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Imtiaz A. Hussain 2020-03-12 20:08:28
Typical disjunctures between the faster development of technological contraption and the far slower adjustment of classroom curricula may not only be worsening, but also moving beyond repair. Among...
Mohammad Zaman from Vancouver, Canada 2020-03-12 20:04:44
I was in Islamabad last week on a project assignment for three weeks. After a week, I cut short my trip immediately following the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s global warning on the emerging coron...
Mohammad shafiqul Islam 2020-03-10 20:41:42
Lending facilities of banks are still major sources of funds for Bangladeshi industries, businesses and new ventures. Though there are alternative sources of funds, bank finance plays the predominan...
Shamsul Alam 2020-03-09 21:26:10
As we are well-aware of, Bangladesh is set to graduate from least developed country (LDC) status by 2024 and become an upper middle income country by 2031. Bangladesh aims at becoming a 'High Income C...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2020-03-09 20:30:32
The coronavirus outbreak exposed not only Asia's soft economic underbelly, but also its huge physical frailties in the event of an epidemic/pandemic: it does not have nearly enough medical infrast...
Haradhan Sarker 2020-03-07 22:25:14
Who cares for the depositors who provide life-blood to the banking sector? Single digit lending rate of 9.0 per cent is going to be in force from April 01, 2020 as per Bangladesh Bank circular (BRPD&n...
Rahima Aktar 2020-03-07 21:58:41
The International Women's Day, observed worldwide on March 08 since 1911, reflects unity, action, awareness from global to the local level. International Women's Day 2020 has special significance fo...
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UNITED NATIONS, Mar 4 2020 (IPS): Twenty-five years after the historic Beijing women's conference in China - a milestone in advancing equal rights - violence against women and girls is not only common...
Maswood Alam Khan 2020-03-06 20:45:25
I asked a poor rickshaw-puller Keramat Mia, who earns an average of Taka 500 a day, why he had chosen to have a Facebook account. "After a daylong toil pulling my rickshaw," explains Keramat, "I go ho...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2020-03-05 21:13:03
It is already clear, COVID-19, even with declining fatalities, will not be disappearing soon. Stock-markets will continue collapsing, businesses closing, and border-shutters will continue to grow. Suc...
Helal Uddin Ahmed 2020-03-05 21:08:08
The public sector corruption fighter ACC (Anti-Corruption Commission) could earn a moderate score of 60 per cent based on its performance in 50 indicators under 6 broader dimensions in a recent inst...
Md. Tuhin Ahmed and Farhan Khan 2020-03-04 21:21:19
Trade logistics is often considered a fundamental building block of trade and economic development. The term trade logistics usually encompasses a cluster of vital activities for trade includi...
Wasi Ahmed 2020-03-03 20:08:58
The issue of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the country is often seen in terms of financial spending in a particular area of socio-economic or development activity. In Bangladesh, it is th...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid 2020-03-02 22:02:46
Foreign capital inflows constitute part of the world's savings. Over the past three decades world savings in proportion to world income has fallen. The decline in world savings implies that not every...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2020-03-02 21:51:03
To become a 'developed' country from a 'developing' background involves a huge jump. Is Bangladesh capable economically to make that leap? A lot will, of course, depend upon how high the export dive...
Md. Rayhan Uddin Fakir 2020-03-02 20:23:21
One of the most integral parts of the modern economy, insurance protects financial aspects of unexpected death, injury, loss of property, loss of earning power, legal liability or other unexpected exp...
Shah Md Ahsan Habib 2020-03-02 20:08:48
Ensuring nutritious and safe food is one of the major challenges for the developing economies like Bangladesh. It is associated with the United Nations goal of 'Food Security' according to which all p...
Haradhan Sarker 2020-03-01 20:45:28
Independent researchers, economists and some research institutions are busy discoursing on the relationship between economic growth and job creation. They opine that our economy is growing fast in ter...
Muhammad Mahmood 2020-02-29 21:03:31
US President Donald Trump arrived in India on last Monday on a two-day visit. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted Trump on his arrival in Ahmedabad, the home city of the Prime Minister with a...
Harold James in Princeton, New Jersey, USA 2020-02-29 21:00:53
The outbreak of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, that began in Wuhan, China, may well turn into a global pandemic. Nearly 50 countries have confirmed cases of the virus, with the precise nature of the...
Bob Baulch and Danielle Resnick 2020-02-28 20:53:48
On February 12, the Malawi High Court upheld its original decision to nullify the country's May 2019 presidential election, and decreed that the poll must be rerun within 150 days. Malawi has thus bec...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid 2020-02-27 21:05:10
Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases, clinically known as 'Diabetes Mellitus', in which a person has high blood sugar either because the body does not produce enough insulin or because cells do...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2020-02-27 20:57:16
Some major long-term changes are urgently overdue. First, export diversification is imperative. Second, trading partner diversification follows: the more there are, the healthier for any country today...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2020-02-27 20:52:09
Professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed is an insightful writer, popular teacher, former television presenter, leading social activist and a successful organiser in the present Bangladesh. He has dedicated his...
Asjadul Kibria 2020-02-26 20:59:05
Keeping in view the long-term development objectives of the Vision 2041, the government has prepared a new perspective plan for the next 20 years. The National Economic Council (NEC) approved on...
Mahmudur Rahman 2020-02-25 20:45:36
Public attention is essentially diverted to the observance of International Mother Language Day, Ekushe February for us in Bangladesh during the month of February. It's when the debate returns about...
Hasnat Abdul Hye 2020-02-25 20:37:18
A silent revolution has taken place in Bangladesh society over the last four decades. It has added a new dimension to Bangladesh economy with the prospect of changing its structure or reinforce the ex...
Muhammad Zamir 2020-02-24 21:32:04
The United Kingdom having formally left the European Union (EU) has now entered what is termed as an 11-month transition period till the end of 2020. Analysts are monitoring several denotations and...
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury from Falls Church, Virginia, USA 2020-02-24 20:20:29
The authors of the American constitution were wise, diligent and farsighted. They knew many things, but one thing they knew well that all future presidents could not be trusted to defend the constitut...
Rahima Aktar 2020-02-23 20:57:09
The news item on densely plastic polluted Karnaphuli riverbed is really a strong warning as it shows a threat to environment of the country. The riverbed of Karnaphuli is covered by polythene and plas...
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