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Japan's bullet train: A case of  technology transfer

Japan's bullet train: A case of technology transfer

M Rokonuzzaman 2018-06-11 21:40:14

Bangladesh is contemplating to introduce high-speed train service  between Dhaka and Chittagong.  The train with 'Duck-bill' nose, designed to reduce the piston effect as the trains enter tu...

Of technology, its impact on scholarship

Of technology, its impact on scholarship

S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-06-07 21:28:19

'Scholarship' is itself a quite old-fashioned term. Whenever we ask someone to think of scholarship, they usually imagine a lone individual, surrounded by books (preferably dusty ones), worriedly scri...

In Memoriam Dr. Hafiz G.A. Siddiqui

In Memoriam Dr. Hafiz G.A. Siddiqui

Abu Ahmed 2018-06-02 21:00:53

Prof. Hafiz G.A. Siddiqui, the former Vice Chancellor of the North South University (NSU) and former Director of the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka, on May 22, 2018 sa...

Nuclear nonproliferation malpractice

Nuclear nonproliferation malpractice

Daryl G. Kimball 2018-06-02 20:25:50

The global nuclear nonproliferation system has always relied on responsible leadership from the United States and other global powers. The effort to create, extend, and strengthen the nuclear Nonproli...

Transport infrastructure not functioning at acceptable level

Transport infrastructure not functioning at acceptable level

Syed Ershad Ahmed and Forrest Cookson 2018-06-01 20:42:53

There are mounting transport problems facing the economy and more particularly the ready-made garment (RMG) sector.    We identify several such problems and suggest solutions.  T...

When a nation starts failing its elderly people

When a nation starts failing its elderly people

Shihab Sarkar 2018-05-31 21:18:19

Like all other South Asian countries, Bangladesh holds its senior citizens in veneration. In spite of the newer realities set against a fast-changing social scenario, the elderly people have continued...

Alarming rise in lightning strikes: Government takes ad-hoc measures

Alarming rise in lightning strikes: Government takes ad-hoc measures

Karar M Hassan, Iqbal Siddiquee, HR Chowdhury and MM Ali 2018-05-30 21:32:46

In the 1950s, when scientists of south Norway and western Sweden noticed that the fish in the lakes and rivers were dying or disappearing, they detected that the phenomenon was linked to the effects o...

Global spending on military in 2017: Highest since end of cold war

Global spending on military in 2017: Highest since end of cold war

Maged Srour in Rome 2018-05-29 20:57:29

According to the latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in total, countries around the world spent $1739 billion on arms in 2017. Although there was a marginal...

VAT Act: Facilitating refund of accumulated input tax credit for service providers

VAT Act: Facilitating refund of accumulated input tax credit for service providers

Pulak Saha, Prabir Mitra and Asif Reja Akash 2018-05-28 21:34:19

Finance Minister AMA Muhith is scheduled to present the Finance Bill, 2018 in the Parliament in the first fortnight of June 2018, and there are lots of expectations from it. The business community is...

From whispers to conversations

From whispers to conversations

Yuvraj Singh 2018-05-27 20:32:48

In most places in South Asia, menstruation is not really something that we want to talk about. For as long as I can remember, the topic has been shrouded in mystery, only making its way into a convers...

Migration: Remitted money hardly used for productive use

Migration: Remitted money hardly used for productive use

Abdul Bayes 2018-05-26 20:54:00

Migration as a livelihood strategy has duly drawn the attention of academics and policymakers as it is considered as a linchpin of economic growth. The role of remittance in Bangladesh's growth and de...

'One Belt, One Road' and South Asian geopolitics

'One Belt, One Road' and South Asian geopolitics

Syed Neyamul 2018-05-25 21:00:37

The 'One Belt, One Road' (OBOR) initiative is a foreign policy and economic strategy of the People's Republic of China. The term derives from the overland 'Silk Road Economic Belt' and the '21st-Centu...

The labyrinthine alleys of suicide

The labyrinthine alleys of suicide

-- 2018-05-24 21:24:05

Suicide has been a socio-psychological enigma since the early phase of history. Besides whipping up sadness, the act also draws condemnation on the part of the majority in society. But suicide is a hi...

Air pollution: The poor suffer more than the rich

Air pollution: The poor suffer more than the rich

Mushfiqur Rahman 2018-05-23 21:24:52

Not only the researchers, common people in their daily life experience the impacts of climate change, increased natural disasters, changed weather patterns and the quality of air, water they live in....

Is Big Tech destroying retail markets?

Is Big Tech destroying retail markets?

Maria Gonzalez-Miranda and Ivailo Izvorski 2018-05-22 21:03:05

Information technology is not just transforming markets; it is also making them ubiquitous, particularly for household consumers. From pretty much anywhere in the world, one can now search out goods a...

International trade: Limitations of traditional banking   

International trade: Limitations of traditional banking  

MS Siddiqui in the first of his two-part article titled 'Innovative trade finance service' 2018-05-20 22:31:50

Globalisation and global value chain have increased the importance of international trade over the last few decades. These have accelerated international trade with trade facilitation and reduction in...

Trump defies global consensus on Iran nuclear deal

Trump defies global consensus on Iran nuclear deal

Muhammad Zamir   2018-05-20 21:22:01

An interesting observation has been made by Jonathan Marcus, BBC defence and diplomatic correspondent, regarding the US decision to walk away from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or Ira...

Brexit: The highs and lows

Brexit: The highs and lows

Mahmudur Rahman 2018-05-18 20:56:17

The inevitability of toothpaste squeezed out of the tube is that it can't be put back in. Such is the implication dilemma that Britain now finds itself in. It brings to the fore that those who voted f...

Reviewing Global Food Policy Report 2018

Reviewing Global Food Policy Report 2018

Abdul Bayes 2018-05-18 19:38:52

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) recently organised a launching ceremony of the 2018 Global Food Policy Report in the capital. The ceremony kicked off with welcome address by t...

Conquering cholera: A silent golden jubilee

Conquering cholera: A silent golden jubilee

Shihab Sarkar 2018-05-17 21:50:42

That Bangladesh, previously East Pakistan, would one day find itself among the nations credited with overpowering a killer disease was unthinkable five decades ago. But the country could achieve the d...

The case for research universities

The case for research universities

S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-05-17 21:23:41

Among the total educational institutes of a country, universities play the critical role in producing skilled human resources. Besides the mission of teaching-learning, the modern universities now hav...

Developing world: Some vital areas revisited

Developing world: Some vital areas revisited

BK Mukhopadhyay 2018-05-16 21:27:36

Current trends indicate that the global economic recovery is on - albeit unevenly. Although growth looks to be a bit rapid in many emerging economies like the member countries of BRICS (Brazil, Russia...

A number that can reflect financial etiquette

A number that can reflect financial etiquette

Md. Abdul Kader 2018-05-15 21:33:04

Imagine a simple number that can show your attitude towards debt. More importantly, it is an un-erasable mark that reflects bad behaviour in the past and compels good behaviour in the future with a li...

Fighting inequality in Asia and the Pacific

Fighting inequality in Asia and the Pacific

Shamshad Akhtar 2018-05-14 22:18:56

Inequality is increasing in Asia and the Pacific. Our region's remarkable economic success story belies a widening gap between rich and poor. A gap that's trapping people in poverty and, if not tackle...

Planning for innovation: Role of IPRs

Planning for innovation: Role of IPRs

M Rokonuzzaman   2018-05-14 21:58:05

Upon graduation from the least developed country status, Bangladesh aspires to be a middle-income country in near future. Thanks to abundant low skilled labour helping Bangladesh to sustain above 6 pe...

Iran Nuclear Deal: America isolated from its core European allies

Iran Nuclear Deal: America isolated from its core European allies

Mohammad Amjad from Virginia, USA 2018-05-13 21:20:16

The latest measure by President Donald Trump of the United States of America was to withdraw from another international deal on May 08, 2018. It was the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action  (JCPOA...

Aftermath of the Doha Round

Aftermath of the Doha Round

Saleh Akram 2018-05-11 21:05:50

For all practical purposes the world has moved away from the stated objective of multilateral trade system that was agreed during the Doha Round of the World Trade Organisation. It looks like the unif...

The mixed legacy of Karl Marx in the 21st century

The mixed legacy of Karl Marx in the 21st century

Shihab Sarkar 2018-05-10 20:51:39

The 200th birth anniversary of Karl Marx (1818-1883) comes at a time when socialism has fallen into its worst times since it was introduced in the former Soviet Union in 1917. The Soviet socialism is...

Increasing vulnerability of the oceanic ecosystem

Increasing vulnerability of the oceanic ecosystem

Noore Alam Siddiqui 2018-05-09 22:24:14

Since the beginning of industrial revolution, consumerist attitude in human nature has continued to grow, reaching its peak in the 21st century. Multidimensional physical and sensual demand is growing...

Entrepreneurial ecosystem needs improvement

Entrepreneurial ecosystem needs improvement

Md Joynal Abedin 2018-05-07 21:27:47

Bangladesh achieved the lower middle income country status in 2015, with the hope of graduating from the list of Least Developed Countries (LDC) by 2024. At the same time, we have a vision to become a...