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Manto: The storyteller who mesmerises post-partition generations

Manto: The storyteller who mesmerises post-partition generations

SADMAN SAKIB  2021-01-02 12:31:38

Saadat Hasan Manto, one of the unique storytellers in the history of literature, was devastated by the horrors of the partition of the British India. The aesthetic commentary on violence expressed in...

Festivities in the time of pandemic

Festivities in the time of pandemic

Shihab Sarkar 2020-12-31 21:25:42

The world has not experienced such a dreadful time as seen in 2020, except wars, in the last couple of centuries. Focused on a pandemic, almost the whole year elapsed amid fears of death and infection...

Comics industry climbing up the ladder in Bangladesh

Comics industry climbing up the ladder in Bangladesh

SHAFA TASNEEM 2020-12-31 12:09:51

Even two decades ago, the comics that the young generation of Bangladesh would follow were mostly from India, espcially its state of West Bengal, or other foreign countries. Chacha Chaudhary, Tintin,...

Writing personal letters: Do we miss it?

Writing personal letters: Do we miss it?

Jannatul Ferdous Anan 2020-12-30 10:25:33

In almost all countries, it takes 2-8 working days for a letter to arrive at the destination via the postal service. But people have no patience, or time in other words, to wait for that much time esp...

Farewell 2020, an awful year to Indian scribes

Farewell 2020, an awful year to Indian scribes

Nava Thakuria 2020-12-29 21:26:37

Devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic since March, the robust Indian media fraternity sets to bid farewell 2020 with largest of journo-murders in the world. As the populous country lost over 50 working...

China's socialist market economy

China's socialist market economy

Hasnat Abdul Hye   2020-12-29 21:23:40

At one time, not so long ago, market socialism was a laughable idea, considered almost as an oxymoron. The two words, market socialism, conveyed a classic case of mutual contradiction. Among the mos...

A reality check to the buzz of economic success

A reality check to the buzz of economic success

SHEIKH TAUSIF AHMED 2020-12-29 16:06:12

The world economy is reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic, but by and large, as data shows, Bangladesh is an exception –the pandemic has the least effect on its economy compared to others’....

Fiftieth year of Bangladesh banking

Fiftieth year of Bangladesh banking

Shah Md Ahsan Habib 2020-12-28 20:56:05

Banking sector of Bangladesh commenced its journey under the leadership of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as part of his economic rebuilding movement in the newly independe...

2020 to 2021: What days are ahead of us?

2020 to 2021: What days are ahead of us?

Mohammad Didare Alam Muhsin 2020-12-28 20:48:36

The year 2020 started with great enthusiasm in this country. March 17, 2020 was the birth centenary of the architect of this country Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. It was decided to celebrate th...

Great divider: Covid-19 reflects global racism, not equality

Great divider: Covid-19 reflects global racism, not equality

Ramzy Baroud 2020-12-27 20:16:45

The notion that the Covid-19 pandemic was 'the great equaliser' should be dead and buried by now. If anything, the lethal disease is another terrible reminder of the deep divisions and inequalities in...

Brexit: A deal has been done

Brexit: A deal has been done

Muhammad Mahmood   2020-12-26 21:26:29

Both the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) were engaged in negotiating a deal on trade and other issues for almost close to a year. They were locked in talks with time running out, in...

Workplace wellness: Gain for both employers and employees

Workplace wellness: Gain for both employers and employees

Hasnat M Alamgir 2020-12-26 21:21:04

For a growing prevalence and impact of chronic diseases on employee health and well-being, the associated loss of productivity due to absence from work (absenteeism) and reduced performance while at...

Booming personal development industry in Bangladesh

Booming personal development industry in Bangladesh

Saifur Rahman 2020-12-26 18:04:50

Tony Robbins, Jay Shetty, Tim Ferris, Stephen Covey, Robin Sharma, Ayman Sadiq – all these individuals are well-known in the ever-growing industry of personal development or self-improvement....

Hobbies that change over time reshape culture too

Hobbies that change over time reshape culture too

MEHENAZ SULTANA 2020-12-26 14:02:03

Sherlock Holmes’s hobby would not be playing violin if he were from the 15th century – before violin was invented. He would not smoke pipes either; cigar would be his closest choice, perha...

Foods Bangladeshis savour today – A blend of traditional and exotic ones?

Foods Bangladeshis savour today – A blend of traditional and exotic ones?

SIRAJUM MUNIRA TULI 2020-12-25 08:37:22

One weekend morning, all of a family may be having breakfast with ‘khuder bhaat’ (smoked broken rice) and various kinds of traditional bhorta – ‘kalijira’, ‘dhonepa...

SME can be the driver of economic recovery

SME can be the driver of economic recovery

Atiur Rahman 2020-12-24 21:45:02

Bangladesh economy is fairing relatively better despite the pandemic-induced global economic slowdown. Bloomberg has recently ranked Bangladesh as the 20th Corona Resilient country out of 53 large cou...

Global Knowledge Index 2020: Revisiting pre-university education in Bangladesh

Global Knowledge Index 2020: Revisiting pre-university education in Bangladesh

Md Abdur Rahman Forhad   2020-12-23 20:12:14

Bangladesh has secured 35.90 points and ranked 112th among the 138 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2020 (GKI). According to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Mohammed bin...

Relevance of industry and academia to jobs and income

Relevance of industry and academia to jobs and income

M Rokonuzzaman   2020-12-23 20:06:59

Establishing a strong correlation between education, skills, jobs, and per capita income for creating a sustained growth path has been a daunting development challenge. Upon exploiting natural resou...

What is really new in fintech

What is really new in fintech

Arnoud Boot, Peter Hoffmann, Luc Laeven and Lev Ratnovski 2020-12-22 20:34:14

The financial industry is undergoing rapid technological change. Traditional banks face competition from online start-ups with no physical branches. Social media and other digital platforms are expa...

Old city markets still on shoppers’ choice list 

Old city markets still on shoppers’ choice list 

RIFAH NAWAR 2020-12-22 13:42:44

Fahim Hridoy, who owns a fast food shop in Dhaka city’s Tejturi Bazar, has plans to buy some warm clothes soon for himself. When asked from where, he was quick to say, “New Market”....

Learning English: Are we overemphasising?

Learning English: Are we overemphasising?

ISMOT HASNAINE 2020-12-21 11:45:28

Once a Bangladeshi child is enrolled at school, s/he is commonly given the impression that his or her future, to some extent, depends on a good command of English. Furthermore, the student with the be...

US election 2020: Biden to the White House

US election 2020: Biden to the White House

Muhammad Mahmood   2020-12-19 20:47:35

The electoral college officially voted on last Monday to make Joe Biden the 46th president of the United States, thus formaliying his victory. Usually, the electoral college meeting is a very quiet...

Poor Economics

Poor Economics

Hasnat Abdul Hye 2020-12-19 20:39:51

The meaning intended by the authors of 'Poor Economics' (Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflow -- the Nobel Lauriate duo) is Derridian in import, inviting de-construction of the words. What the title sug...

Why Baker Bhai’s popularity skyrocketed

Why Baker Bhai’s popularity skyrocketed

SIRAJUM MUNIRA TULI 2020-12-19 17:34:33

Do many of today’s generation know Humayun Ahmed received hundreds of requests including one from the then prime minister of Bangladesh for not executing Baker Bhai in 1993? Probably not. A num...

Bangladesh lagging behind in wages

Bangladesh lagging behind in wages

Helal Uddin Ahmed 2020-12-18 21:17:12

'Cheap labour' is one of the catchwords coined by Bangladeshi authorities for attracting investments in the country. However, it is ironic that although the Bangladeshi workers produce comparatively m...

Bangladeshi student freelancers: Purveyors of freelance

Bangladeshi student freelancers: Purveyors of freelance

MORIUM KULSUM 2020-12-18 10:48:47

Today, students from the country’s top universities are entering what is called the gig economy as full-time and part-time freelancers, inspiring others. The bigger picture is: their initiatives...

America's Presidents, after the White House years

America's Presidents, after the White House years

Syed Badrul Ahsan 2020-12-17 21:03:24

Presidents of the United States have generally had a rebirth once they have left the White House. Despite all the criticism they may have encountered in office over policy issues, out of power they...

A brief chronicle of freedom

A brief chronicle of freedom

Abdur Rahman Chowdhury  from Falls Church,Virginia, United States 2020-12-17 20:59:16

The indefinite postponement of the session of the Pakistan National Assembly marked the beginning of the Liberation War. The announcement was made at mid-day on March 1,1971. The official explanatio...

Innovative fintech startup: A way to building digital Bangladesh

Innovative fintech startup: A way to building digital Bangladesh

Rafiqul Islam and ASM Ahsan Habib 2020-12-15 21:22:49

Everyday life nowadays could be stagnant without technology which is necessary at every step of living. During the ongoing pandemic, the demand for financial technology is increasing as it is bringing...

Estimating the economic impacts of Padma Bridge

Estimating the economic impacts of Padma Bridge

Selim Raihan and Bazlul Haque Khondker   2020-12-14 20:17:21

Construction of Padma Bridge is expected to generate welfare for the people of Bangladesh in general and the people of Southwest in particular. The benefits are expected to arise from the greater in...