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Economic transformation of Bangladesh

Economic transformation of Bangladesh

-- 2021-02-11 20:17:53

On March 26, 2021, Bangladesh will be celebrating 50 years of its independence. The country has come a long way since overcoming the challenges of post-war restructuring and resource management from i...

Myanmar waits for another democratic uprising

Myanmar waits for another democratic uprising

Nava Thakuria 2021-02-10 21:53:38

Myanmar is once again in the international media headlines as the southeast Asian nation lately has lost another opportunity to sustain its credibility as a multi-party democracy. Presently under the...

Let the investigation begin in the ICC

Let the investigation begin in the ICC

Binoy Kampmark 2021-02-09 21:22:51

International tribunals tend to be praised, in principle, by those they avoid investigating.  Once interest shifts to those parties, such bodies become the subject of accusations: bias, politicis...

Take-away from the defeat in first Test

Take-away from the defeat in first Test

Akhtar Husain Khan 2021-02-09 20:19:39

The unexpected loss of the Bangladesh cricket team to the visiting West Indies in Chittagong on Sunday in the first Test shocked the home team's ardent supporters no doubt, and yet once again brought...

The case against Pakistani normalisation with Israel

The case against Pakistani normalisation with Israel

Ramzy Baroud 2021-02-08 22:11:12

The Pakistani government should never, under any circumstances and no matter the pressure, normalise with Israel. Doing so is not only dangerous - as it will embolden an already vile, racist, violent...

China's recovery creates opportunities for higher cooperation with Bangladesh

China's recovery creates opportunities for higher cooperation with Bangladesh

Liu Zhenhua 2021-02-07 21:35:18

China ended 2020 on solid footing as the country is set to become the only major economy to post expansion in a year ravaged by the pandemic. China's gross domestic product (GDP) beat expectations wit...

Pandemic, patents and patent hypocrisy 

Pandemic, patents and patent hypocrisy 

Anis Chowdhury 2021-02-06 20:51:23

Big pharmaceutical companies, commonly referred to as 'Big Pharma', claim that patents protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs) are essential for innovations. They opposed the developing country...

China: America's Enemy Du Jour

China: America's Enemy Du Jour

Muhammad Mahmood 2021-02-06 20:13:51

The post-World War II period was marked by increasing economic and military dominance by the Unites States. The US hegemony during this period was largely maintained through establishment of a host of...

In memoriam: Mohammad Badrul Ahsan

In memoriam: Mohammad Badrul Ahsan

Raihan M Chowdhury 2021-02-06 00:00:44

Mohammad Badrul Ahsan left us exactly one year back. The embodiment of wisdom, humility and love for humanity left us on February 6 last year at the age of only 60. At the fag end of his life, he alm...

Restaurant business flourishes in Sylhet city

Restaurant business flourishes in Sylhet city

Nayeem Chowdhury 2021-02-05 18:03:34

From an eatery run by an enterprising undergraduate to a successful businessman having a catering service, Sylhet city is now bustling with restaurants. Even though there weren't enough fine dines an...

How to meditate saving your time

How to meditate saving your time

TAHSEEN NOWER 2021-02-05 12:45:43

In the present chaotic world full of diverse minds, there are two possible mental health problems that almost everyone can relate to – stress and anxiety. They can silently cast clouds over a br...

WB, ADB join forces for a resilient recovery in South Asia

WB, ADB join forces for a resilient recovery in South Asia

HARTWIG SCHAFER and SHIXIN CHEN 2021-02-05 11:46:56

Zahida Bibi feared for her family's survival when she lost her job as a housekeeper in Islamabad during the Covid-19 outbreak. Zahida's four children depend on her income – and so does her husba...

Preserving the past: Passion that never dies

Preserving the past: Passion that never dies

Shihab Sarkar 2021-02-04 20:27:12

After the Dhaka Airport in Tejgaon had been shifted to its massive building at Uttara under its new definition as an international airport, speculations were rife about the old airport. Some said the...

Social repercussions of pandemics

Social repercussions of pandemics

Sophia Chen and Nan Li 2021-02-04 20:25:20

In 1832, the great cholera pandemic hit Paris. In just a few months, the disease killed 20,000 of the city's 650,000 population. Most fatalities occurred in the heart of the city, where many poor work...

Competition: Conundrum or catalyst?

Competition: Conundrum or catalyst?

MORIUM KULSUM 2021-02-01 15:15:47

When you think of the word ‘competition’, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? You may think of the word optimistically because it reminds you about your fabulous performance i...

Covid-19 and social protection in Bangladesh

Covid-19 and social protection in Bangladesh

Sadiq Ahmed   2021-01-31 20:34:37

The global Covid-19 pandemic has terrorised the world, unleashing huge number of infections and sad loss of lives.  On March 23 the Government of Bangladesh imposed a lockdown that was extended...

Cyber security and the role of Bangladesh Bank

Cyber security and the role of Bangladesh Bank

Bangladesh Bank 2021-01-30 20:03:51

Cyber security is the practice of defending computers, servers, mobile devices, electronic systems, networks, and data from malicious attacks. It's also known as information technology security or ele...

Transformation to interest rate-based monetary policy framework

Transformation to interest rate-based monetary policy framework

-- 2021-01-29 20:36:17

With the rapid developments in theory of monetary policy, the practice of monetary policy framework has greatly been evolved since the early 1990s. Meanwhile many central banks around the world especi...

Trends of awards and cultural enrichment

Trends of awards and cultural enrichment

Shihab Sarkar   2021-01-28 20:39:57

With the advent of the 20th century, 1913 to be precise, Rabindranath Tagore might not have drawn the attention of the Nobel Committee members. Thanks to an auspicious position of his stars, he was...

Blue economy of Bangladesh: Prospects and challenges

Blue economy of Bangladesh: Prospects and challenges

Bangaldesh Bank 2021-01-27 21:07:41

The Oceanic Economy popularly known as blue economy has emerged as a crucial development issue for optimum use of the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. Among the sustainab...

Readying regional trade agreements for future crisis and pandemic

Readying regional trade agreements for future crisis and pandemic

Yann Duval, Runqiu Du, Gabrielle Marceau, Miho Shirotori and Taisuke Ito 2021-01-26 20:48:30

Policy responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have heavily disrupted trade and supply chains, with many countries putting in place ad hoc trade-restrictive measures, seemingly without any concern about...

Fearing the Palestinian narrative: Why Israel banned 'Jenin Jenin'

Fearing the Palestinian narrative: Why Israel banned 'Jenin Jenin'

Ramzy Baroud 2021-01-26 20:43:57

On January 11, the Israeli Lod District Court ruled against a Palestinian film-maker, Mahmoud Bakri, ordering him to pay hefty compensation to an Israeli soldier who was accused, along with the Israel...

Exploring the prevalence of Covid-19 in Bangladesh during "General Holidays"

Exploring the prevalence of Covid-19 in Bangladesh during "General Holidays"

K A S Murshid, Tanveer Mahmood, Nahian Azad and A R Sarker   2021-01-26 20:41:37

Bangladesh reported the first confirmed Covid-19 case on March 08, 2020, and ever since, the number of cases and the death count have been increasing steadily. In this context, the study titled "Covid...

Crisis claws small and micro publishers

Crisis claws small and micro publishers

Faria Abdullah 2021-01-26 17:29:18

Abu Bokor Siddique is the owner of an indie literary publication house Swore-O. All was going well with his company until the arrival of pandemic. Protracted lockdown measures took his small business...

How to end piracy in Bangladesh

How to end piracy in Bangladesh

SHAHEDUL AZAM and FARZANA TASREEN SYNTHIA 2021-01-26 15:16:28

It is a common phenomenon in Bangladesh to watch movies that are available on random websites, sometimes even before they are released. Few of the viewers realise this circulation without proper autho...

Winter was their ray of hope in pandemic, but no such luck

Winter was their ray of hope in pandemic, but no such luck

SYED SADAT HASAN 2021-01-24 15:00:06

Once the winter comes in, the mannequins in shopping malls get new warm clothes. All kinds of people crowd different markets to buy newly designed trendy hoodies, woolen sweaters, leather jackets, win...

Indian farmers on the frontline against global capitalism

Indian farmers on the frontline against global capitalism

Colin Todhunter 2021-01-22 20:22:37

In a short video on the empirediaries.com YouTube channel, a protesting farmer camped near Delhi says that during lockdown and times of crisis farmers are treated like "gods", but when they ask for th...

Relevance of film awards to cinema

Relevance of film awards to cinema

Shihab Sarkar 2021-01-21 20:50:34

While giving away the National Film Awards-2019 on last January 17, 2020, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina displayed her strong passion for the cinema once again. Despite being fully aware of the aestheti...

The system that produced Trump will be there

The system that produced Trump will be there

Jonathan Cook 2021-01-20 21:44:46

It is a fitting end to four years of Donald Trump in the White House. On one side, Trump's endless stoking of political grievances - and claims that November's presidential election was "stolen" from...

Movements of residential prices in Bangladesh

Movements of residential prices in Bangladesh

Nurnaher Begum, Mohammad Shahriar Siddiqui, Md. Ahsan Ullah and Sadia Sultana 2021-01-18 21:47:27

Property price has appeared as a leading indicator for real economic activities and macro-prudential measures since global financial crisis of 2007-09 in both advanced and emerging market economies. H...