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Shihab Sarkar 2019-04-18 21:19:35
Notwithstanding the fact that the dictates of nature are irreversible, some of its behaviour continues to perplex man. Many people find them to be erratic and without reason. The worst victims go ev...
Munir Quddus 2019-04-16 21:12:05
By all accounts Bangladesh has done exceptionally well over the past two decades. This is true for both economic and social progress, where the internationally accepted indicators have placed Bangla...
Imtiaz A Hussain 2019-04-15 21:20:49
Roman Krznaric is not the only one worried about democracy today (BBC, "Future . . . viewing humanity," March 19, 2019). The most representative governmental form, it is fraying at the seams for mor...
Maswood Alam Khan 2019-04-13 21:15:19
It's again time to leave the past behind and welcome the future. Pahela Baishakh is to celebrate the start of a new Bangla year with fresh hopes. The day bears testament to our history of diversity....
Asjadul Kibria 2019-04-12 21:45:54
The fifth trade policy review of Bangladesh was carried out in the first week of this month at the secretariat of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva. This is a mandated exercise in the...
Shihab Sarkar 2019-04-11 21:50:37
The full Bangla season of summer has overtaken the country. The season begins from the month of Chaitra and continues till Jaishtha. Like in every year, the scourge of water crisis has already begun h...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2019-04-11 21:47:53
Donald J. Trump may be both rolling and reeling at this juncture of his tenure. Exonerated by the Mueller investigation report and successful in placing Treasury Under-secretary for International Affa...
M Rokonuzzaman 2019-04-10 20:46:28
As scope for application of artificially intelligent (AI) machines in most sectors is expanding, the threat of job losses in these sectors is gradually intensifying. This is why, there has been a call...
Nironjan Roy from Toronto, Canada 2019-04-10 19:58:59
Evergreen Standby LC bears a very critical risk of receiving non-renewal notice from the bank that issued counter Standby LC after the extension of local Standby LC under auto-renewal clause. If such...
A. D. McKenzie in Paris 2019-04-08 21:08:19
Amid rising attacks on rights campaigners, and mass protests in countries such as France and Serbia, civil society groups are urging governments to ensure the protection of "democratic values" and fre...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2019-04-08 20:52:16
Jeff Bezos's record "divorce bill" last week is being threatened by "Brexit." His $35 billion settlement with former wife, Mackenzie, was not, after all, overtaken by Great Britain's European Union (E...
Mahmudur Rahman 2019-04-07 20:32:17
Finance Minister A H M Kamal has taken the surprise or shock element out of the equation relating to the new VAT law that is to ease in from the next fiscal. Based on discussions with businesses, he...
Shamsul Alam 2019-04-06 20:52:06
The year 2008 is an important landmark in the planning history of Bangladesh as it was earmarked by the declaration of Vision 2021, a charter for moving towards a prosperous future. Vision 2021, throu...
Dilip Barua 2019-04-05 21:30:24
One of the recent initiatives that warrants heightened attention and importance is China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward the proposal to build the Silk Road...
Jomo Kwame Sundaram in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2019-04-04 21:36:09
In most cases of privatisation, some outcomes benefit some, which serves to legitimise the change. Nevertheless, overall net welfare improvements are the exception, not the rule. Never is everyone be...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2019-04-04 21:21:24
Gone are the days when parents or other guardians in a family would monitor what magazines or periodicals adolescents and youths could bring home and what TV shows/movies they could be allowed to watc...
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury 2019-04-03 21:49:56
No country has suffered more from the aftermath of Arab Spring, as much Syria- the breeding home of Arab language and culture. What began as a peaceful demonstration in Damascus demanding civil libert...
M Tamijuddin 2019-04-02 20:38:25
"A drop of ink makes millions think." I am told by a very senior journalist as well as by a very elderly advocate that the late Chief Justice Syed Mahbub Murshed used to say this. Justice Murshed was...
K M Masnun Hosain 2019-04-01 21:05:41
Financial Inclusion (FI) has for long been an important element in Bangladesh's development strategy. Programmes under FI are focused at increasing access to financial services of marginal population...
Kamal Uddin Ahmed 2019-03-31 23:09:07
In a contentious foreign policy move and violating UN mandates, US President Donald Trump formally recognised Israel's sovereignty over the illegally occupied Golan Heights on March 25, 2019. Trump's...
Rahat Syful Hoque 2019-03-30 21:38:23
Inequality in the current global economic system is inevitable. As in the advanced economies, wealth inequality in the developing world, too, remains a difficult policy issue. In Bangladesh, the share...
Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled 2019-03-29 21:29:26
The killings of journalists are on the rise globally. Most journalists are being targeted and persecuted for investigating and reporting about organised crimes, corruption and other ills of society. T...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2019-03-28 21:30:01
Climate-change impacts eat away 2-3 per cent of our gross domestic product (GDP). Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina revealed this startling statistic in an article on Independence Day, 2019, published by...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2019-03-28 21:24:07
Research is a pre-requisite for any successful educational planning which can change teaching-learning practices to improve educational outcomes for every learner regardless of their ethnicity, gender...
Hasnat Abdul Hye 2019-03-27 21:31:56
Almost suddenly, socialism has come to the forefront of political discourse, on both sides of Atlantic, from the background to which it was relegated as being irrelevant. After the fall of Berlin wa...
MS Siddiqui 2019-03-25 21:41:58
E-commerce technologies and business models are evolving rapidly around the world. As the sector is increasingly using sophisticated technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, a...
Muhammad Zamir 2019-03-24 21:29:43
The Indian Election Commission has announced on March 10 that India's next general election will take place in seven phases between April 11 and May 19; votes will be counted on May 23. Lok Shaba (t...
Angus Deaton in Princeton, USA 2019-03-24 21:05:27
Rather suddenly, capitalism is visibly sick. The virus of socialism has reemerged and is infecting the young once more. Wiser heads, who respect capitalism's past achievements, want to save it, and ha...
Md. Joynal Abdin 2019-03-24 21:04:32
The ease of doing business index/ranking is probably one of the World Bank's most powerful reports as it has gained the attention of most of the governments around the world. Based on the findings of...
Amrita Makin Islam 2019-03-23 21:30:32
The world that we live in today is one of conscious consumerism. The consumer is conscious of the footprint of the product and is keen to know how and under what conditions it was manufactured. Thi...
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