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BD pharmaceutical exports -- modest start for a long journey

BD pharmaceutical exports -- modest start for a long journey

Hasnat M Alamgir 2020-10-21 22:23:42

Bangladesh aspires to become a global player in pharmaceutical business; it has started exploring the overseas medicine markets and quite a few local manufacturers have already penetrated several of t...

Authentic data for sustainable development

Authentic data for sustainable development

Md Azgar Ali 2020-10-19 21:49:54

How can we distinguish between high quality and poor quality statistical data? Do quality standards exist for statistics? If so, who established them? At present, when users have practically unlimite...

Fallout of Covid-19 on food security

Fallout of Covid-19 on food security

Mir Ashrafun Nahar 2020-10-19 20:27:47

As the Covid-19 crisis unfurls, turmoil's in domestic food supply chains, shocks in food production and loss of incomes and remittances, are creating strong tensions and food insecurity. Due to higher...

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict reignites again

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict reignites again

Muhammad Zamir 2020-10-18 20:43:25

The Caucasus is a strategically important mountainous region in south-east Europe. For centuries, different powers in the region -- both Christian and Muslim -- have vied for control there. Armenia...

Globalisation after coronavirus

Globalisation after coronavirus

Hasnat Abdul Hye 2020-10-15 21:29:03

Globalisation has been pointed out by the cynics as the 'usual suspect' for the rapid spread of coronavirus pandemic. For one, the blame has not been entirely wrong. The virus travelled across countri...

A paean to our indomitable youths

A paean to our indomitable youths

Shihab Sarkar 2020-10-15 21:08:32

Through the ages the very concepts of 'defiant youth', 'dissension', 'iconoclasm' etc have been causing dread to a section of people. In almost every society, they veritably find themselves ensconced...

World Food Programme wins the Nobel Peace Prize

World Food Programme wins the Nobel Peace Prize

Abdur Rahman Chowdhury from Falls Church, Virginia, USA 2020-10-13 20:19:19

The World Food Programme (WFP), a specialised agency of the United Nations, has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. Berit Reiss-Anderson, President of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, announced it...

Occupational safety of ship breaking workers

Occupational safety of ship breaking workers

Hasnat M. Alamgir 2020-10-12 21:26:24

Traumatic deaths and injuries have become part of the work life of the ship breaking workers in Sitakunda. By dismantling around 47.20 per cent of world vessels, Bangladesh became the world's top dest...

New look of GRI: Setting new standards of sustainability

New look of GRI: Setting new standards of sustainability

Md. Touhidul Alam Khan 2020-10-12 20:20:47

Global Reporting Initiative or GRI is the independent international organisation that supports businesses and other organisations take responsibility for their impacts on various aspects through provi...

Spreading unfavourable and false information

Spreading unfavourable and false information

Muhammad Zamir   2020-10-11 21:25:30

In the recent past, since the beginning of this year, we have seen several civil society activists in Bangladesh being critical of our government in their ability to use cyberspace and the use of soci...

Forging a stronger post-pandemic ASEAN plus-3 economy

Forging a stronger post-pandemic ASEAN plus-3 economy

Aso Taro and Le Minh Hung   2020-10-11 20:45:19

The modern international financial system emerged from the devastation of World War II. Since then, it has continued to be shaped by historic slumps - most recently, the 2008 global financial crisis....

Bhutan's first sovereign bond: Financing lessons during pandemic   

Bhutan's first sovereign bond: Financing lessons during pandemic  

Tientip Subhanij and Masato Abe   2020-10-11 20:28:19

Extraordinary times calls for extraordinary measures. The Covid-19 pandemic has required countries to deploy large spending for emergency health response and relief measures for households and firms....

Trade and income inequality in Bangladesh

Trade and income inequality in Bangladesh

Muhammad Mahmood   2020-10-10 21:50:30

Over the last four decades trade has significantly contributed to economic growth of many developing countries including Bangladesh. Also many developing countries during this period have introduce...

Untapped career opportunities in Bangladesh's insurance industry

Untapped career opportunities in Bangladesh's insurance industry

Jafar Sadeque Chowdhury   2020-10-08 21:58:30

The number of job posting on a leading Bangladeshi portal dropped by 87 per cent in April this year, compared to the number a year ago, said a recent study. Another research showed that over 20 mill...

Voyage to St. Martin's: National imperatives

Voyage to St. Martin's: National imperatives

Shihab Sarkar 2020-10-08 21:23:44

Given the rising trends of visiting coastal spots among the upper middle-class domestic tourists, Bangladesh has long deserved the operation of deluxe liners. After the completion of the preparatory w...

Can Biden save the world?

Can Biden save the world?

Kemal Dervis 2020-10-08 21:00:57

The outcome of the US presidential election on November 3 will have momentous consequences for America in terms of economic policy, racial justice, the judiciary, health care, and the overall quality...

Public investment for the recovery

Public investment for the recovery

Vitor Gaspar, Paolo Mauro, Catherine Pattillo, and Raphael Espinoza   2020-10-07 21:06:10

Governments around the world are taking extraordinary measures to respond to the Covid-19 crisis. While maintaining the focus on addressing the health emergency and providing lifelines for household...

Capitalists and socialists of the world, unite!

Capitalists and socialists of the world, unite!

Harold James 2020-10-06 21:57:59

The world's most dynamic economy is governed by a communist party, whereas its previous capitalist stronghold is under the misrule of a man whose companies have gone bankrupt six times. With leading p...

Remittances in the time of pandemic

Remittances in the time of pandemic

Mahtab Uddin   2020-10-05 20:46:55

A cross the world, the most severe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been observed on livelihoods. During such economic downturns, historically, migrant workers get disproportionately affected. Mi...

Who cooked your meal at that restaurant?

Who cooked your meal at that restaurant?

Hasnat M. Alamgir 2020-10-03 21:19:03

You go to a restaurant along with your family members, friends, or business guests and see those neatly attired servers who put a smile on their face to welcome you, make you seated, show you the menu...

Can Bangladeshi banks keep making profit amid Covid-19 and single digit challenge?

Can Bangladeshi banks keep making profit amid Covid-19 and single digit challenge?

 Mohammad Kazi Mamun 2020-10-01 21:33:16

Once a customer asked a young banker what priority of a bank should be while fixing the price of a loan. Rate of return of the bank itself, or that of the business firm aspiring to grow with credit su...

Border haats as a platform for cross-border value chains

Border haats as a platform for cross-border value chains

Indranil Bose and Bijaya Roy   2020-09-30 21:40:03

The 'Neighbourhood First' policy, enunciated by the government of India under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, prods India to improve its ties with her immediate neighbours. It focuses on cooperati...

The source code of efficient public policy

The source code of efficient public policy

Urkhan Seyidov   2020-09-30 21:36:45

The Covid-19 pandemic has unleashed the second global economic crisis in just 12 years. But, unlike the crash of 2008, which revealed severe structural flaws in the financial system, the current dow...

Working in partnership is key to fighting corruption

Working in partnership is key to fighting corruption

Mari Elka Pangestu 2020-09-29 21:04:59

Corruption has long been recognised as a major impediment to development.  From massive theft of state assets to the low-level corruption that erodes productivity and weakens service delivery, co...

Don't let Covid-19 pandemic derail refugee education

Don't let Covid-19 pandemic derail refugee education

Sarah Schafer 2020-09-28 21:18:48

Footballer Mohamed Salah heard messages from refugee children about the importance of education. As a father of two girls, Salah understands the importance of equal education for all. In a video broa...

A new script for an evolving Middle East

A new script for an evolving Middle East

Muhammad Zamir   2020-09-27 20:59:18

Representatives of the governments of United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Israel, and United States converged in Washington, DC on September 15 to sign the historic normalisation accords between the Gulf...

Illicit trade during Covid-19 & Bangladesh

Illicit trade during Covid-19 & Bangladesh

Mohsena Khanom 2020-09-26 21:29:49

An immediate outcome of the Covid-19 is a booming black market of medical equipment. Different global bodies and agencies have already expressed concern on rise of illicit trade in drugs and medical p...

In love with 'adda': Delight and dread

In love with 'adda': Delight and dread

Shihab Sarkar 2020-09-24 20:06:20

Befitting the constantly transforming trends of time, the nature of man-to-man interactions also undergoes changes. These rapports come in many forms, suiting to the vogues in place at certain periods...

Solar power can meet full electricity needs in Bangladesh!

Solar power can meet full electricity needs in Bangladesh!

Shafiq Alam 2020-09-23 22:00:19

Power generation has got significant boost in Bangladesh thanks to the bold initiative of the current government. It increased from less than 5,000 megawatts (MW) in 2010 to more than four times to 23...

Digitalisation no guarantee against graft

Digitalisation no guarantee against graft

Helal Uddin Ahmed   2020-09-23 21:45:53

'Man behind the machine' is a common phrase touted by management pundits and professionals. It implies that the outcome of any machine-linked endeavour is mostly determined by the efficacy of people...