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Shihab Sarkar 2019-12-12 21:20:22
It was a matter of luck for many to have been able to see the start of the Bangladesh Liberation War on March 26, 1971, pass through the turbulent nine months fighting or being brutally persecuted and...
Mohd. Jamil Hossain 2019-12-10 21:22:14
A loan in default presents the ultimate test of the quality of a lender's documentation practices. Loan documents are all that stand between charging off a loan or recovering against collatera...
Takehiko Nakao 2019-12-10 21:18:54
As they extend their power grids, build more roads and bigger cities, and cultivate forestland, developing countries in Asia and the Pacific are increasingly contributing to the global climate chang...
Samira Dishti Irfan 2019-12-10 21:16:39
It is 7pm. 45-year-old Masud, a senior who is thriving in his field of work, is fiercely typing away at his workstation, in dire anticipation of the promotion he has been pining for. Next to him is a...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2019-12-09 21:22:25
It is not a Guinness Book type of statistic, but pumping up the blood in our victory month doesn't hurt either. Remember how the life of East Pakistan was 24 years long? In 2019, Bangladesh completed...
Sabbir Rahman Khan 2019-12-09 21:15:48
The world today is beefing up on cross-fertilisation of technology-uptake and job diversification. And when it comes to labour-intensive industries like the apparel sector, this discussion gets a le...
Muhammad Zamir 2019-12-08 20:29:25
A storm has been blowing within the international political paradigm over the question of responsible use of social media and the after-effects of its improper use. Analysts and politicians have both...
Kristalina Georgieva in Washington, DC 2019-12-07 20:40:09
When I think of the incredible challenges we must confront in the face of a changing climate, my mind focuses on young people. Eventually, they will be the ones either to enjoy the fruits or bear th...
Muhammad Mahmood 2019-12-07 20:36:30
At this point in time, wherever one looks at the global economy, signs of economic slowdown is pretty visible. In fact, most advanced economies are not only trapped in a low interest rate regime but a...
S.M. Rayhanul Islam 2019-12-05 22:16:43
The University of Dhaka, the oldest and largest one in the present Bangladesh, started its journey on the first day of July, 1921. Its role in nation formation and the emergence of independent Banglad...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2019-12-05 21:23:22
Imagine Bangladesh as a sprawling megapolis. It may very well be the answer to the accumulating problems afflicting the country, or headed this way with certainty: the scrambles to produce more while...
Josh Smith in Seoul 2019-12-04 20:48:01
Kim Jong Un mounted a white horse again as North Korea announced on Wednesday (December 04) it will soon convene a rare meeting of the ruling party's leaders, steps analysts say may signal preparation...
Abu Mukhles Alamgir Hossain 2019-12-04 20:47:36
Marketing plays a significant role in familiarising particular product/service in domestic and international markets. Japan has attained enormous economic success by following some business models w...
Samira Sadeque at the UN Headquarters, New York 2019-12-04 20:37:49
On November 11, the Gambia filed a lawsuit against Myanmar in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its atrocities against the Rohingya population. Over the past years, hundreds of thousands...
Abdullah A Dewan 2019-12-03 20:26:48
There are two competing economic policies - supply side and demand side -- that are often considered and implemented by national governments when the economy slides into a recession. But when the econ...
Ayon Debnath 2019-12-02 21:35:49
Today, December 03 marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The significance of the day as an official UN international observance day is particularly relevant in the context of Bangl...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2019-12-02 20:35:05
As December knocks, one cannot help but scroll back-pages to those tempestuous 1971 days, at least for those still able to remember them. In doing so, India plays a disproportionately large and indi...
Anis Chowdhury 2019-12-02 20:33:02
The recent outrage, manifested in various unrests such as the "Yellow-vest" protest in France and "Abolish the Super-Rich" campaign in the US, is not about inequality per se. The street protests from...
Asjadul Kibria 2019-12-01 22:14:59
In 2011, the governments of Bangladesh and India formally opened the first border haat at Kalaichar in the Indian state of Meghalaya and Baliamari of Kurigram district in Bangladesh. Later three more...
Inter Press Service from UN Headquarters, New York 2019-12-01 22:10:07
Climate change is happening-the world is already 1.1°C warmer than it was at the onset of the industrial revolution, and it is already having a significant impact on the world, and on people's liv...
Muhammad Zamir 2019-12-01 21:05:57
Russia's inter-active presence in Syria, Turkey and Iran has drawn attention to its growing role in international affairs. This dynamics has also been manifest in Latin America, particularly in Venezu...
Johan Rockström, Joyeeta Gupta, and Dahe Qin in Postdam, Germany 2019-11-30 21:14:55
More than 600 cities have announced measures to tackle climate change, and more than 680 of the world's largest corporations have committed to cut greenhouse-gas emissions in line with the 2015 Paris...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2019-11-28 20:38:49
With the Indian economic growth-rate now predicted to slip to 6.6 per cent over the next five years, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) finding raises questions if how such a slump to even a very resp...
Shihab Sarkar 2019-11-28 20:28:03
There are many types of Bangladeshi Bengalee immigrants in the USA, the UK, Australia or Italy. Some of them are the descendants of parents who migrated to these foreign developed countries 60 to 100...
Peter Paul van de Wijs in Amsterdam, Netherlands 2019-11-27 20:35:58
Unanimously endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011, the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights are the authoritative global reference point articulating the responsibilities of compa...
Mushfiqur Rahman 2019-11-27 20:15:52
The 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25) is scheduled be held in the Spanish capital Madrid on December 2-13, 2019. The Conference of the Parties (COP) within the framework of the Un...
Ahmed Zaker Chowdhury 2019-11-26 20:09:50
The Bangladesh Bank, by issuing a circular on November 24, 2019 has withdrawn its earlier move to introduce wholesale restrictions on cross-border online credit card transactions. While the initial...
Farhana Haque Rahman in Rome 2019-11-26 20:00:48
When aid agencies appeal for funding to tackle the latest refugee crisis and journalists do their reporting, then these are the two narratives most chosen - one impersonal and the other upfront and...
Alan Keenan in Brussels, Belgium 2019-11-25 20:47:12
On November 16, Gotabaya Rajapaksa - who served as defence secretary during the final phase of Sri Lanka's brutal civil war - won a decisive victory in Sri Lanka's presidential election. Althou...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2019-11-25 20:29:10
Automation has come home, with the time to roost just around the corner. What would this mean for Bangladesh? Of course, the best place to start analysis is the ready-made garment (RMG) sector, sour...
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