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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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’....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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”....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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