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Kim-Moon summit - a preview of Korean peace

Kim-Moon summit - a preview of Korean peace

Muhammad Zamir   2018-05-06 21:05:49

World attention was focused during the last days of the month of April on the changing political dynamics in the Korean Peninsula. There has been symbolism, show of pomp, exhibition of rituals and tra...

bKash-Alipay strategic partnership -- an inspiration to start-up businesses

bKash-Alipay strategic partnership -- an inspiration to start-up businesses

Syed Tashfin Chowdhury 2018-05-06 20:59:54

Media outlets which report on business and economic developments across the globe had their eyes on Bangladesh during the last week of April as bKash Limited, the leading mobile financial services (MF...

Green investment initiatives on the rise

Green investment initiatives on the rise

Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled 2018-05-05 20:19:58

It is essential that the country's banks and financial institutions take more interest in investments with green initiatives than others to save the environment. So it is heartening to see that a much...

OIC foreign ministers' two-day meet: Focus on regional common market

OIC foreign ministers' two-day meet: Focus on regional common market

Muhammad Abdul Mazid 2018-05-04 21:20:01

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the second largest inter-governmental organisation after the United Nations spread over four continents. The organisation is the collective voice of th...

Accidents on roads, highways

Accidents on roads, highways

Syed Jamaluddin 2018-05-04 20:35:44

Lives are being lost one after another in road accidents. In most cases, drivers are responsible for accidents. If the drivers are trained and licensed, so many accidents would not have occurred. Upto...

Towards a rebirth of Bangladesh cinema

Towards a rebirth of Bangladesh cinema

Shihab Sarkar 2018-05-03 20:57:00

Over the last few years, there were apparent signs of a spectacular revival of the Dhaka film industry. True to the expectations of the movie industry people, viewers returned to the theatres in drove...

Ensuring accountability in education

Ensuring accountability in education

S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-05-03 20:50:56

Education is a shared responsibility; and accountability is obviously a major concern when it comes to ensuring an inclusive, equitable and quality education for all. Despite enormous progress in educ...

PM Hasina's pitch for women's empowerment

PM Hasina's pitch for women's empowerment

Kamal Uddin Ahmed 2018-05-02 20:36:25

The Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Sydney (26-28 April) at the invitation of the Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the organisers of  the Global Summit of Women (GSW) to receiv...

All's quiet on the German front, not so the French

All's quiet on the German front, not so the French

Mahmudur Rahman 2018-04-28 21:38:08

There's a refreshing youthfulness in Mr. Emmanuel Macron. As refreshing is that the accompanying brashness is visible in its absence. The French leader has reacted in a unique way to comparisons of he...

'Uber-Pathao' ride-share's impact on Dhaka

'Uber-Pathao' ride-share's impact on Dhaka

Syed Mafiz Kamal and Noor A Ahsan 2018-04-27 21:22:20

App-based ride-share services, including Uber, Pathao and the like, are transforming Dhaka's transport sector. Ride-share operations have emerged mostly in Bangladesh's capital, although they are expa...

The champion of the 'have-nots'

The champion of the 'have-nots'

Abdul Bayes 2018-04-26 21:35:29

"It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams" - Gabriel Garcia Marquez Today is the 82nd birthday of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed KC...

The terrible tentacles of the Yaba scourge

The terrible tentacles of the Yaba scourge

Shihab Sarkar 2018-04-26 21:32:53

Perhaps there are few countries in the world where the subterranean demon in man pops up as appallingly as it does in Bangladesh. The monstrous force comes out not on its own or spontaneously. It has...

Authoritarian governments tighten grip on press freedom

Authoritarian governments tighten grip on press freedom

Sopho Kharazi 2018-04-25 21:47:08

The 25th celebration of World Press Freedom Day will be led by UNESCO and the government of Ghana in Accra on May 2-3. The theme is "Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law," coveri...

Trade deepening as the economy grows: A policy perspective

Trade deepening as the economy grows: A policy perspective

Md. Monirul Islam   2018-04-23 21:30:01

The gross domestic product (GDP), export and import of goods and services are very significant macroeconomic indicators and integral part of the total developmental efforts and national growth in all...

Motorbike hazard on Dhaka roads

Motorbike hazard on Dhaka roads

M Serajul Islam 2018-04-21 21:14:21

I  am writing this piece seeking the indulgence of the majority of those who ride motorbikes on Dhaka roads aware that they are law-abiding users of the road.  Unfortunately, a significan...

Air cargo and Bangladesh's export trade

Air cargo and Bangladesh's export trade

Azmina Azad Rede 2018-04-17 21:24:34

After a two-year suspension of direct Dhaka-London air cargo flights, the UK government has lifted the ban on airfreight, following strenuous efforts made by the Bangladesh authorities to improve stan...

Leveraging low carbon economy

Leveraging low carbon economy

M Rokonuzzaman 2018-04-16 22:26:45

Modern industrial economy started its journey with the burning of coal for powering machinery-and emitting carbon. With the invention of internal combustion engine, although our dependence on coal low...

Was it only a familiarisation trip?

Was it only a familiarisation trip?

M. Serajul Islam 2018-04-15 21:10:50

New Indian Foreign Secretary (FS) Bijay Keshav Gokhale completed a two-day official visit to Dhaka from April 8-9. He held official meeting with his Bangladeshi counterpart Shahidul Huq during the vis...

Problems getting compounded in financial sector

Problems getting compounded in financial sector

Safwan Rob 2018-04-11 21:11:29

The decisions of the government that came to light after a recent closed door meeting with the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) would illustrate amply well how weak the country's economic and fin...

Unfolding China's smartphone re-innovation strategy   

Unfolding China's smartphone re-innovation strategy  

M Rokonuzzaman   2018-04-10 20:22:34

Contrary to the idiomatic metaphor 'Don't Reinvent the Wheel', China deliberately spelled out a re-invention strategy in its ambitious Science and Technology (S&T) Development Plan. For the full-f...

Insights from the latest round of poverty data

Insights from the latest round of poverty data

Bazlul Haque Khondker 2018-04-09 21:38:35

We usually have to wait about five years at a time in assessing progress on poverty reduction in Bangladesh. Information for use in poverty evaluation is contained in the Household Income Expenditure...

Venture capital: Bangladesh perspective

Venture capital: Bangladesh perspective

Shah Md Ahsan Habib 2018-04-08 20:30:42

In Bangladesh, the financial system is bank-based. Securities market has started developing, but market of Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) is a recent development. In such a scenario, banks ha...

Global venture investment reaches record high

Global venture investment reaches record high

-- 2018-04-07 21:18:06

As the venture industry has gained acceptance and expanded, venture capital funds have become effective ways for IFC to invest in a large number of firms too small for it to invest in directly. In a r...

Growth and income recession in Bangladesh

Growth and income recession in Bangladesh

Muhammad Mahmood 2018-04-07 20:55:42

Bangladesh has achieved an annual average growth rate of about  6.0 per cent over last two decades. This is a spectacular performance achieved by the country in the face of enormous odds, both ec...

As Cuba changes guard April 19, US embargo continues as usual

As Cuba changes guard April 19, US embargo continues as usual

Patricia Grogg 2018-04-06 19:54:08

Cuba's tense relations with the United under the administration of Donald Trump reflect a scenario of conflict that is not alien to the generation that will take over the country on April 19, when Pre...

The elusive peak of learning: Success and agony

The elusive peak of learning: Success and agony

Shihab Sarkar 2018-04-05 21:20:31

The urge for learning, for that matter knowledge, is inherent with man. This human trait cuts across age, social positions and regional barriers. In the poorer and less advanced countries, this feelin...

Role of families in human development

Role of families in human development

S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-04-05 21:03:10

Family is the fundamental unit of human society. It provides all its members with security, identity and values, regardless of age. When a member of the family feels insecure or unsafe, he or she turn...

Facebook controversy - a whistle blow for learning

Facebook controversy - a whistle blow for learning

Shamim Sahani John 2018-04-04 21:04:55

Five new profiles are created on Facebook every second--ALL Facebook 2012 An US consumer spends 40 minutes on an average on Facebook per day--Nielsen Report Facebook users create 3.2 billion likes...

US 'strategic decisions' not at all wise

US 'strategic decisions' not at all wise

Zhong Sheng 2018-04-03 21:20:32

The US' "strategic decision", based on trade protectionism, is not at all wise. The decisions will hurt others, injure the US, and disturb the international trade order. "While it's more fashionable...

Titans of cricket fall on moral shortcomings

Titans of cricket fall on moral shortcomings

M Serajul Islam 2018-04-03 18:38:07

The cricket world is now talking about little else but the ball tampering incident of three Australian players -- Captain Steve Smith, Vice Captain David Warner and opening batsman Cameron Bancroft an...