December 10, the real specimen of the bridge now can be...

Safe investment in time of Covid and GFC  

Harald Kinateder and Tonmoy Choudhury   2021-02-19 22:24:27

Financial markets all over the world have taken a tremendous hit from Covid. At the beginning of this current crisis, the extreme market scenarios imagined by the global regulators all over the world...

Bangladesh's pharmaceutical export: Time to re-strategise

Hasnat M. Alamgir 2021-02-15 20:36:06

To develop more effective export strategies that yield better and sustainable results, the Bangladesh pharmaceutical manufacturers need to continually monitor and assess their performance in terms of...

Winter chill is back but not without a difference

Nilratan Halder 2021-02-13 00:00:39

This winter is definitely a reminiscence of those bone-chilling ones down the memory lane. Yet it must be admitted that it is not like any of the ones experienced 50-60 years ago. Even if it were cold...

Remittance flows in recent times: Wherefrom is so much money coming?

Mustafizur Rahman and Md Al-Hasan 2021-02-09 20:22:25

Remittance flows account for a significant share of national earnings of low and middle-income countries such as Bangladesh.  Given the pandemic scenario, the World Bank, in April 2020, had proje...

Resilience and recovery capacity of RMG enterprises

Khondaker Golam Moazzem, ASM Shamim Alam Shibly, and Fahim Subhan Chowdhury 2021-02-08 20:53:45

Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in Bangladesh, the export-oriented apparel sector has faced multiple shocks and vulnerabilities. It has been struggling to cope with the emerging challenges despite nume...

The minor impact of Covid-19 on housing finance

Arun Kumar Chowdhury and Nayeem Shahriar 2021-02-06 00:00:27

What is your lifelong dream? To get married? To own a car? Ask yourself. Almost everyone dreams about the same thing-A house. A permanent shelter of one's own.  It is the longest term goal of mos...

Refashioning the arrangements for debt recovery in Bangladesh

Shahedul Azam and Sadia Sarah 2021-01-31 13:33:07

Collection of debt seems to be extremely difficult in Bangladesh’s current legal structure. For creditors, it’s a Himalayan task to recover the money from any person or company, be it any...

Prospects of digital banking in Bangladesh  

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Usage of technology in every sphere of life is in the core of 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR). The financial sector is at the forefront of 4IR globally and Bangladesh is not an exception. Technologica...

A race between vaccines and the virus as recoveries diverge

Gita Gopinath 2021-01-27 21:05:37

In just three months since we, International Monetary Fund (IMF), released our last forecast in October, recorded Covid-19 deaths have doubled to over 2.0 million, as new waves have lifted infections...

US democracy survives litmus test

Professor Sarwar Jahan 2021-01-23 00:09:58

About 400,000 Americans have died of Covid-19, with the U.S. contributing around thirty per cent of all cases globally. And the numbers are still rocketing. The health sector in many states is in comp...

The impact on Bangladesh's exports

M S Siddiqui 2021-01-23 00:00:58

The Indian Finance Act, 2020 incorporated many changes in the customs law and procedures, including administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements. The new Chapter VAA has been incorporated...

Power overcapacity in Bangladesh

Simon Nicholas   2021-01-20 20:47:55

The Bangladesh Power Development Board's (BPDB) latest annual report for the year 2020 reveals that the nation's overall power system utilisation has fallen again in FY20 to just 40.0 per cent, down f...

Trump's legacy: A more divided America, a more unsettled world

Reuters 2021-01-19 17:53:18

When President Donald Trump delivered his inaugural speech on Jan. 20, 2017, he promised an end to “American carnage,” a bleak and dysfunctional nation he had promised that he alone could...

Sound-the great polluter

Shams-i Arefin Islam 2021-01-16 00:00:09

It was 2:00 AM and a rather massive, loud sound startled us from our deep sleep. First, we thought it was a bomb, then we realised after a few more of these loud explosions that the "simple" firework...

'The Social Dilemma'

S M Didarul Hasan 2021-01-02 00:00:21

Netflix released 'The Social Dilemma', a film, in September 2020 which revealed the insurgence of manipulation-based technology, flipsides of social media platforms and possible pitfalls of data-drive...

Public food transfers during pandemic: Insights from an IFPRI survey in Bangladesh

Shyamal Chowdhury, Nahian Bin Khaled, Kalyani Raghunathan and Shahidur Rashid     2020-12-22 21:42:36

Public food transfer programmes act as a lifeline for many poor households that might otherwise live with constant food insecurity and the threat of hunger. Such programmes are important for the poor...

Urban solid waste management: A paradigm shift towards circular economy

Mowshumi Sharmin and Rafiul Islam 2020-12-20 20:25:01

At present there is a growing concern in favour of sustainable solid waste management (SWM) issue in developing economies including Bangladesh due to the current growth in waste generation in these co...

Mainstreaming tourism on dev trajectory

Md. Ziaul Haque Howlader 2020-12-12 00:00:50

 In the eyes of global media, Bangladesh is now moving fast on the development highway. The development trajectory of Bangladesh is on the right way and very much inclusive. Tourism development i...

Understanding preference shares in practice

Anita Ghazi Rahman 2020-12-05 16:06:02

For investment transactions particularly in private limited companies, in Bangladesh, we are historically more comfortable in dealing with ordinary shares. With a significant rise in foreign direct in...

Unlocking the potentials of SMEs

Nabid Hassan Kafi 2020-12-05 00:12:13

Despite the unprecedented disruptions caused by Covid-19, Bangladesh's economic growth has proved resilient. After a decade of enjoying GDP growth rate of around 7.0 per cent per year, this year's exp...

Could sniffer dogs help BD combat illegal wildlife trade?

Nafisa Islam and Shahriar Caesar Rahman 2020-12-05 00:10:01

Illegal wildlife trafficking ranks among the most lucrative global crimes. Many desire wild animals and their parts or products for food, pets, medicine, or decorative items.According to a recent UN r...

How artificial intelligence could widen the gap between rich and poor nations

Cristian Alonso, Siddharth Kothari, and Sidra Rehman 2020-12-04 20:24:15

New technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, robotics, big data, and networks are expected to revolutionise production processes, but they could also have a major impact on de...

Bangladesh boosts Bay of Bengal blue economy

Dr Vijay Sakhuja 2020-12-02 15:28:15

The stage is set for the development of the deep sea Matarbari Port Development Project (MPDP) in Bangladesh. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed to provide US$ 25.4 million i...

What it means for export from BD

M S Siddiqui 2020-11-28 00:00:18

The Indian Finance Act, 2020 incorporated many changes in the customs law and procedures, including administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements. A new Chapter VAA has been incorporated in...