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JRC - A builder of bridges

JRC - A builder of bridges

Moushumi Khan   2020-06-21 21:20:59

Recently it seems not a day goes by when we do not hear of a national figure or an acquaintance passing away. In the midst of this sadness, it is also an opportunity to learn from these lives lost....

Our socio-economic dynamics fraught with vulnerability 

Our socio-economic dynamics fraught with vulnerability 

Muhammad Zamir 2020-06-21 21:14:47

Despite all the different angles, one needs to admit that the government has tried to introduce several positive dimensions. One consequently now needs to wait and see how the socio-economic-health...

The Great Lockdown through a global lens

The Great Lockdown through a global lens

Gita Gopinath 2020-06-19 21:13:02

The Great Lockdown is expected to play out in three phases, first as countries enter the lockdown, then as they exit, and finally as they escape the lockdown when there is a medical solution to the pa...

Implementing the budget on a quarterly basis

Implementing the budget on a quarterly basis

Nazmul Islam   2020-06-18 22:13:10

The proposed budget amounting to Tk 5680.00 billion for the fiscal year 2020-2021 is the largest-ever in the history of Bangladesh. This is a dilemma to have this big budget during these Covid-19 da...

A poet reflects on emptiness and hope

A poet reflects on emptiness and hope

Shahabuddin Ahmad 2020-06-18 21:52:02

Spring is the season when the whole nature blossoms with all its expressions of beauty: new leaves, flowers, fruits, vegetables. All this prompts a riot of colour. The first book of poems titled 'Leav...

'Black slaves' matter in the 21st century

'Black slaves' matter in the 21st century

Shihab Sarkar 2020-06-18 21:36:15

Had the African-American (then called 'negro' or black) lady Rosa Parks been alive today by miracle, she would have certainly felt devastated. A great bewilderment would have overcome her. It would pu...

Racial riot least desired now

Racial riot least desired now

Abdur Rahman Chowdhury 2020-06-17 22:30:40

The three months of horrendous human tragedies unleased by Covid-19 resulted in the death of over 110,000 people in the United States. About 500,000 people have been infected and many are still strugg...

Renewable energy: Future for greener and resilient economy in post covid-19 era

Renewable energy: Future for greener and resilient economy in post covid-19 era

Md. Taibur Rahman, Arif M.Faisal, Md. Khurshid Alam   2020-06-16 21:34:49

In the context of challenges in meeting the SDG targets by 2030 and forestalling the worst effects of climate change at the soonest, the costs of ignoring the relevant science would be too much to b...

Enhancing deposit in banks

Enhancing deposit in banks

Haradhan Sarker 2020-06-16 21:31:55

Banks are now under severe stress due to financing for Covid-19-led stimulus packages. How much they would be able to fund within the atmosphere the Bangladesh Bank has created through its several p...

International trade continues nosedive

International trade continues nosedive

-- 2020-06-14 21:50:20

International trade in goods is expected to continue its nosedive in the coming months as economies struggle to recover from lockdown measures used to slow the Covid-19 outbreak. New data, published...

Mechanising agriculture: promise of better productivity

Mechanising agriculture: promise of better productivity

Abu Farhad 2020-06-12 21:20:18

Farming is the lifeblood; how can you live without it? Farming again is time-bound. You cannot grow the crops of summer in the winter, and in the monsoon, we have fresh crops unlike in the summer. The...

Discovering the hidden charm of 'speed tour'

Discovering the hidden charm of 'speed tour'

Shihab Sarkar 2020-06-11 22:00:46

Few people in the COVID-19-hit countries can now seriously think of travelling abroad. The problem begins with the non-availability of the modes of transport --- beginning from flights, inter-country...

Deficit financing and fiscal transparency in budget FY21

Deficit financing and fiscal transparency in budget FY21

Fahmida Khatun, Mustafizur Rahman, Khondaker Golam Moazzem and Towfiqul Islam Khan 2020-06-10 21:58:25

Lower subsidy demand for some cash incentives and lower utilisation of project aid in mega projects could help lower the overall expenditure at the end of FY20. However, a significant revenue shortfal...

Is coronavirus a great leveller?

Is coronavirus a great leveller?

Syed Mahbubur Rashid 2020-06-08 21:41:02

Walter Scheidel, the author of the famous book `The Great Leveler', had observed in his book. Ever since humans began to form, herd lives lock and pass on these assets to future generations, economic...

The need to revisit aspects of corporate governance

The need to revisit aspects of corporate governance

Muhammad Zamir 2020-06-07 22:40:31

There are different areas that are quite correctly drawing attention of European Union policy makers, particularly re-assessing factors that will need to be addressed regarding social elements of the...

Defeating Covid-19 with mutual assistance

Defeating Covid-19 with mutual assistance

Lin Weiqiang 2020-06-06 22:05:48

Since the diagnosis of the first case of Covid-19 pandemic in Bangladesh on March 08, 2020, Chinese Enterprises Association in Bangladesh (CEAB) has positively responded to the call to fully support t...

Niloufer Manzur: An epitome of courage

Niloufer Manzur: An epitome of courage

Nabila Faiza Islam   2020-06-06 22:02:25

"An investment in knowledge always pays the best dividend" is what Niloufer Manzur believed. Ever since she set her feet into the academic arena, she tirelessly tried to imbibe her faith in every youn...

An ideal for quality education

An ideal for quality education

Nironjan Roy   2020-06-04 22:00:07

Renowned personality and educationist, Niloufer Manzur has passed away in a situation when not only our country but also the whole world is scrambling hard to survive amidst Covid-19 pandemic. Like co...

Mourning the death  of an insurance icon

Mourning the death of an insurance icon

Mohammad Sohrab Uddin   2020-06-04 21:58:04

It was heartbreaking to learn about the news that an insurance icon in the country, breathed his last on the morning of May 20, 2020. In his death we have lost a pioneer, a dedicated insurer, an excel...

Changing patterns of aesthetic experience

Changing patterns of aesthetic experience

Shihab Sarkar 2020-06-04 21:54:54

A lot of readers may have read the story by Banafool, a noted short story writer in Bangla literature. The story deals with a compulsive reader's experience of re-reading a particular piece of creativ...

Bank leadership: Adaptive approach at the time of crisis

Bank leadership: Adaptive approach at the time of crisis

Shah Md Ahsan Habib 2020-06-03 21:38:47

Despite the global efforts and the potential timeline for handling the current corona situation, things are still unclear. All we know, economic activities are already severely disrupted in many cou...

Reimagining workspace in Covid times

Reimagining workspace in Covid times

Adnan Hamid 2020-06-02 21:55:35

Changing roster duties so that a balance is achieved between staff coming to office and those working from home is just one of the innovations that general insurance major Green Delta Insurance plans...

Covid-19 and the developing world

Covid-19 and the developing world

Muhammad Mahmood 2020-05-30 21:27:02

The World Health Organisation (WHO) first declared Covid-19 a world health emergency in  January, 2020. Now the pandemic has spread across over 190 countries around the world. The growing Covid-1...

More than a principal

More than a principal

Umama Zillur   2020-05-28 22:02:26

Dear Mrs. Manzur, There's something really special about the community that you built and the type of leader you were, when generations of students have been pouring their hearts out, each story talk...

Circling the Square: What is the golden ratio for Budget 21?

Circling the Square: What is the golden ratio for Budget 21?

Debapriya Bhattacharya   2020-05-28 21:56:58

As announcement of the national budget for the fiscal year 2020-21 (FY21) draws close, my transcendental thought process goes haywire trying to figure out how this document is going to square the circ...

Telemedicine: A tipping point

Telemedicine: A tipping point

Ahmed Fahad 2020-05-22 22:26:10

In the past decade, Bangladesh has seen salient improvements in health care. Bangladesh has significantly reduced child mortality rate and maternal death, and increased immunisation coverage and life...

Search for a Covid-19 vaccine for all: Clashes with politics and profit

Search for a Covid-19 vaccine for all: Clashes with politics and profit

Anis Chowdhury   2020-05-21 21:34:32

With the number of Covid-19 infections worldwide nearing the 5.0 million mark and more than 315,000 deaths, the race to find an effective and affordable vaccine is in full swing. Across the world, m...

Covid-19 and foreign investment: The need for scrutiny

Covid-19 and foreign investment: The need for scrutiny

Md. Sameer Sattar 2020-05-20 22:26:12

As a transitioning economy, Bangladesh's growth depends highly on foreign direct investment (FDI). According to the 2019 World Investment Report prepared by UNCTAD (UNCTAD Report), recent FDI flows to...

Forced repatriation of migrant workers amid Covid-19

Forced repatriation of migrant workers amid Covid-19

Mohammed Hossain Sarker 2020-05-18 22:14:08

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought an unprecedented toll on the economies across the globe. Like others, the Gulf states, such as Bahrain, Kuwait, KSA, Oman, Qatar and the UAE are also in strain as bus...

Evolving path of radical trends

Evolving path of radical trends

Muhammad Zamir 2020-05-17 23:24:15

Three months ago, towards the beginning of February there was a discussion going on about the growing implications of the conflict situation in the Middle East-- particularly in Iraq, Syria, the south...