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Dan Steinbock 2019-10-22 20:53:04
According to the new IMF (International Monetary Fund) outlook, global growth is forecast at 3.0 per cent for 2019. That's the lowest since the global crisis of 2008-9. It is largely due to the US tar...
Bipasha Dutta 2019-10-21 20:38:40
Poverty reduction initiatives of Bangladesh contributed to fulfilling all three eligibility criteria for graduation from the UN's Least Developed Countries (LDC) list. In spite of achieving significan...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2019-10-21 20:24:06
As we begin to associate Rohingya refugees with environmental degradation we might still not be interpreting the full picture properly. When they arrived our sympathies led us to blame the Myanmar mil...
Muhammad Zamir 2019-10-20 21:14:56
The evolving situation on the Turkish-Syrian-Iraqi Kurdish border continues to create anxiety not only in that region but also elsewhere -- including the European Union (EU) and the United States. Wh...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid 2019-10-19 21:10:52
Income inequality is extreme concentration of wealth or income in the hands of a small section of the population. It is often described as the gap between the richest and the rest of the community. Th...
Asjadul Kibria 2019-10-17 21:52:20
During the first quarter of the current fiscal year (FY20), there is an indication that economic activities are slowing down. Export earnings from goods dropped by 3.0 per cent in July-September perio...
Shihab Sarkar 2019-10-17 21:52:04
Man laughs. He or she undergoes bursts of elation. Animals do not, because they lack the faculty of thinking. In order to burst into laughter, humans are required to identify the amusing part of cer...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2019-10-17 21:34:44
Social media is all around us and has become a part of our daily lives. But, why do we post on social media? What is the consequence of the increased emphasis on visual communication? Are we becoming...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2019-10-17 21:12:58
Four 'Asias' may be brewing, according to Johathan Woetzel and Jeongmin of the McKinsey Global Institute. Common to all of them is economic growth, but what distinguish them, in addition to their deve...
Dhiman Chowdhury 2019-10-16 21:07:48
The role of nonexecutive directors (independent directors) in corporate and public sector governance has received wide recognition around the world. Independent nonexecutive director is the brain of t...
Hasnat Abdul Hye 2019-10-15 21:11:22
From time to time, discussions on health care in Bangladesh take place in various forums. It is also a subject of some importance in the print media which publishes various news and reports, depending...
Mushfiqur Rahman 2019-10-15 21:06:21
During the official visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India, an agreement to export Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to the Indian state of Tripura was signed between the two sides...
MS Siddiqui 2019-10-14 21:06:56
Major obstacles to delivery of samples in some developing countries include high tax and delay in completing procedural formalities of importing samples of items. Such costs of both official and unoff...
Muhammad Mahmood 2019-10-14 20:44:54
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has gone on to save his Brexit plan with a warning on last Monday to the European Union (EU) that he would not delay Brexit beyond October 31. The warning came in...
Abdullah A Dewan 2019-10-14 20:41:15
The US gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a rate of more than three (3.0) per cent for much of the 1980s and 1990s, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). However, the growth rate has...
M Rokonuzzaman 2019-10-13 21:08:01
In management literature, there appear to be two major strategy dimensions. The first one is to strategise business success by capturing greater share of the existing market. The other one is about cr...
Shishir Reza & Matiur Rahman 2019-10-13 21:03:03
Climate Change refers to any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity. This usage differs from that in the United Nations Framework Convention o...
Mehdi Rahman 2019-10-12 21:55:47
Bangladeshi exporters receive export payments from local banks in Taka. Banks receive from importers' banks payment in such foreign currencies which have value of store and can be used as a vehicle...
Shihab Sarkar 2019-10-10 21:56:56
The assertive words of National Professor Anisuzzaman that there are little scopes for printed books to be replaced by e-books have definitely made traditional book-lovers feel upbeat. As he has obser...
Md. Abdur Rouf 2019-10-09 20:57:37
VAT (value added tax) is a consumption tax. VAT is paid by the ultimate consumer of goods and services. VAT is paid when a consumer purchases goods and services. While purchasing goods and services,...
Asjadul Kibria 2019-10-08 20:14:13
Collection of incremental taxes becomes a big challenge for the country's tax authority. In the past fiscal year (FY19), collection of tax revenue by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) stood at aro...
Imtiaz A Hussain 2019-10-07 20:22:46
It is not that Narendra Modi's India offers the largest liberal alternative to China's gargantuan communist-capitalist hybrid that brought the World Economic Forum (WEF) from Davos to New Delhi last...
Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled 2019-10-07 20:20:34
It is universally accepted that energy is a sine qua non for the all round development of a nation - socially, industrially and agriculturally. But poor countries are lagging behind in this vital se...
Ferdaus Ara Begum 2019-10-06 21:01:21
Trade facilitation (TF) is important because it can bring down trade transaction cost, clearing goods for import and export and reducing time for the entire process. Unfortunately, trade transaction c...
James F. Moriarty 2019-10-05 21:57:09
After I arrived in Dhaka in 2008 as US Ambassador, it became clear to me that the ready-made garment (RMG) industry was driving much of the good that was happening in Bangladesh. The industry served...
Muhammad Mahmood 2019-10-05 21:48:21
Developments in international financial markets can have profound impacts on developing economies like Bangladesh through financial and economic links. Therefore, particular attention is needed to p...
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Mo Ibrahim, and Etienne Davignon 2019-10-05 21:16:10
Europe and Africa are inextricably linked by history, geography, and economic ties. Today, securing a peaceful and prosperous future on either continent requires cooperation by both - but not the dono...
Mir Mahmudul Haque Chowdhury 2019-10-04 20:52:13
World Teachers day is a special day celebrated through out the world on October 05 to express respect, honour and love towards teachers. It is also known as International Teachers Day. It is ex...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2019-10-03 21:16:18
In an era of rapid digitisation, young children nowadays are spending more time than ever before on digital devices. Their reading is no longer limited to physical books and other printed materials....
Doulot Akter Mala 2019-10-03 21:09:41
With significant increase in international trade in recent decades, fiscal measures draw attention of many stakeholders. The government changes tax rates almost every year through passage of the Fin...
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