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The guiding luminary that we lost

The guiding luminary that we lost

Shahiduzzaman Khan 2021-07-31 22:28:46

[To commemorate the third death anniversary of Moazzem Hossain, FE reintroduces the following piece of tribute written by his long-time colleague and FE’s former executive editor Shahiduzzaman K...

On FE’s 25th year of publication

On FE’s 25th year of publication

Moazzem Hossain 2021-07-31 22:26:23

[On August 1, 2018, we lost AHM Moazzem Hossain, the doyen of financial journalism in Bangladesh and the founding editor of The Financial Express (FE). On this occasion, FE reintroduces the following...

A pioneer of financial journalism in BD

A pioneer of financial journalism in BD

Zaidi Sattar 2021-07-31 22:12:10

Three years have passed since my best friend, Moazzem Hossain, left this mortal world leaving me and many others sorely deprived of his sharp intellect and intimate friendship. On the first annivers...

Making the digital money revolution work for all

Making the digital money revolution work for all

Tobias Adrian and Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli   2021-07-31 22:07:20

History moves in uneven steps. Just as the telegraph erased time and distance in the 19th century, today's innovations in digital money may bring significant changes in the way we lead our lives. Th...

Export trade of Bangladesh: The way forward

Export trade of Bangladesh: The way forward

Muhammad Mahmood   2021-07-31 20:51:20

Bangladesh has made some very remarkable strides in economic development over the last five decades enabling the country transiting from low income country to  achieve the status of lower middle...

Telemedicine: A change for the better

Telemedicine: A change for the better

SHUBHASHISH CHAKRABORTY TURJOY 2021-07-31 12:56:52

With the cases of Covid-19 growing by the day, new and more efficient ways of treating patients have become very important. That is where the valuable contribution of telemedicine comes in. “I...

The political economy behind the gold rush of apologies in Africa

The political economy behind the gold rush of apologies in Africa

A K Enamul Haque 2021-07-30 20:37:29

Africa, often labelled as the dark continent of the world, is now under intense pressure to choose a side. It is once again a centre of conflict between superpowers.  This continent was initially...

Ronaldo and Portugal

Ronaldo and Portugal

RASSIQ AZIZ KABIR 2021-07-30 11:35:51

It is often said that Cristiano Ronaldo was born in the wrong time. He was a young talent when the likes of Luis Figo, Rui Costa, Deco donned the Portuguese shirt and is past his absolute prime when P...

Batting on sticky wickets

Batting on sticky wickets

Mahmudur Rahman   2021-07-29 20:38:32

Economists and scientists were so divided in the lives vs livelihood equation that politicians were left in dilemma. Everyone was derided and decisions wafted. As some countries regain semblance of...

Of 'gono sangeet' and Fakir Alamgir: The future

Of 'gono sangeet' and Fakir Alamgir: The future

Shihab Sarkar 2021-07-29 20:30:38

In the sudden death of Fakir Alamgir, Bangladesh music world has lost one of its highly talented and popular music artistes. Alamgir was a singer with a gifted voice especially suiting songs requiring...

Drawing further apart: Widening gaps in the global recovery

Drawing further apart: Widening gaps in the global recovery

Gita Gopinath   2021-07-28 21:12:37

The global economic recovery continues, but with a widening gap between advanced economies and many emerging market and developing economies. Our latest global growth forecast of 6 percent for 2021...

Household Income & Expenditure Survey and people's financial wellness

Household Income & Expenditure Survey and people's financial wellness

Haradhan Sarker 2021-07-28 21:05:13

Can we designate a household that is indebted and deficit-ridden as financially well? One may need to take loan but the question is whether he/she has repayment capacity or is able to generate fun...

Water has a price

Water has a price

SHABIRA NUPUR 2021-07-28 13:38:37

Spending childhood in Khulna and Satkhira in the 1980s, this scribe saw no water crisis then. The tubewells were enough to meet the family needs of water. In the next decade, it was heard, people coul...

Afghanistan: Back to Square One?

Afghanistan: Back to Square One?

Air Cdre (Retd) Ishfaq Ilahi Choudhury 2021-07-26 20:32:43

As the US and NATO forces abandon Afghanistan after 20 years of engagement, the Taliban forces are consolidating their position across the country. It appears that the Afghan Government forces are col...

Remaining healthy amid pandemic

Remaining healthy amid pandemic

KANIZ FATEMA 2021-07-25 10:24:58

The human body resists changes. Medical science says part of the brain called the amygdala interprets changes as a threat and releases the hormones for fear, fight, or flight. That’s why people...

Plant breeding: Answer to food security in Bangladesh

Plant breeding: Answer to food security in Bangladesh

Sopnil Ahmed 2021-07-24 18:32:00

Most of the high yielding crops, fruits or vegetables that are growing all over the world today are the blessings of plant breeding. Bangladesh is an overpopulated country with limited land resources....

Handy all-rounders: Game changers of modern cricket

Handy all-rounders: Game changers of modern cricket

Shafin Saif 2021-07-24 16:07:51

What do you really need to win a match in the game of cricket? Someone might be thinking of a few batsmen who can play long innings alongside bowlers who can restrict the batting side and are capable...

From celluloid screen to reality: Inspiring movies that make you think

From celluloid screen to reality: Inspiring movies that make you think

Md. Imran 2021-07-23 15:43:23

From our days of escaping homework to our intimate moments shared with our beloved ones in our adulthood, we watch cinemas. We laugh, we cry, we get thrilled, sometimes horrified when we give ourselve...

Feni’s Khondol Sweet:  A taste of tradition

Feni’s Khondol Sweet: A taste of tradition

Tanjim Hasan Patwary 2021-07-23 15:10:08

From any family meetup, religious occasion, cultural programme, to the arrival of a new member in the family or any good news, there is one constant in traditional Bengali culture -- sweetmeat. Ther...

Side dishes for Eid-ul-Adha to make meat tastier

Side dishes for Eid-ul-Adha to make meat tastier

Sirajum Munira Tuli 2021-07-22 15:53:15

Many would agree that eating the same food over and over again can lead to reluctance. But when it comes to meat at the time of Eid-ul-Adha, it seems Bengali people can consume meat for eternity. Alt...

Why you should not say ‘I am not like others’

Why you should not say ‘I am not like others’

KANIZ FATEMA 2021-07-22 12:32:59

If you had a series of successive failed relationships in your life, chances are pretty high that at least one of them told you that “I am not like other boys/girls.” Both the depth and ex...

Painting the wall beautifully: A food for the soul

Painting the wall beautifully: A food for the soul

MEHENAZ SULTANA 2021-07-21 18:30:05

Those who used to get scolded for scribbling on walls as children are probably the same people who now decorate their own rooms with every ounce of creativity they have gathered. Especially, as the...

From cards to social media greetings

From cards to social media greetings

IMAM HOSSAIN 2021-07-21 10:14:35

Gone are the days when sending a card to friends and relatives was an inseparable part of Eid celebration. The children of this digital age will never understand how youths of the past century spent h...

Bangladesh’s group stage equation in upcoming T20 World Cup

Bangladesh’s group stage equation in upcoming T20 World Cup

Samin Zarif 2021-07-20 15:42:30

The official groupings for the T20 World Cup 2021 have been released by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Bangladesh will have to play the first round to qualify for the Super 12 after failing...

How Israeli software is used to spy on journalists

How Israeli software is used to spy on journalists

Phineas Rueckert 2021-07-19 21:04:41

Forbidden Stories, a Paris-based journalism non-profit, and Amnesty International had access to NSO records of phone numbers, which they have shared with Haaretz and 16 other news organizations worldw...

Italy’s changing brand of football that conquered Europe

Italy’s changing brand of football that conquered Europe

Tofael Mahmud 2021-07-19 11:41:58

Bukayo Saka missed the penalty, but Gianluigi Donnaruma took time to realise what’s happening at Wembley. When he turned his eyes towards his sprinting teammates, he got electrified coming to re...

Does Euro look more intense compared to WC?

Does Euro look more intense compared to WC?

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-07-18 12:17:06

The FIFA World Cup is often described as ‘The Greatest Show on Earth.’ With the whole world going crazy for a month or so due to the tournament, it can easily be said that it is the most p...

Cuba crisis: US blockade and pandemic

Cuba crisis: US blockade and pandemic

Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee 2021-07-16 22:41:20

On Sunday (July11), the largest anti-government protests in at least 27 years broke out in Cuba. Thousands of people marched in the streets chanting slogans. Others overturned police cars or looted...

Music that helps you sleep

Music that helps you sleep

KANIZ FATEMA 2021-07-16 09:00:03

If you are to list all the non-material things that you hold very close to your heart, it doesn’t even matter if you are a musicophile or not because music will make it through that list and it&...

Poverty alleviation through Microcredit

Poverty alleviation through Microcredit

Matiur Rahman and Salim Reza 2021-07-15 21:32:38

Bangladesh is the birthplace of microcredit. Different countries across the globe have adopted Bangladeshi microcredit model to alleviate poverty. A good number of studies have revealed that microcred...