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Shamsul Alam 2018-01-27 21:46:02
It is pertinent to shed light on the challenges regarding the proper implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh. One of the main challenges in achieving SDGs is making impro...
Zaidi Sattar 2018-01-26 12:00:00
To be sure, posterity will still judge Prof. Nurul Islam as the architect of Bangladesh's initial strategy of economic development: first, in recovering from the devastation left from the war of indep...
Zaidi Sattar 2018-01-25 12:00:00
Professor Nurul Islam, the accidental economist, as he deems himself to be, leaves yet another lasting legacy for Bangladeshi economists and professionals, in his book -- An Odyssey: The Journey of My...
Shihab Sarkar 2018-01-25 12:00:00
Conceiving of a government department dealing with loneliness would have come naturally with Franz Kafka or Albert Camus. Writers belonging to their genre have delved deep into the abyss of detachment...
S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-01-25 09:13:32
The world of work for today's youths is quite different from that experienced by their parents. On average, young people are now better educated than their previous generations. They are thus emba...
M Rokonuzzaman 2018-01-24 09:25:51
Often-cited success criteria of market-led reform of the telecom sector in Bangladesh are: teledensity, Internet penetration and tax revenue. There is no denying the fact that there has been a phenome...
Masih Malik Chowdhury 2018-01-23 08:35:02
The collection of income tax takes place through various means and modes of law enunciated in the Income Tax Ordinance 1984. Every year, while presenting budget in parliament for the next fiscal, the...
M Alamgir Hossain 2018-01-22 10:37:50
Social media is comparatively a new form of communication around the world. This has rapidly grown in importance as a forum for political activism in its diverse forms. Social media platforms, such a...
Muhammad Zamir 2018-01-21 12:00:00
Different views have been expressed by analysts as to why instability in the form of protests struck several cities and townships in Iran in the last week of December and then continued for a few days...
Abdur Rahman Chowdhury 2018-01-20 08:31:03
Sudden protests in the second largest Iranian city of Mashhad in late December triggered agitation among people in other parts of the country. Protests erupted when people could not withdraw their dep...
Khandaker Zia Hasan 2018-01-19 08:35:04
Andrew Carnegie, a very well-known American industrialist, business magnate and philanthropist led the expansion of American steel industry in the late 19th century and is often identified as one of t...
Shihab Sarkar 2018-01-18 08:56:55
Creative pursuits are activities that most of the artists prefer to carry out in private. Be one is an author, a painter or a composer, he or she prefers solitude to crowds. This is what has been happ...
M. Serajul Islam 2018-01-17 08:54:23
Who would have believed that Washington would become anything like what it is today, politically speaking that is? No world leader or country now takes the president of the United States with the same...
Md Matiur Rahman 2018-01-16 12:43:38
Bangladesh has made significant achievements in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The focus is now on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The 17 SDGs are: overcoming pov...
Tharanga Yakupitiyage 2018-01-16 08:38:29
Amid concerns that 160 people may have drowned while attempting to cross the Mediterranean this week alone, the UN refugee agency have urged countries to offer more resettlement places. Though the in...
Soniya Akter Lima 2018-01-16 08:13:45
Banks are central to the monetary system of a country. They play a vital role in the economy by disbursing credit to business entities, and at the same time, they collect the surplus capital from over...
Samuel Kargbo 2018-01-13 12:00:00
In late October, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) confirmed what many had long suspected: millions of dollars donated to fight the Ebola outbreaks in Guinea...
M Serajul Islam 2018-01-12 12:00:00
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was like a principal character of a great historical novel for my generation that went to the university in the 1960s, the protagonist who had all the characteristics of such a...
Shihab Sarkar 2018-01-11 08:42:41
Given its geophysical condition, Bangladesh was not supposed to be conducive to preservation of ancient structures. Its neighbouring Indian state of Bihar, and also Nepal, have played host to the grow...
Chowdhury Shahed Akbar 2018-01-10 12:00:00
In Islamic banks, depositors who deposit for sharing profit or loss with banks are known as IAHs (investment account holders). The IAHs typically expect their funds to be managed and invested in such...
Md Shahadat Hossain 2018-01-10 09:49:14
The term "economic development" typically refers to the improvement in various indicators such as literacy rate, life expectancy, poverty rate, etc. In respect of all the indicators, Bangladesh econom...
Masih Malik Chowdhury 2018-01-09 07:47:36
The private sector has been exploring in recent months overseas funds at competitive rates but at low cost. These funds are available at LIBOR plus a minimal rate of interest. Despite vulnerability to...
M S Siddiqui 2018-01-08 07:03:01
Most enterprises in the country have no Research & Development (R&D) division and there is also no enthusiasm in acquiring technology through various ways and means from multinational enterpri...
Muhammad Zamir 2018-01-07 12:00:00
Election results in Nepal in December, 2017 took by surprise political analysts and election observers alike. An alliance of former Maoist fighters and the Communist Party in Nepal routed the Nepali C...
Roberto Savio in Rome 2018-01-06 12:00:00
Among Bloomberg's many profitable activities is a convenient Bloomberg Billionaires Index that has just published its findings for 2017. It covers only the 500 richest people, and it proudly announces...
Mohammed Norul Alam Raju 2018-01-05 09:33:14
Aleya Begum, a 25-year-old woman, lives in Sutarkhali Union of Dacope Upzazila, Khulna. Waking up before dawn every day, Aleya Begum walks to a water plant near Sutarkhali Union Parishad, five kilomet...
M. Serajul Islam 2018-01-05 08:07:23
President Donald Trump's first tweet of 2018 was music to Indian ears but a bombshell to Pakistani ears. He targeted Pakistan for fighting the Taliban targeting the Pakistan government but not the Tal...
Imtiaz A. Hussain 2018-01-04 09:05:57
Branding can happen naturally, through comparative advantage, or by the marketing and advertising skills typically taught in business schools. Eye-catching sceneries depict the natural type, Banglades...
Shihab Sarkar 2018-01-04 06:52:10
It's misnomer to term a piece of land as one's own. As history of countries has shown, lands continue to change hands even if successive generations are capable of possessing a landed plot for even ov...
Martin Khor in Penang, Malaysia 2018-01-03 12:00:00
Another new year has dawned, and on a world facing serious disruption on many fronts. What are the trends and issues to watch out for in 2018? One obvious answer is to anticipate how Donald Tru...
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