Loading...
The Financial Express

Search results for: Review

The Prophet - an orientalist poetry book in line with the Western World

The Prophet - an orientalist poetry book in line with the Western World

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-01-16 16:24:14

"Let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your so...

Access to finance, financial health and productivity: Any correlation?

Access to finance, financial health and productivity: Any correlation?

Sanjida Tanny 2022-01-15 21:53:28

Munir, aged 20, recently joined a local garment factory around his house as a worker. With a family of 3, his expenditure has not been incommodious until one of his parents was affected by Covid-19....

How international tech reviewers shape our expectations

How international tech reviewers shape our expectations

Fardeen Kabir 2022-01-15 13:33:02

When we think about tech reviewers, who are almost entirely based on YouTube, some very common names pop up such as Marques Brownlee, Linus Tech Tips, Unbox Therapy, Mrwhosetheboss, Dave Lee, Hardware...

Of DITF, shopping spree and the Expos

Of DITF, shopping spree and the Expos

Shihab Sarkar 2022-01-13 20:18:55

The 20-acre permanent Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre has started hosting the DITF from this year, 2022. Opening at Sector-4, Purbachal on the Dhaka outskirts, the 27th Dhaka...

Richard Burton’s Arabian Nights: An effort to represent a particular era

Richard Burton’s Arabian Nights: An effort to represent a particular era

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-01-13 14:47:16

Growing up, most of the people around the world got familiar with the Arabian Folktales in some form or other. Ali Baba and Forty Thieves, Aladdin and his Magic Lamp are some of the stories that will...

A Golden Age - Tahmima Anam's accurate depiction of the Liberation War

A Golden Age - Tahmima Anam's accurate depiction of the Liberation War

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-01-11 17:49:41

‘A Golden Age’ is the first novel written by Tahmima Anam, a renowned British Writer who has her roots in Bangladesh.  The novel has received worldwide acclaim for being an accurate...

The Wheel of Time: Robert Jordan’s fantasy chronicle renewed

The Wheel of Time: Robert Jordan’s fantasy chronicle renewed

MEHENAZ SULTANA 2022-01-03 16:37:34

The hyped-up TV shows in 2021, to some extent, have been about fantasy book adaptations. One of the most anticipated TV shows of this genre was The Wheel of Time.  The first season of the series...

Kalavuna meets Pizza, Momo with chocolate - unique ideas that blend in fusion food

Kalavuna meets Pizza, Momo with chocolate - unique ideas that blend in fusion food

Nowshaba Achal 2022-01-03 16:05:17

“Once, out of curiosity, I ordered chocolate Falooda. It’s tasted horrible,” said Mashiat Monjur, 2nd-year student of Khulna Medical College. The taste was so bad that she still regr...

Public procurement -- not as righteous as it seems

Public procurement -- not as righteous as it seems

Maswood Alam Khan 2022-01-02 19:58:34

When governments buy products and services, corruption occurs in all parts of the world. Bangladesh is no exception. Corruption has historically been rife in public procurements on our soil due to a l...

Rooftop solar power and regulatory issues

Rooftop solar power and regulatory issues

Ferdaus Ara Begum 2021-12-31 21:40:05

Bangladesh in the 26th session of conferences of parties (COP) of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) announced its commitment for more sustainable energy mix and hoped for 4...

Probability of a new lockdown, tension for public university students

Probability of a new lockdown, tension for public university students

Shadique Mahbub Islam 2021-12-30 18:53:00

As the Omicron variant of Coronavirus is spreading like wildfire, the question on everyone’s mind right now is - will there be another lockdown? One of the worst sufferers of the COVID-induced...

Tutu, Mandela . . . arc of the moral universe

Tutu, Mandela . . . arc of the moral universe

Syed Badrul Ahsan 2021-12-28 20:55:52

Archbishop Desmond Tutu's death at the age of ninety takes away from our mortal world one more of the individuals who have shaped modern South Africa. And modern in this context refers to the country...

Impulse purchase seems irresistible? Try a ‘No-Buy-Year’ challenge

Impulse purchase seems irresistible? Try a ‘No-Buy-Year’ challenge

Naziba Ali 2021-12-27 14:31:51

While consumerism is good for the economy, it is detrimental to the climate. According to a 2015 report published in the Journal of Industrial Economy, household consumption accounts for more than 60...

Celebration of Christmas in Bangladesh

Celebration of Christmas in Bangladesh

Shadique Mahbub Islam 2021-12-25 13:53:03

Today is Christmas Day, or ‘Boro Din’ in Bangla. For the Bengali Christian community, the day is the biggest festival of the year.  Christmas celebration has been around since the co...

Uddome Uddoge Unnoyone: Life sketch of a successful entrepreneur

Uddome Uddoge Unnoyone: Life sketch of a successful entrepreneur

SYEDA MANARAT MOWLA and SYEDA AIDA MOWLA 2021-12-23 21:35:12

"Uddome Uddoge Unnoyone: M. A. Kashem" penned by Dr. S.S.M. Sadrul Huda and published by M. Kashem Trust takes you on to the journey of the illustrious life of a prominent entrepreneur and business le...

Genesis of social development in the World Bank: The inside story

Genesis of social development in the World Bank: The inside story

Mohammad Zaman 2021-12-22 20:23:04

The history of social development in the World Bank, which came rather late in early 1970s, is the theme of a new book titled Social Development in the World Bank: Essays in Honor of Michael M. Cernea...

Big Brother is watching you!

Big Brother is watching you!

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-12-22 19:27:44

1984 is one of the most influential books written in the history of modern literature.  George Orwell, a renowned English writer–known for his vocal opposition to authoritarianism–wr...

Research finds connection between gender-based violence and climate change in Bangladesh

Research finds connection between gender-based violence and climate change in Bangladesh

Md Shakhawat Hossain and Arifur Rahaman 2021-12-21 16:31:24

Violence against women is a violation of basic human rights, but we still witness different forms of gender-based violence worldwide. Deep-rooted societal norms, social stigma, religious fundamentali...

400 Days : Chetan Bhagat's latest bestseller

400 Days : Chetan Bhagat's latest bestseller

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-12-21 15:20:50

‘400 Days’ is the latest novel of Chetan Bhagat, arguably the most famous author right now–writing in English in the Indian Subcontinent.  The book hasn’t been out for lo...

The future of the travel industry

The future of the travel industry

EMON HASIBUL HASAN 2021-12-20 12:17:10

For the past decade, Bangladesh has been a regional force in terms of growth managing to lift itself from the least-developed country category. This became possible for a number of drivers like the RM...

Online debating - breaking glass ceilings despite some limitations

Online debating - breaking glass ceilings despite some limitations

Aliya Fairuz 2021-12-15 17:00:30

Imagine making an argument about the right to privacy for 7 minutes straight in front of your computer screen in your pajamas on a regular Saturday night. That's been the norm for online debating ever...

Dynamics that led to our war of liberation and independence

Dynamics that led to our war of liberation and independence

Muhammad Zamir 2021-12-12 20:36:26

The Ayub-Shastri agreement reached in Tashkent in 1965 ended the second Indo-Pakistan war, but its worst casualty was the serious doubt cast on the invincibility of the Pakistani armed forces. This le...

How much does the Summit for Democracy uphold democracy?

How much does the Summit for Democracy uphold democracy?

ISMAIL HOSSAIN 2021-12-12 10:33:42

The United States held a virtual summit for Democracy on December 9-10, where participants from around 110 states, regions and entities joined. Unlike other global-level meetings focused on important...

Authorities ought to wake up to looming threat of quakes

Authorities ought to wake up to looming threat of quakes

Jehangir Hussain 2021-12-11 20:05:08

The bellwether appears clear for the authorities to change their indifference towards protecting Bangladesh from the looming threat of earthquakes. Seismologists feel that their preoccupation with eco...

Riddling death: Science & spiritual quests

Riddling death: Science & spiritual quests

Shihab Sarkar 2021-12-09 20:45:18

Too much obsession with death earns many the sobriquet of death-obsessed. In society, the preoccupation with death is viewed as something morbid. Every normal human being knows that death is unavoidab...

Winter bucket-list: Things you don't want to miss this season

Winter bucket-list: Things you don't want to miss this season

Morium Kulsum 2021-12-09 19:06:11

It’s already December; the tranquillity of misty mornings, the gloom of falling leaves and the serenity of velvety nights whisper the arrival of winter.  Our clandestine longing for this s...

In remembrance of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy

In remembrance of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy

Abdur Rahman Chowdhury from Falls Church, Virginia, USA 2021-12-04 20:49:35

December 5 marks the death anniversary of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. He is not well known to the present generation. Suhrawardy was a great leader, a rare statesman of his generation in the region who...

Role of heritage branding to make Muslin global

Role of heritage branding to make Muslin global

Shanjida Hossain 2021-12-03 20:23:27

Muslin is a historical fabric with high potential. According to statistics, the loom industry demonstrated a consistent growth from 1946 to 1990, then it showed a decline. The two prominent historical...

Rethinking economics

Rethinking economics

ABDUL BAYES while reviewing the book 2021-12-02 20:41:45

At universities, more in colleges, economics students stare out at their teachers with wonder; outside the class they find little relevance of their theoretical learning with the ground reality. This...

The unique world of Hasan Azizul Haque

The unique world of Hasan Azizul Haque

SHIHAB SARKAR 2021-12-02 20:34:10

When this writer turned to serious Bangla literature, especially fictions, he kept himself confined to West Begngal authors. For reasons unknown to even himself, he had still nurtured an aversion for...