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Viva Ronaldo: Manchester homecoming of Cristiano

Viva Ronaldo: Manchester homecoming of Cristiano

Naveed Ashfaque 2021-08-30 13:58:18

The internet lost it when rumours started to circulate that Ronaldo had given the green light to join the Manchester blues. The emotion and hurt from the United fan base was almost palpable through th...

The remittance matrix and human resources

The remittance matrix and human resources

Muhammad Zamir   2021-08-29 20:45:28

Over the last two decades tens of thousands of Bangladeshis have left their homes every month seeking greener pastures abroad where they can get jobs with higher income and greater savings. They als...

Crisis in Afghanistan: All eyes on Central Asia

Crisis in Afghanistan: All eyes on Central Asia

Erica Marat 2021-08-29 20:40:50

The political and human catastrophe in Afghanistan is threatening to boost autocratic tendencies in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. With the withdrawal of US and coalition forces from Afghanistan and the r...

Fashion in times of pandemic: How the new normal has changed the way we dress

Fashion in times of pandemic: How the new normal has changed the way we dress

MoriumKulsum 2021-08-29 09:54:02

Fashion industry has not been immune from the effects of the pandemic. The global industry that has been racking up billions in profits, accounted for billions of losses instead. In an endeavor to s...

Afghanistan: The failed US imperial project

Afghanistan: The failed US imperial project

Muhammad Mahmood 2021-08-28 21:54:28

The victory of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the speed of their success caught the world by surprise. The pretense of  "war on terror" was the overriding motto of the invasion leading to the occ...

Afghanistan: Miserable performance  of US mainstream media

Afghanistan: Miserable performance of US mainstream media

Melvin Goodman 2021-08-27 20:26:06

America's 20-year misadventure in Afghanistan is finally over.  The original purpose of our use of force, to destroy al-Qaeda after September 11, was legitimate.  Our goal evolved, however,...

Deadly killer of mankind: Threat of mosquito-borne diseases

Deadly killer of mankind: Threat of mosquito-borne diseases

RAISA BINTHE AHMED 2021-08-27 09:26:26

Almost half a million people die from homicide each year. However, mosquitoes kill a higher number of humans – approximately 725,000 a year. A creature only the size of a thumbnail is the greate...

Handbook on customs tariff

Handbook on customs tariff

Doulot Akter Mala 2021-08-26 21:33:14

Tax rates for a longer period or gradual increase or decrease in taxes with specific planning is considered one of key fiscal measures to lure investment. Bangladesh's businesses have long demanded gr...

Spotlighting the metamorphosed Afghans

Spotlighting the metamorphosed Afghans

Shihab Sarkar   2021-08-26 21:19:25

To be specific, the time comprised the 1950s to the late sixties ending in 1971. During these socio-politically volatile times, the capital Dhaka and the other large cities in erstwhile East Pakista...

The dead men of Afghanistan

The dead men of Afghanistan

Syed Badrul Ahsan 2021-08-26 21:14:51

This is a story of the men who have led, or tried to lead, Afghanistan in our times. It is a story which needs to be narrated in the light of the disaster, for so it is, that has befallen the country...

Making a life plan

Making a life plan

SOFIA NOOR RAFA 2021-08-26 11:31:03

How is it like to have a planned lifestyle? Is it totally, fully organised? Having a bucket list of things makes life easier. A plan is a gateway to "what I need to do." At times, we are messier than...

Anwar Hossain: Glimpses of the life and accomplishments of a pioneer industrialist 

Anwar Hossain: Glimpses of the life and accomplishments of a pioneer industrialist 

Asjadul Kibria 2021-08-25 22:14:52

Though Bengal was a trade hub for  long, mostly Hindus made their fortune and wealth through business in the British period. Thanks to the British colonial policy, they had expanded their busines...

Addressing collateral damage

Addressing collateral damage

Mahmudur Rahman 2021-08-24 21:54:16

Usually, whenever businesses report profits, they are carefully gauged with several factors in mind. Benefits of cost reductions, uptake in demand even in adverse market conditions, hedging and newer...

Mind the gap: Fostering better trade for sustainable development

Mind the gap: Fostering better trade for sustainable development

Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba, Niematallah E. A. Elamin and Axel Marx 2021-08-24 21:46:35

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, progress towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was not happening fast enough to achieve the goals and targets by 2030. As the recent Inter...

VAT on insurance service and the new law

VAT on insurance service and the new law

Mohammad Abu Yusuf 2021-08-23 23:17:32

The New VAT and SD Act 2012 was enacted to overcome the weaknesses in the VAT Act 1991 by including cutting-edge issues. In particular, the new Act is said to have been enacted to be implemented in an...

Finding the purpose in the present

Finding the purpose in the present

KANIZ FATEMA 2021-08-23 13:01:18

The word ‘purpose’ has a much deeper meaning than most people can ever fathom. The Arabic word ‘niyyah’ which stands for ‘intention’ or ‘purpose’ is a f...

The rarity of real pockets in clothes for women

The rarity of real pockets in clothes for women

NAWAR FAIROOZ 2021-08-23 12:15:24

A woman must deal with a glaring lack of pockets in their clothing alongside many other endless problems. Recently, I have had to add one of my favourite and most overworn dresses to my mother’...

Religious freedom in Myanmar and international law

Religious freedom in Myanmar and international law

Muhammad Zamir 2021-08-22 20:51:02

The Office of International Religious Freedom has recently issued its 2020 report on observance of religious freedom in Myanmar. This has drawn the world's attention given recent media coverage observ...

The Suicide Squad: James Gunn’s cinematic poetry of violence and humour

The Suicide Squad: James Gunn’s cinematic poetry of violence and humour

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2021-08-22 14:43:00

The Suicide Squad, directed and written by James Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy- is a rugged, rib-tickling and impressively astute supervillain romp that is less of a sequel and more of a sorely ne...

The fall of the Kabul regime: Taliban triumph

The fall of the Kabul regime: Taliban triumph

Muhammad Mahmood 2021-08-21 20:38:10

The sudden collapse of the US client regime in Kabul on Sunday, August 15, is a historic military debacle for the US.  The  Taliban, against whom the US waged two decades of bloody and expen...

Depression in Gen Z

Depression in Gen Z

KANIZ FATEMA 2021-08-21 11:01:56

Drastic changes in daily life over the past century are fueling the growing burden of chronic diseases and disrupting mental health. So, depression is rising. Nearly half of people living with depress...

The menace of Gastric

The menace of Gastric

IMTIAZ AHMED 2021-08-20 13:06:19

It will be difficult to find someone who has never complained about the pain of gastric. However, gastritis is a misnomer, since, in medical terminology, gastric is the name of the stomach. The col...

Still short of answers

Still short of answers

Mahmudur Rahman 2021-08-19 22:18:44

Science and politics have one thing in common. They change, mutate and are allowed to take U-turns in information and decisions. Their decisions are based on information gleaned through intelligence o...

Eye strain in digital life

Eye strain in digital life

IMTIAZ AHMED 2021-08-19 12:23:14

There is a Bengali saying which roughly translates into something like we don’t appreciate the blessing of having teeth while we have them. It advises valuing things when they are still in good...

Difficulties we are facing due to work from home

Difficulties we are facing due to work from home

Sirajum Munira Tuli 2021-08-18 16:13:03

Many of us may be familiar with this scene from the movie Hotel Transylvania where Father Dracula turns exhausted running after little Marvis and he starts feeling body ache. Times have changed,...

RMG: Vietnam overtakes Bangladesh  but the game is not over

RMG: Vietnam overtakes Bangladesh  but the game is not over

Zaidi Sattar 2021-08-17 23:05:24

For starters, this should not have come as a surprise. It was a long-time coming. Vietnam was hot on our heels for almost a decade. Bangladesh trailed China in apparel exports for nearly twenty years,...

From history books: the rethink of the international monetary system

From history books: the rethink of the international monetary system

Atish Rex Ghosh 2021-08-17 20:07:16

Fifty years ago, the world changed. On August 15, 1971, US President Richard Nixon slammed shut the "gold window," suspending dollar convertibility. Although it was not Nixon's intention, this act eff...

Bank interest rates -- rationalising or rationing?

Bank interest rates -- rationalising or rationing?

Haradhan Sarker 2021-08-16 21:55:39

More than a year  has already elapsed since the government  announced a single digit  interest structure  of 6-9 per cent  that became effective  from April 01, 2020.The...

Is northwestern Bangladesh falling behind the eastern part?

Is northwestern Bangladesh falling behind the eastern part?

ISMOT HASNINE MASRUR E KHUDA 2021-08-16 14:19:48

Bangladesh has seen astonishing economic growth. Even at the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, the country has managed to keep its economy reasonably stable. However, the fruits of this economic success...

Jobs and skills for people with disability in Bangladesh

Jobs and skills for people with disability in Bangladesh

Kazi Farzana Sharmin and Hasnat M Alamgir   2021-08-15 22:19:40

Living life with a disability is more than difficult in Bangladesh and many other Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) compared to the relatively affluent countries where social safety net and eco...