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Too many brands of water  but few are safe

Too many brands of water but few are safe

Nilratan Halder 2019-03-01 21:41:46

It is not long ago that the Dhakites realised the danger of drinking water supplied by the Water and Sewerage authority (WASA) directly. On realisation of this, the majority started boiling water befo...

Venezuela in trouble in western hemisphere

Venezuela in trouble in western hemisphere

Mohammad Amjad Hossain 2019-03-01 21:40:54

As of now it gives the impression that doctrine of President James Monroe (1823) is likely to be repeated by 47th President Donald Trump of the United States in the twenty first century in the western...

Beenkar Musical Society  celebrates anniversary

Beenkar Musical Society celebrates anniversary

FE Desk 2019-03-01 21:39:40

A two-day music workshop was held at the National Nrityakala Academy auditorium of the Jatiya Shilpakala Academy in the city to mark the anniversary of Beenkar Musical Society of Bangladesh. In the c...

Nimtoli to Chawkbazar: A governance perspective

Nimtoli to Chawkbazar: A governance perspective

Raihan Ahamed and Md. Shanawez Hossain 2019-03-01 21:38:45

With 53 million urban population by the end of 2030, Dhaka will be the number six growing megacity in the world. However, the question is-is the city prepared for natural and/or manmade disasters like...

The discourse on innovation and regulation

The discourse on innovation and regulation

Faruk Ahmed 2019-03-01 21:35:21

The world is awash in paper currency as major countries' central banks are pumping out hundreds of billions of dollars worth each year mainly in very large denomination notes such as the $100 bill. An...

Reforms needed to improve ranking in Ease of Doing Business index

Reforms needed to improve ranking in Ease of Doing Business index

Ferdaus Ara Begum 2019-02-23 21:53:14

The World Bank will publish Doing Business 2019 report after research work for the study is completed by April 2019. Bangladesh got disappointing ranking in the Doing Business 2018 index. The governme...

No rhetorics, only action to serve the purpose

No rhetorics, only action to serve the purpose

Syed Mahbubur Rashid 2019-02-23 16:11:07

Everywhere around the globe the government forms a commission with a view to either cooling down any agitation or concealing the authority's non-action psyche or hoodwinking the people. In Bangladesh...

Foreign policy needs evaluation

Foreign policy needs evaluation

Mohammad Amjad Hossain 2019-02-23 16:02:35

Since the foreign policy of a country is the first line of defence, therefore, further evaluation of the policy needs to be done in view of the emerging global scenario. Competing interests of two eme...

Verdant soul of Bangla poetry passes away

Verdant soul of Bangla poetry passes away

Helal Uddin Ahmed 2019-02-23 15:54:49

One of the principal poets of contemporary Bangla poetry in both Bengals-Al Mahmud-passed away on the night of February 15. Born on July 11 in 1936 in Brahmanbaria, he was an outstanding poet, fiction...

Springtime without the spring

Springtime without the spring

Nilratan Halder 2019-02-23 13:14:57

This year the winter was perhaps warmer and more short-lived than before. In the country's north the wintry spell was severer and more prolonged. However, in the capital it was hardly cold enough to s...

Climate change: How devastating is it for world peace & security?

Climate change: How devastating is it for world peace & security?

Thalif Deen in UN Headquarters, New York 2019-02-15 21:28:39

When the Security Council, the most powerful body at the United Nations, met last month to discuss the growing new threats to world peace and security, the discussion veered away from international te...

Midas touch with a difference

Midas touch with a difference

Nilratan Halder 2019-02-15 20:26:25

Forty years are a long time for an organisation, particularly when it propagates habits, spirits and values contrary to the popular trend. On this score, Bishwo Shahitto Kendro and its creator prof. A...

Future of uranium as sustainable source of energy

Future of uranium as sustainable source of energy

Noah Mayhew 2019-02-15 20:24:57

According to the International Energy Agency, global energy consumption could see an increase of up to 18 per cent by 2030 and 39 per cent by 2050. This will increase the demand for various sources of...

Prospect of SME banking in Bangladesh

Prospect of SME banking in Bangladesh

Muhammed Zahirul Alam 2019-02-15 20:23:44

  The small and medium enterprise (SME) loan means financing provided by financial institutions in small and medium industries. Financial institutions provide loans to small and medium industrie...

Mooting the idea of welfare business

Mooting the idea of welfare business

Abdus Salam 2019-02-15 20:22:20

There are thousands of people who would like to do business in the society but they can't do it due to a shortage of capital. Besides, some have started co-operative and partnership business but canno...

Air pollution: Identifying the reasons behind declining AQI

Air pollution: Identifying the reasons behind declining AQI

Towhid Iqram Mahmood 2019-02-13 20:37:49

Most of Dhaka city's citizens are regularly troubled by the deteriorating air quality around the city through illnesses and pollution. A "megacity" by definition, Dhaka fails to provide its inhabitant...

Of human bond and beyond

Of human bond and beyond

-- 2019-02-08 20:41:04

The greatest crisis of the modern time is the lack of human relations based on sincerity and integrity of soul. Human bond of this order as against indiscriminately and often thoughtlessly used love i...

The standing as it is, 40 years on

The standing as it is, 40 years on

Asjadul Kibria 2019-02-08 20:40:15

Dhaka was a quite city at that time and there was a lot of greenery in many parts of the city.  There were some dedicated men in the city who felt the urge to enlighten the people and society in...

Santa's rally bears gifts for the underdog

Santa's rally bears gifts for the underdog

Prottoya Chowdhury 2019-02-08 20:38:40

The week before Christmas, the holiday smiles and laughs on the faces of investors were wiped off clean and replaced with an expression of financial perdition. All across the world, investment bankers...

Drive that starts with a bang  but ends in a whimper

Drive that starts with a bang but ends in a whimper

Nilratan Halder 2019-02-01 22:05:57

An evacuation drive is currently being conducted by the Bangladesh Inland Water Development Authority (BIWTA) on the banks of the Buriganga. The intent demonstrated looks serious and some of its top o...

Spring Festival heralds Chinese New Year

Spring Festival heralds Chinese New Year

Helal Uddin Ahmed 2019-02-01 22:04:45

The Spring Festival or Chinese New Year (Chun Jie) is the most important traditional festival of China observed on and from the first day of the first Chinese lunar month. It ushers in the lunar New Y...

Universal health coverage in Bangladesh: The challenges

Universal health coverage in Bangladesh: The challenges

Shahidur Rahman 2019-02-01 22:03:27

Universal health coverage (UHC) ensures that all people can have access to quality health services without financial hardship. Paying for healthcare is one of the main reasons why people fall into pov...

The evergreen princess of Bangla filmdom

The evergreen princess of Bangla filmdom

Helal Uddin Ahmed 2019-01-25 20:51:07

January 17 was her fifth death anniversary. It passed away almost unnoticed in Bangladesh. But in the minds of three generations of Bangladeshi cine-goers who had watched Bangla films since the 1950s,...

Delving deep into BD oils and fats market

Delving deep into BD oils and fats market

AKM Fakhrul Alam 2019-01-25 20:47:58

Bangladesh is a country of 165 million people and consumes about 3.0 million tonnes of oils and fats as per statistics of 2018. Due to insufficient indigenous production, almost 90 per cent of these a...

Challenges to implementation of laws for children

Challenges to implementation of laws for children

Ms. Wahida Banu 2019-01-25 20:32:45

Bangladesh is the signatory and ratifies the United Nations Convention on the right of the child in 1989. We have many achievements in the field of child rights i.e. enrollment in the education/school...

Causes, consequences and remedies of rigged elections: An academic exercise

Causes, consequences and remedies of rigged elections: An academic exercise

Helal Uddin Ahmed 2019-01-18 21:48:34

Election fraud and manipulations are considered pervasive throughout the developing world, giving rise to concerns that they facilitate corruption and inhibit economic growth, as the voters are prev...

The season of traditional  cake festival

The season of traditional cake festival

Nilratan Halder 2019-01-18 20:26:58

The winter is the time for gastronomic extravaganza. Not only are the vegetables, fish and a variety of special fruits available at this time of the year but a person's appetite grows stronger than in...

Butterflies, tornadoes and a world chaotic

Butterflies, tornadoes and a world chaotic

Muhammad Rakibul Islam 2019-01-18 20:25:18

Let me tell you a story of a certain butterfly in Brazil which flapped its wings causing a tornado in a distant land in Texas. This tale might sound familiar to you because it is the highly popularise...

The migration grievance redress mechanism

The migration grievance redress mechanism

Aminul Hoque Tushar 2019-01-18 20:23:36

The Bangladeshi migrant workers, both male and female, experienced two types of grievances, financial and social. Moreover, majority of the Bangladeshi survivors did not file cases or grievances and a...

Bank's capital shortfall—causes and consequences

Bank's capital shortfall—causes and consequences

Nironjan Roy from Toronto, Canada 2019-01-14 21:23:28

It has been learnt from a media report that our banking sector is facing a crisis as nine banks are identified with capital shortfall. The report further states that six state owned banks and three pr...