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Revving up rural economy to beat poverty

Revving up rural economy to beat poverty

Md. Mazadul Hoque 2018-04-20 20:50:32

For the last couple of years, poverty reduction got much importance as the country's key objectives to achieve the related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under the 2030 development agenda set by...

Making of a model public hospital

Making of a model public hospital

M M Rahman 2018-04-20 20:48:45

  The present state of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital mismatches all the perceptions about a public hospital. Within a short span of time it has been transformed into a model hospit...

Analysing price spiral during Ramadan

Analysing price spiral during Ramadan

Syed Jamaluddin 2018-04-20 20:44:13

Ramadan is knocking at the door. Consumers are hoping for good food at Iftar and Sehri after fasting for the day. They are already counting the extra cost needed for Ramadan. Traders are contemplating...

Blending battle-lines in the Middle-east chess board

Blending battle-lines in the Middle-east chess board

Imtiaz A. Hussain 2018-04-19 20:46:47

We have long heard of the Israel-Palestine chasm dragging on and on, without end in sight, for a century or so (recall how one of its springboards was the infamous 1917 Balfour Declaration). Peace agr...

The art of minting money

The art of minting money

Nilratan Halder 2018-04-13 22:10:18

Of the many childhood delights, one is surely a kind of irresistible attraction for magic. Magicians produced -and still do -pigeons out of a cap or a hat. If this is tempting enough, the other unforg...

FDI: Is it bane or boon for Bangladesh?

FDI: Is it bane or boon for Bangladesh?

Mowshumi Sharmin 2018-04-13 22:09:18

The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Bangladesh dates back to 1984 soon after enactment of the 1980 Foreign Private Investment Act. FDI is a major source of capital formation and a mechani...

Building a world free from communality

Building a world free from communality

Shishir Reza 2018-04-13 22:06:50

Economist Professor Abul Barkat has authored a book on fundamentalism. It has been published by Muktobuddhi Prokasana. It is the 7th publication of the publishing house. This book titled 'Fundamentali...

Pahela Baishakh is celebrated across South and Southeast Asia

Pahela Baishakh is celebrated across South and Southeast Asia

Helal Uddin Ahmed 2018-04-13 21:14:15

In Bangladesh, three calendars are followed: the Gregorian solar calendar (used officially for all purposes), the Islamic lunar calendar (for religious purposes) and the Bangla calender (used for soci...

It's the day to hit the Refresh Button

It's the day to hit the Refresh Button

Maswood Alam Khan 2018-04-13 21:11:15

The first day of Bangla New Year, Pahela Baishakh stands before us like the first blank page of the first chapter of a 365-page book waiting to be written. It's the day to dust away the forgotten memo...

Under-15 girls’ football team  makes the country proud

Under-15 girls’ football team makes the country proud

Nilratan Halder 2018-04-06 22:15:12

Women in Bangladesh are usually considered a second-rated species. They have to comply, barring in high societies, with dress codes and several socially sanctioned restrictions. Their status cannot be...

The age of millennials

The age of millennials

Prottoya Chowdhury 2018-04-06 22:14:08

Millennials (people born between 1981-2000) are a completely different variant of the human race who, unlike any other generation, are leading the changes taking place in today's world, shifting and d...

Taking the bull by the horns

Taking the bull by the horns

Taslim Ahammad 2018-04-06 22:13:00

Sexual harassment is an unwanted advance, unwelcome request for sexual favour or other unwelcome conduct of this type which makes a person feel offended, humiliated or intimidated, where a reasonable...

The history of soccer

The history of soccer

Iftu Ahmed 2018-04-06 22:10:13

Soccer is the world's most popular sport. More than 240 million people in over 200 countries play soccer. As a result, it has been the world's beautiful global sport. It has its ancient origin, histor...

Biden and Trump trade blows

Biden and Trump trade blows

-- 2018-03-30 22:02:33

Who would dare openly declare of physically pounding the president of the most powerful country on earth to pulps! How many heads does he have on his broad shoulder (kar ghare koita matha)? The man wh...

The story of maximum retail deception

The story of maximum retail deception

Pranab Majumder 2018-03-30 22:01:39

I may not have been good at leading a methodical life. But I can say I am successful in the equation of family expenditures! It's because I am a man of limited means. I have to lead my daily life to a...

The forgotten silent majority

The forgotten silent majority

Abdul Hannam 2018-03-30 21:59:23

Lipi's mother who works at my home as a part time domestic help after doing two shifts elsewhere was today late. When asked for the reason for the delay, she apologised saying  that she was held...

Restoring the lustre of golden fibre

Restoring the lustre of golden fibre

Koyes Sohel 2018-03-30 21:58:06

Jute farmers of Nilphamari district were facing trouble after harvesting their bumper crop over the years. The reason was usual: they were not getting the fair price for their produce. In late January...

Globalisation, protectionism and trends of world economy

Globalisation, protectionism and trends of world economy

Syed Ejaz Ahsan 2018-03-28 22:14:34

Protectionism was once a dominant phenomenon in world economy. In the era of cold war, countries were more concerned to protect their economy than expanding their economic prospects. The socialist cou...

'Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought'

'Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought'

Syed Tashfin Chowdhury 2018-03-25 22:26:59

Immediately after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur declared the independence of Bangladesh on March 26, 1971, the people braced themselves for an onslaught from the Pakistani army. The news of the massacre...

The enormity of Mujib Killing

The enormity of Mujib Killing

Mir Mahboob Ali 2018-03-25 21:37:08

Sheikh Mujib is a great man, much larger than life. Unfortunately, the generations, born and brought up in the post-1975 period up to the mid-1990s when there was an attempt to obliterate the evidence...

Revisiting Mahesh Khola — the shelter

Revisiting Mahesh Khola — the shelter

Saif Ul Hassan 2018-03-25 21:34:46

The name 'Mahesh Khola' is engraved in my heart as it is a place where my family took refuge during the war of independence in 1971. I had an opportunity to visit Mahesh Khola, a remote village in Bag...

Time is propitious for political turncoats

Time is propitious for political turncoats

Nilratan Halder 2018-03-24 00:32:00

A Bangla adage runs like this when paraphrased: In war and love, no rule applies. Add another more debauched phenomenon -politics-to this. Politics sets no rule or ideal for anyone today. If any move...

Keeping world soccer fans on edge

Keeping world soccer fans on edge

Nashir Uddin 2018-03-24 00:30:13

The whole world has been taken aback by the sudden decline in diplomatic relations between two major powers the United Kingdom (UK) and Russia. The breakdown in bilateral ties began in the wake of a r...

Rohingya crisis in the eye of UN officials

Rohingya crisis in the eye of UN officials

Tharanga Yakupitiyage of IPS 2018-03-24 00:29:02

In the wake of persistent violence against the Rohingya community, UN officials have expressed growing fears that genocide is being incited and committed in Myanmar. Since violence renewed in Myanmar...

Scaling up the export growth

Scaling up the export growth

Md. Mazadul Hoque 2018-03-24 00:27:43

Development in any economy is good, but sustainable development for a longer period is very important. An export-oriented economy can ensure this. Long after the Independence of Bangladesh, the countr...

Punishment with  a difference

Punishment with a difference

Nilratan Halder 2018-03-17 00:37:06

A mobile court magistrate now serving at the Shahjalal International Airport for three years has come up with an ingenious punishment for petty offences by airport employees. Euphemistically called sp...

Imbuing youths with the Liberation War spirit

Imbuing youths with the Liberation War spirit

Shafiquer Rahaman Shuvo 2018-03-17 00:36:09

The fourth edition of the Joy Bangla Concert, the biggest rock music event of the country, stirred the young generation with the Liberation War spirit on the historic occasion of March 07. Young Bang...

Cox’s Bazar in the wake of Rohingya influx

Cox’s Bazar in the wake of Rohingya influx

Mohammad Ferdous Rahman Sarker 2018-03-09 20:37:28

Cox's Bazar is known for its share of importance in the arena of tourism in Bangladesh. It's a fishing port. The beach in Cox's Bazar is a sandy slope with an unbroken length of 155 km. It is the long...

Bettering life with clean cooking

Bettering life with clean cooking

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-03-09 20:30:08

Smoke and other particles emitted by traditional mud stoves are major contributors to household air pollution. It is unknown to many that exposure to smoke from traditional cook stoves and open fires...

Putting tourism on the recovery path

Putting tourism on the recovery path

Prof. Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled 2018-03-09 20:29:08

Bangladesh's tourism sector is set to stage a comeback defying the security threats in the wake of the attack on Holey Artisan Bakery at Gulshan, Dhaka on July 1, 2016. As per statistics of Bangladesh...