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In quest of minimum bank interest rates

In quest of minimum bank interest rates

Haradhan Sarker 2021-08-25 22:17:20

Existing bank interest rates on deposits and advances (the term loans and advances are used here interchangeably) hardly satisfy the interests of 99 per cent of depositors and the majority of the bank...

Bettering business climate in BD

Bettering business climate in BD

Md Mazadul Hoque 2021-08-07 00:00:00

A couple of months back, the government unveiled the Perspective Plan 2021-2041. The plan has been formulated aiming to achieve 9.0 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth by 2031 and 9.90 per ce...

Brave new world: Islamic finance in BD

Brave new world: Islamic finance in BD

Md. Touhidul Alam Khan 2021-08-07 00:00:00

International IFN Roadshow Bangladesh-2021 was held recently organised by REDMoney Group. The IFN Roadshow-2021 series opens with Bangladesh, a country that has a promising future in Islamic finance,...

Ctg awaits a sea of change

Ctg awaits a sea of change

Abul Quasem Haider 2021-08-07 00:00:00

The present government is working for development of the country by implementing many mega projects. The Padma Bridge construction is nearing its end with funding from the state coffer and China. Chin...

The Buriganga recovers health but for how long?

The Buriganga recovers health but for how long?

Nilratan Halder 2021-08-07 00:00:00

With the monsoon, the Buriganga gets back some of its health. Even the naked eye can see that the water is no longer jet black like tar and does not emit foul smell now. This has been confirmed lately...

Professional jealousy and backbiting

Professional jealousy and backbiting

Md. Ziauddin Iqbal 2021-07-24 00:00:00

Professional jealousy and backbiting in the workplace are emerging as alarming social diseases. Professional jealousy and backbiting are very common in the society. It may be termed as a severe social...

Fading colours of life in  time of pandemic

Fading colours of life in time of pandemic

Nilratan Halder 2021-07-24 00:00:00

"Life is like a rainbow. You need both sun and rain to make its colours appear." A 29-year-old social media personality and instagram star from Saudi Arabia has perhaps captured life in the above quo...

What it means for firm value

What it means for firm value

Sudipta Bose, Syed Shams, Muhammad Jahangir Ali, and Dessalegne Mihret 2021-07-17 00:00:00

Whether the engagement of corporations on sustainability matters contributes to business performance has been a vexed issue. The issue has become even more important as the world has witnessed the dam...

Prolonged unhealthy encounter  with uncertainties

Prolonged unhealthy encounter with uncertainties

Nilratan Halder 2021-07-17 00:00:00

A highly appealing romantic song of Arati Mukherjee is, "Ek Baishakhe dekha holo dujanar". In the third sentence, 'Aschhe Ashad mas, mon tai bhabchhe ki hoi ki hoi, ke jane ki hoi', the trepidation mi...

Food price volatility and inflation in LICs

Food price volatility and inflation in LICs

Gene Kindberg-Hanlon 2021-07-11 20:42:01

Rising inflation amid the post-pandemic economic recovery and climbing food prices could aggravate food insecurity in low-income countries (LICs), which has already been driven higher by conflict, adv...

On the road to achieving SDGs

On the road to achieving SDGs

Md. Touhidul Alam Khan 2021-07-10 00:00:00

According to UN Sustainable Development Goals Report, COVID-19 which is now a global pandemic can potentially affect most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) severely having impacts specifically on S...

Rehana Maryam Noor  receives applause at Cannes

Rehana Maryam Noor receives applause at Cannes

Nilratan Halder 2021-07-10 00:00:00

If the standing ovation Rehana Maryam Noor received at the 74th Cannes Film Festival following its screening there in the Un Certain Regard section, there is every possibility of winning an award for...

The long wait for a big change

The long wait for a big change

Abul Quasem Haider 2021-07-10 00:00:00

Every year the Teesta River causes miseries to the people of north-western districts of Bangladesh. Our honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina adopted the 'Teesta Project' three years back in order to...

Covid-19 fallout on CMSMEs -- an assessment of the policy responses

Covid-19 fallout on CMSMEs -- an assessment of the policy responses

Nasrin Akther Lubna, Md Abir Hossain and Md Ezazul Islam 2021-07-06 21:01:27

Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CMSMEs) have emerged as an engine of growth in Bangladesh like other any developing countries. The sector's contribution in terms of employment generation...

Rethinking the stimulus packages for CSMEs: A labour market analysis

Rethinking the stimulus packages for CSMEs: A labour market analysis

Mohammad Nazmul Avi Hossain 2021-07-03 20:00:22

For the endurance of Covid-19, the government announced 23 stimulus packages (until March 2021) worth of Tk 1,240.53 billion which accounts for almost 4.40 per cent of the country's Gross Domestic Pro...

How GRI, DSE helping listed  companies

How GRI, DSE helping listed companies

DR. ADITI HALDAR and ABDUL MATIN PATWARY 2021-07-03 00:00:00

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is the international, non-profit organization that provides the world's most widely used sustainability reporting standards. In the South Asia region and companies ar...

A delicate global game

A delicate global game

Md. Ziauddin Iqbal and Mst. Marium Begum 2021-07-03 00:00:00

Global politics is now familiar with several new words following the outbreak of the ever deadliest Coronavirus pandemic, among which one new term is "Vaccine Diplomacy." Diplomacy is an English word,...

Pandemic's lessons go unheeded as ever

Pandemic's lessons go unheeded as ever

Nilratan Halder 2021-07-03 00:00:00

How welcome rains are when scorching heat of summer makes a hell of a life for people. Right now parts of Canada and the United States of America are smarting under a relentless and repressive sun. Pe...

Evolution of trade policies of Bangladesh since 1972

Evolution of trade policies of Bangladesh since 1972

Mostafa Abid Khan 2021-07-02 21:00:15

Since independence Bangladesh has witnessed gradual changes in trade policies and policies directly or indirectly affecting trade, starting from widespread control on trade, exchange rate and investme...

Of ethics, morality in society

Of ethics, morality in society

Prof. Sarwar Jahan 2021-06-26 00:00:48

Civilisation is advancing in all fields, now we are embracing Fourth Industrial Revolution. In the last 100 years, the world made tremendous progress, but conventional principles, ethics and values ar...

The month of mellow sweetness

The month of mellow sweetness

Nilratan Halder 2021-06-26 00:00:46

If the high summer months are terrible for extreme rise in temperature, the bounties they offer in return are incomparable. No wonder, the month of Jaisthya, the second of the two summer months, is lo...

Covid-19 tiggers impact on poverty

Covid-19 tiggers impact on poverty

Md. Ziauddin Iqbal 2021-06-26 00:00:12

The poverty impact of Covid-19 brought unprecedented demand and supply-side shocks on the socio-economic lives of Bangladesh's people. The Covid pandemic has significantly eroded the country's past ra...

Bangladesh and the issue of QUAD

Bangladesh and the issue of QUAD

Abul Quasem Haider 2021-06-26 00:00:04

Advising Bangladesh not to join the QUAD, Chinese Ambassador to Dhaka Li Ji-ming said in a virtual discussion with DCAB on May 10, 2021, "Bangladesh's decision to join the anti-China alliance will har...

Unemployment and Bangladesh context

Unemployment and Bangladesh context

Md. Shafiqul Islam 2021-06-19 13:53:57

At present, about 30 per cent of the total population of the country are young who are aged 15-30 years. According to a report, the number of young unemployed people is about one third. Fifty per ce...

Motherhood: A brave new world

Motherhood: A brave new world

Monisha Arefeen 2021-06-19 13:10:51

"However impatient she might be in the day, however filled with little sudden angers, at night she was all tenderness". - Pearl S. Buck Warmest greetings to all the dearest mommas or going to be m...

Family ties: Now and then

Family ties: Now and then

Md Ziauddin Iqbal 2021-06-19 13:02:15

The concept of "family" is absolutely an ancient term, which began from the genesis of humankind. Man is a social being, therefore living alone is impossible for any human being. Being ambient by soci...

Mango train makes its mark

Mango train makes its mark

Nilratan Halder 2021-06-19 11:59:29

So, a new epithet has found its place in our lexicon. It looks more like a term rather than an epithet or two nouns coined together, because it never happened anywhere before. Indeed mango and train h...

Employment & income generations  should define Covid-19 recovery

Employment & income generations should define Covid-19 recovery

Mustafizur Rahman, Towfiqul Islam Khan, Muntaseer Kamal, Nawshin Nawar, Marfia Alam, and Md Sabbir Hossain 2021-06-16 20:06:21

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is having adverse impacts on the global economy from multidimensional perspectives. Bangladesh is no exception in this regard. The country has experienced a slowdown of e...

Issues of medical waste management

Issues of medical waste management

Mushfiqur Rahman 2021-06-13 20:13:38

The volume of medical waste generated in the clinics, hospitals and other healthcare establishments have been increasing in the country. Medical wastes may contain sharp, non-sharp metallic items, hum...

How welcome an earlier monsoon will be

How welcome an earlier monsoon will be

Nilratan Halder 2021-06-12 00:00:28

This Jaisthya, the second month of high summer, is perhaps the wettest ever if not all across the country, at least in many of its parts. It would be difficult to recall a wetter Jaisthya in Banglades...