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Nostalgia for childhood simple delights Pahela Baishakh offered

Nostalgia for childhood simple delights Pahela Baishakh offered

Nilratan Halder 2022-04-16 00:00:00

With each Pahela Baishakh knocking at the door, it becomes irresistible to undertake a journey down the memory lane. For one who was born in a village and had spent the early years there, the sights a...

Why we need DVC

Why we need DVC

Dipok Kumar Roy FCA 2022-04-16 00:00:00

A Document Verification Code (DVC), a numerical unique number/ code auto-generated by the document verification system (DVS) (software adopted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (...

Is financial literacy needed in sustainable entrepreneurship?

Is financial literacy needed in sustainable entrepreneurship?

Nafisa Ali 2022-04-15 20:03:26

'Entrepreneurship' and 'Financial Literacy' are interconnected, but is financial literacy required for an entrepreneur? Is it possible to manage a business effectively and efficiently without having a...

The childish and unprofessional side of 'angry' Ronaldo

The childish and unprofessional side of 'angry' Ronaldo

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-04-11 17:13:04

This Saturday, Cristiano Ronaldo became the headline of most of the prominent sporting portals for absolutely wrong reasons.  Ronaldo, after playing a match against Everton, which he would rathe...

Export performance of Bangladesh during the pandemic: Impact of export concentration

Export performance of Bangladesh during the pandemic: Impact of export concentration

Syeda Ishrat Jahan 2022-04-09 20:49:51

A sustained and strong economic growth since the beginning of last decade helped Bangladesh qualify for lower-middle income status in 2015 and to remain on the course to graduate from the UN's Least D...

Is man at the centre  of modern  development?

Is man at the centre of modern development?

Nilratan Halder 2022-04-09 00:00:00

If unity is the binding force of this universe, contrast and contradictions are there to lend the balancing act. On the only planet so far known to have hosted life, the contradictions are at their mo...

External debt scenario of Bangladesh

External debt scenario of Bangladesh

Rabiul Hossain 2022-04-08 20:29:25

The portion of a country's debt which is collected from the foreign/external parties is termed as external debt of that country. Generally, debt receiving country takes debt from multilateral lending...

Justice S M Murshed

Justice S M Murshed

Razia Begum 2022-04-02 00:00:00

Some men make history and some create circumstances that lead to it. Syed Mahbub Murshed was a man who combined both of these factors. He was a man with his vision and mission. Therefore, primarily hi...

Mind's eye  needed to  rediscover  beauty of  spring and Nature

Mind's eye needed to rediscover beauty of spring and Nature

Nilratan Halder 2022-04-02 00:00:00

This is the Basanta (spring), the king of seasons in this part of the world. But is it pronounced enough in Nature and people's life? In the first month of the two considered spring on the Bangla cale...

What impact would a Russian debt default have?

What impact would a Russian debt default have?

-- 2022-03-31 15:27:04

Russia has managed to avoid defaulting on its international debt so far despite unprecedented Western sanctions. But the task is getting harder and Moscow's threats to cut Europe's gas supply seems to...

The power of reading book

The power of reading book

Hussain Muhammad Walid 2022-03-26 00:00:00

Reading is not a kind of habit that all of us want to perform but rather we avoid it as much as we can. The same held true for me until the middle of 2021 when I read something for the first time that...

CEOs of banks

CEOs of banks

Syed Md. Aminul Karim and Md. Ariful Islam 2022-03-26 00:00:00

The role of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) has become an emerging function. The goal is to strike a balance between serving both shareholders and other stakeholders. The contribution of CEOs of banks...

Shipbuilding in Bangladesh: opportunities & challenges

Shipbuilding in Bangladesh: opportunities & challenges

Helal Uddin Ahmed 2022-03-16 21:24:57

Shipbuilding in Bangladesh can be traced to the medieval era that underwent gradual expansion during the British colonial rule. At the start of the new millennium, Bangladesh already had a basic shipy...

Trade account in negative territory — crisis beckoning?

Trade account in negative territory — crisis beckoning?

Shakhawat Hossain 2022-03-14 20:50:28

There are different macroeconomic indicators. Of them, four indicators are vital-- GDP (gross domestic product), fiscal budget, monetary accounts, and external sector accounts. The last one is present...

How right to information is being tackled in India

How right to information is being tackled in India

Muhammad Zamir 2022-03-13 21:05:08

Venkatesh Nayak, Indian Transparency Advocator and Right to Information activist has drawn attention to several interesting elements that have surfaced through the Indian Central Information Commissio...

Going back to school: Exciting or stressful?

Going back to school: Exciting or stressful?

SADIA MAHJABEEN and ROSE PREMA GOMES 2022-03-12 19:50:52

Life was at a standstill for our kids with no in-person academic activity at schools for almost 2 years. Now the schools are opening up, it may trigger different emotions in different kids. This...

Putting all heads together

Putting all heads together

Shadman Saquib Rahman 2022-03-12 00:00:00

The 4th Bangladesh Economics Summit (BES), organized by the Economics Study Center (ESC), DU, was held virtually from 24th February 2022 to 3rd March 2022, exploring this year's theme, "Economics of C...

Rising global inflation risks the recovery from pandemic

Rising global inflation risks the recovery from pandemic

Ismail Hossain 2022-03-09 20:20:10

Inflation is back in the world in a big way. Many governments, especially developed nations are feeling heats the most and central bankers are taking measures to contain the inflationary pressure. Lit...

Top 5 movies to watch this month

Top 5 movies to watch this month

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2022-03-05 12:03:55

The month of March is, like the other months, filled with lots of exciting movie releases in theatres and on the OTT platforms. If you are wondering what to watch, here is a recommendation list for yo...

Concept and Strategy of Application

Concept and Strategy of Application

ABM Aslam 2022-03-04 22:51:04

For the first time in Bangladesh, a major research-oriented informative book titled: 'Janosangjog: Dharona o Proyog Koushal' (Public Relations: Concept and Strategy of Application) just came out in re...

From online to on-campus events

From online to on-campus events

Mashrur Ahmed 2022-03-04 22:49:10

The year 2020 had been filled with uncertainties, surprises and an unexpected set of events. The world had been forced to shut down amidst the Covid-19 outbreak, the economy started deteriorating and...

'Corona  war and  conspiracy  theories'

'Corona war and conspiracy theories'

Jehangir Hussain 2022-03-04 22:48:17

Journalist, writer and publisher Mahbub Alom in his book, 'Corona Juddho O Shorojontro Totto' has sought to trace the origin of the deadly virus and at the same time made an effort to present the caus...

10 Suggestions

10 Suggestions

Sadia Mahjabeen and Tamanna Toma Khan 2022-03-04 22:45:40

Samina, who recently returned to work following maternity leave, has a seven-month-old baby. Except for minor sleep issues, her transition to the office was pretty easy. For the first two weeks, her b...

Bidding a farewell  to coronavirus

Bidding a farewell to coronavirus

Nilratan Halder 2022-03-04 22:44:17

So, the tiny but the most deadly virus, SARS-CoV-2, humanity has ever encountered seems to be calling it a day. Unless yet another virulent variant emerges, the world may soon see the back of the path...

Diplomatic endeavour is must for better Adaptation & Mitigation

Diplomatic endeavour is must for better Adaptation & Mitigation

Mohammad Tarikul Islam 2022-02-26 23:59:51

COP26 in Glasgow can be viewed as different to many previous COPs for one important reason. Everyone voiced the same call in favour of delivery instead of promises. Arguments over targets and negotiat...

Unsolicited, unwanted  text messages

Unsolicited, unwanted text messages

Nilratan Halder 2022-02-26 00:03:57

How much is too much? When the number of unsolicited short message service (SMS) texts sent by different cell phone companies to their subscribers is a staggering 1.52 billion on an average each day,...

Expert, Science-backed Guidelines  on raising a Confident Child

Expert, Science-backed Guidelines on raising a Confident Child

Jarin Tasnim Diba and Sadia Mahjabeen 2022-02-26 00:02:24

As a school psychologist when I deal with children and their parents, I frequently find that the majority of parents are quite anxious about their children not being engaged enough in the classroom or...

hoping for productivity boost

hoping for productivity boost

Salma Sultana 2022-02-26 00:01:20

Production of shrimp and prawn has increased about 20 percent at small-scale farms that are managed carefully. A recent survey of selected smallholders in the south-western region has shown this progr...

10 ideas to make "Studying" easier for your child

10 ideas to make "Studying" easier for your child

Sadia Mahjabeen and Tamanna Toma Khan 2022-02-19 00:00:00

When children enjoy the process of learning, their study habits become AUTO for the rest of their lives. Here are 10 ideas based on BRAIN SCIENCE that can help you do just that! It's no secret that mo...

Choice of  deshi,  cultured,  foreign  consumer items

Choice of deshi, cultured, foreign consumer items

Nilratan Halder 2022-02-19 00:00:00

As a consumer, everyone is different and so are personal likes and dislikes. However, when it comes to making a choice of consumer goods from the staple to the toiletries to the fancy items with no ut...