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Trump's N Korean appeasement

Trump's N Korean appeasement

Christopher R. Hill in Denver, Colorado, USA 2019-09-11 21:04:46

Having met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un three times - all to great fanfare - US President Donald Trump may still believe that denuclearisation is underway in the Hermit Kingdom. If so, he is...

Brexit saga and populism

Brexit saga and populism

Kazi Anwarul Masud   2019-09-11 20:44:28

The saga of Brexit refuses to leave the headline of news media across the globe as does the fortune of Boris Johnson whose great grandfather, he discovered on his journey to trace his ancestors, was A...

Idea Economy: Generating and translating ideas into economic value

Idea Economy: Generating and translating ideas into economic value

M Rokonuzzaman   2019-09-09 20:20:08

Nobel Laureate Paul Romer has popularised the idea that economic outputs are a function of ideas and objects. Objects comprise of raw material, labour, energy, land etc. Ideas form the recipe of mix...

Robert Mugabe leaves a mixed legacy

Robert Mugabe leaves a mixed legacy

Busani Bafana in Bulaway, Zimbabwe   2019-09-08 20:39:48

Former Zimbabwe strongman Robert Mugabe, who died last week, aged 95, leaves a mixed and divisive legacy. Mugabe - the oldest African leader when he was removed from power in November 2017 - died of...

Investors, why looking at board meetings?

Investors, why looking at board meetings?

Rahul Sukumaran and AghilaSasidharan 2019-09-08 20:34:40

Firms do not last without performing, especially during times of market volatility, uncertainty and in rapidly changing business environments. For investors this becomes a key thinking point, since to...

Overhauling education system: Keeping pace with times

Overhauling education system: Keeping pace with times

Quazi Faruque Ahmed 2019-09-07 21:19:15

Today, September 8, is the International Literacy Day. This year the day is being celebrated worldwide to promote literacy as part of the right to education, as well as a foundation for individuals' e...

Digital Bangladesh: Overhauling institutions and mindsets

Digital Bangladesh: Overhauling institutions and mindsets

Imtiaz A. Hussain 2019-09-05 21:23:04

In this last piece of the digitalisation series, attention turns to Bangladesh. State Minister for Information and Communications Technologies Zunaid Ahmad Palak describes the 10-year Bangladesh dri...

Of museums, their impact on the people

Of museums, their impact on the people

Shihab Sarkar 2019-09-05 21:22:15

The photograph of a country boat speeding languidly on a Bangladeshi river printed in a newspaper recently delighted many readers. That was not all. There were other attractions --- the boat appeared...

Addressing inequalities and ensuring social justice

Addressing inequalities and ensuring social justice

S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2019-09-05 21:17:54

Inequality is one of the key challenges of our time. Numerous studies conclude that in 2015 almost half of all household wealth was owned by 1 per cent of the global population (Crédit Suisse,...

Central banking's bankrupt narrative

Central banking's bankrupt narrative

Roger E.A. Farmer in Los Angeles   2019-09-05 21:02:52

Former US Secretary of the Treasury Lawrence H. Summers and Anna Stansbury recently cast doubt on the future of central banking, suggesting that the prevailing monetary-policy framework is in dire n...

Introducing comprehensive medical education

Introducing comprehensive medical education

Md. Shafiqur Rahman   2019-09-04 20:38:16

No physician's education would be complete without an understanding of the role played by behavioural and social factors in human health and disease, knowledge of the ways in which these factors can b...

Is G-7 an exercise in make-believe?

Is G-7 an exercise in make-believe?

Hasnat Abdul Hye   2019-09-03 21:03:24

The prelude to the G-7 summit this year was full of dark forebodings, not the least from inside the alliance in Europe. It was apprehended that given the boorish and disdainful attitude of President T...

Accident insurance and financial security -- Bangladesh perspective

Accident insurance and financial security -- Bangladesh perspective

Syed Ejaz Ahsan 2019-09-03 21:00:15

What is the difference between aircraft accident on the one hand and bus, train or motorcycle accident on the other? All accidents are accidents. Every single accident is unfortunate and undesirable....

Artificial intelligence: Wolf in sheep clothing?

Artificial intelligence: Wolf in sheep clothing?

Imtiaz A. Hussain 2019-09-02 20:33:13

Artificial intelligence (AI) reflects a mixture of algorithms and intelligence. In essence it is intelligence both applied to mathematical equations and derived from stored formulas. Ever since John v...

VAT deducted at source: Changes and challenges

VAT deducted at source: Changes and challenges

Md Abdur Rouf 2019-09-02 20:31:13

An article with the above title authored by Mr. Imrul Ehsan and published in the 'Views and Reviews' page of the Financial Express on September 01, 2019 has attracted my attention. Although the title...

G7 summit ends with a veneer of unity

G7 summit ends with a veneer of unity

Muhammad Zamir 2019-09-01 21:03:38

Troubled by street demonstrations in Paris on a regular basis for the last few months, President Emmanuel Macron made a wise decision to convene the recently concluded annual G7 Summit in Biarritz on...

Collateral-free loan for women entrepreneurs: Making the process smooth

Collateral-free loan for women entrepreneurs: Making the process smooth

Ferdaus Ara Begum 2019-09-01 20:24:18

If a woman owns a private enterprise or proprietary enterprise, or owns 51 per cent of the capital in a shared enterprise or listed private company, it is deemed a business run by a female entrepreneu...

Reminiscent of Don Quixote, Trump is tilting at windmills

Reminiscent of Don Quixote, Trump is tilting at windmills

Stephen S. Roach 2019-08-31 21:17:52

This will be the tenth year that I have taught a course at Yale called "The Next China." The course focuses on modern China's daunting economic transitions. It frames the moving target that eludes US...

The rise of populist authoritarianism: A global trend

The rise of populist authoritarianism: A global trend

Muhammad Mahmood 2019-08-31 21:04:44

Populist authoritarianism is increasingly becoming a global trend. This is a term generally used in the political discourse as a world view that is anchored in order, authority, distrust of the other...

ICT: Clean environmental image but e-waste is already a serious concern

ICT: Clean environmental image but e-waste is already a serious concern

M Rokonuzzaman 2019-08-29 21:31:23

Food delivery is a common sight in the busy city traffic. Placing of an order with apps and monitoring the progress of delivery has been a growing habit among city dwellers across the world. Unlike...

Of literature, 'adda' and creative bonhomie

Of literature, 'adda' and creative bonhomie

Shihab Sarkar 2019-08-29 20:52:57

Creative activities like writing, painting and, even, movie making go hand in hand with informal get-togethers or gossip sessions. Composing music and its performance also have a place at these casual...

Developing enterprise skills for economic growth

Developing enterprise skills for economic growth

S.M. Rayhanul Islam 2019-08-29 20:49:14

The importance of enterprise as the main source of economic growth and employment can hardly be overstated. Economic growth is fuelled, first and foremost, by the creativity and hard work of entrepren...

Facing up to the new climate reality

Facing up to the new climate reality

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana   2019-08-28 20:52:10

The past five years have been the hottest on record in Asia and the Pacific. Unprecedented heatwaves have swept across our region, cascading into slow onset disasters such as drought. Yet heat is only...

Export competitiveness: The role of financing support

Export competitiveness: The role of financing support

Ferdaus Ara Begum 2019-08-28 20:45:15

Export is becoming competitive day by day. Financing has been identified as one of the main drawbacks of the export sector. Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) has tried to take a stock of...

Sinking cities: Over-extraction of ground water

Sinking cities: Over-extraction of ground water

Mushfiqur Rahman   2019-08-28 20:38:09

Indonesian President Jokowi Widodo announced his plan on August 26, 2019 to relocate the country's capital city from Jakarta, home to more than 10 million residents, to a new location in East Kalima...

Challenge of export diversification: Reforming trade policy

Challenge of export diversification: Reforming trade policy

Shamsul Alam 2019-08-27 20:48:31

In 2009 soon after assuming power, the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recognised that the development challenges for the country were many and progress would require a long-term vision...

Business environment & demographic dividend: Where is the marriage?

Business environment & demographic dividend: Where is the marriage?

Towhid Iqram Mahmood and Nadeera Sultana 2019-08-26 21:17:20

With a steady but high economic growth alongside other South Asia economies, Bangladesh is now undergoing a demographic transition. Its demographic structure is in such a stage when birth rate is decr...

Lower tax-GDP ratio: Critical issues

Lower tax-GDP ratio: Critical issues

Muhammad Abdul Mazid   2019-08-26 21:12:15

The tax-to-GDP ratio is a ratio of an economy's tax revenue relative to its gross domestic product (GDP) or the market value of goods and services a country produces. The higher the GDP, the more tax...

Whither the journey of market-led reform of India's telecom industry?

Whither the journey of market-led reform of India's telecom industry?

M Rokonuzzaman   2019-08-25 20:08:41

Over just three years, India's telecom industry experienced significant restructuring. Mukesh Ambani shook up India's telecoms industry in late 2016 when he launched Jio with free voice and cut-price...

A vision of sustainable business: A road map to future value creation

A vision of sustainable business: A road map to future value creation

Md. Touhidul Alam Khan 2019-08-24 20:56:21

Sustainability of products has a value for some clients who like to buy sustainable products or enter "functional business" contracts. Companies selling products must convince the buyers that products...