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Complied by Han Xiaomeng, Li Lei, Zhao Dantong and BaiYuanqi 2018-04-01 21:42:07
In the spring season of rebirth and renewal, Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un, who recently paid his first foreign visit...
Zhong Sheng 2018-03-31 21:22:19
The US is flowing against the tide of globalisation by advocating protectionism to seek its own profits, and that will leave itself less room for development. Recently, the US government has been thr...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid 2018-03-31 21:20:34
Abul Kasem Khan, popularly known as A.K. Khan (1907-1991) was a federal minister of the then Pakistan in charge of industries, works, power and irrigation from 1958-1963. He was a distinguished member...
Sk Shamim Iqbal 2018-03-31 21:14:56
When the Bangladesh Bank sets the target for the funds rate at which banks borrow from and lend to each other, it has a ripple effect across the entire economy. It usually takes around 12 months...
Muhammad Mahmood 2018-03-31 20:55:33
After spending five days in Maldives in a remote island, I arrived in Colombo from Male and straight headed for Kandy, the major city in the central highlands and famous for its tea plantations...
Syed Mahbubur Rashid 2018-03-30 21:25:14
Recently both the bourses of the country experienced sharp declines in share prices, of course followed by an increase again. However, this situation led to a lot of brouhaha among the persons and age...
Shihab Sarkar 2018-03-29 22:24:06
The mindless destruction of heritage structures continues in Bangladesh. It has been occurring over the last few years. The country can now claim a place in an unusual architectural index. Its propone...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled 2018-03-28 22:17:25
Contraband yaba tablets are increasingly getting popular among young people nowadays in different parts of the world, including Bangladesh. This country is being used as a transit point for traffickin...
Wasi Ahmed 2018-03-27 22:04:08
Rahman Jahangir's death might have struck many in the journo community as something out of the blue. This could have been because they weren't aware of what he had been through for around past six mon...
M. Serajul Islam 2018-03-27 20:54:13
News about the Bangladesh cricket went viral on the social media recently when the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) gave a bonus of Tk 10 million (one crore) to the players. The big bon...
Nashir Uddin 2018-03-24 21:54:26
There is no doubt about the growing rate of people's interest in app-based transportation and ride-sharing services in a busy city life these days. The number of such transport service providers is al...
Abdul Bayes 2018-03-23 21:42:15
David Lewis is a Professor of Social Policy and Development, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics (LSE). He has devoted an important part of his life so far to doing research on Ban...
Shihab Sarkar 2018-03-22 21:27:06
Against the backdrop of the mindless killing of its rivers, the demonstrations in the country demanding their protection might seem mere ritualistic to many. The International Day of Action for Rivers...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-03-22 21:24:11
Around the world youth work has now become a growth profession. It is rapidly evolving and changing, just like the young people. Young people have the endless potential which makes them the most impor...
Md Rizwanul Islam 2018-03-17 22:33:25
Most observers would possibly agree that despite various efforts by Parliament - as evident from laws providing for the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) -- the rate of the use of ADR in Ban...
B K Mukhopadhyay 2018-03-16 21:34:47
At least it is heartening to note that India is aiming to be among the top 30 countries in the world in terms of ease of doing business. India - presently a $2 trillion economy has been hoping to turn...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-03-15 22:06:24
Schools are the places where children gain knowledge and skills as well as learn attitudes and behaviour that can shape their relationship with the community. Children's experiences in educational set...
Shihab Sarkar 2018-03-15 22:01:58
No children in today's world are happy in the true sense. They do not realise this. Nor do the adults. But their parents, teachers and the elders want them to grow like they have dreamed. Children are...
M S Siddiqui 2018-03-12 22:10:37
There are four methods in international trade payment against export. Those are: Cash in Advance or prepayment; Open Account; Documentary Collection; and Documentary Letter of Credit (LC). The foreig...
Wang Hailin and Zhao Shan 2018-03-10 22:28:56
Nationwide innovations in toilet technologies are offering strong support to China's "toilet revolution" campaign. Toilet civilization has gradually formed across the country, and the citizens and tou...
Asjadul Kibria 2018-03-08 22:43:16
It is indisputable that Bangladesh economy is moving ahead. Different indicators reflect the trend. Nevertheless, there are many inside stories of ups and downs. Some analysts and writers are al...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-03-08 22:41:00
The phenomenon of 'violent extremism' is growing day by day around the world. Side by side, there has been a plethora of research on youth radicalisation in the recent years. However, as most of the r...
Shihab Sarkar 2018-03-08 22:32:05
The long-believed geophysical composition of the country is set to undergo a redefining. The spotting of over a dozen archaeological sites in the last one and half decades evidently presents a fresh v...
Richard Barathe 2018-03-07 22:28:37
Women's role in the workplace is at the heart the International Women's Day commemoration. Even though it first celebrated a demonstration by women workers in New York in 1857, it was the killing of n...
Sk. Shamim Iqbal 2018-03-06 20:55:03
About a year ago, the banking sector was afloat with excess liquidity of around Tk 1,270 billion. The banks could not find client(s) to disburse those funds. One year on, the scenario has got totally...
Md. Serajul Islam and Snehal V Soneji 2018-03-05 21:33:39
The Oxford dictionary defines the verb 'translate' as 'expressing the sense of words or text from one into another.' Translation is used to ensure that thoughts and ideas expressed in one language are...
Ferdaus Ara Begum 2018-03-03 21:59:19
Enforcing contract remains a key challenge in improving business climate in Bangladesh. Data collected for 'Doing Business Report 2018' shows that contract enforcement takes 1442 days and costs...
Stephen S. Roach 2018-03-02 21:06:04
The spin is all too predictable. With the US stock market clawing its way back from the sharp correction of early February, the mindless mantra of the great bull market has returned. The recent correc...
Abdul Bayes 2018-03-02 20:30:34
The most recent data collected through a survey in 62 villages of the country show that one-third of rural households have at least one migrant member (20 per cent local and 20 per cent foreign). That...
Quazi Shahabuddin 2018-03-01 21:56:13
The book makes significant value addition to the growing body of literature on development economics. Its publication, as Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed himself, the author, himself says, has been motivated by...
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