Syed Rabius Shams and Md. Mofazzol Karim 2020-07-10 23:40:18
The ready-made garment (RMG) industry in Bangladesh is the home of the second-largest apparel seller in the world. RMG is the primary export-oriented industrial sector of Bangladesh and it looks forwa...
Jakirul Islam 2020-07-10 23:38:41
Bangladesh boasts of a number of globally reputed digital financial service (DFS) providers. Some banks in Bangladesh have progressively developed alternative digital channels for financial inclusion....
Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2020-07-10 23:36:52
Although fundamentally being considered as a global health crisis, the Coronavirus Pandemic is supposed to lead towards a massive economic downturn which according to many experts can overshadow most...
Haradhan Sarker 2020-07-10 21:12:44
Global average trend indicates that corporate shareholding tends to increasingly get concentrated disowning the legal rights of the general public. Hopefully, Bangladesh seems not yet so infected with...
Helal Uddin Ahmed 2020-07-04 00:00:00
An outstanding poet of the country, first appearing on the literary scene in the decade of 1960s, Poet Mashuk Chowdhury (1947-2020) recently passed away to the other side of the rainbow. He was born i...
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The world's tourism sector could lose at least $1.2 trillion, or 1.50 per cent of the global gross domestic product (GDP), having been placed at a standstill for nearly four months due to the coronavi...
Chang Yong Rhee 2020-07-01 21:50:24
For the first time in living memory, Asia's growth is expected to contract by 1.60 per cent-a downgrade to the April projection of zero growth. While Asia's economic growth in the first quarter of 202...
Muhammad Mahmood 2020-06-27 23:00:46
Bangladesh has been going through a period of continuous budget deficits for a considerable period of time. Available data indicate the budget deficit is hovering around 5 per cent of GDP...
DR MOHAMMED FARASHUDDIN 2020-06-20 20:57:48
Congratulations to the government, it’s Head in particular, for fighting the corona menace with all the might and gutsy steps. As the scale of testing escalates, the identification of the corona...
M Nurul Alam 2020-06-20 00:00:00
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, MP proposed allocation of a significant amount of fund in the budget for the fiscal year 2020-21 to face the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Tk 100 billi...
Muhammad Mahmood 2020-06-13 22:09:47
It now appears that Bangladesh is facing a major economic crisis in the making caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. After a brief reopening of the economy, the country now has reverted to 'hard' loc...
Mahtab Uddin 2020-06-13 21:17:27
As of 1 June 2020, globally, 1.2 billion learners (68.0 per cent of the world's total enrolled learners) were affected due to the education institute closure in 144 countries, according to ...
Emran Emon 2020-06-13 00:00:00
Today's child is the future of tomorrow. Children are the artisans of building the country. Children constitute 45 per cent of the total population of Bangladesh. But they are crushed on the thr...
Md. Ziaul Haque Howlader 2020-06-13 00:00:00
The sudden outbreak of Covid-19 has plunged the tourism industry of Bangladesh into a worst-ever evolving challenge. Like elsewhere of the world, the virus has already taken a great toll on the slow-p...
Md Mazadul Hoque 2020-06-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh, as a least developed country, enjoys a lot of facilities provided by the European Union (EU). These facilities came following the request made by our government to be promoted economically...
Prottoya Chowdhury 2020-06-06 00:00:00
The gradual slowdown of manufacturing behemoth China, the spike in the values of inflation-hedged assets such as gold, and central banks around the world adopting lax monetary policies were not enough...
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Key aspects behind the Covid-19 exit strategy for Bangladesh Where to Open Each area to be categorised into four risk categories (or phases) with varying degrees of openness; need to const...
Md. Asiful Huq 2020-05-29 22:09:58
Major non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) in the country are operating with vulnerable financial health for long putting the sector to serious threats. Operational loss, poor credit quality, very...
QAZI KHOLIQUZZAMAN AHMAD, Economist and Chairman, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) 2020-05-10 15:20:39
The Government of Bangladesh has allowed partial opening of the economy with effect from early May, while the Covid-19 pandemic is spreading faster than has been the case hitherto. Broadly, the issues...
Shamsul Alam 2020-05-07 22:40:39
The concluding part of a three-part essay on SDGs & Bangladesh The first Bangladesh progress report on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) implementation was prepared in 2018 following a rigor...
Tarik Adnan Moon, Nur Muhammad Shafiullah, Adib Hasan and Sanzeed Anwar 2020-05-06 21:34:48
On April 27, different news outlets, including some of the leading newspapers in the country, quoted Singapore University of Technology and Design's (SUTD) Data-Driven Innovation Lab claiming 97.0 per...
Dr Mohammed Farashuddin 2020-05-04 19:47:48
Like in other parts of the world coronavirus is spreading its ugly destruction in Bangladesh as well. The number of people infected has crossed the ten thousand mark and the cruel death has snatch...
Natalie Blyth 2020-04-28 21:23:18
A bee sting nearly killed me. My passion for beekeeping therefore comes as a surprise to many. Through tending their hives, I observe nature's complex system of interdependency, adaptability and effic...
Dennis J. Snower in Berlin 2020-04-11 21:38:43
Governments around the world are pursuing extremely expansive monetary and fiscal policies to combat the economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. But such largesse is appropriate for an old-style...
Muhammad Zamir 2020-03-29 21:09:09
Strategic analysts have been following the carefully organised efforts being undertaken by great powers in their efforts to underline their influence within the international paradigm. This is being v...
Md. Rakib Hasan Rabbi 2020-03-27 20:36:29
While governments around the world are struggling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting human suffering, the global economy is on a downward spiral moving towards a full-blown recession....
Mokerrom Hossain 2020-03-25 20:51:40
Please don't give me any news of death What matters with the numbers .... A mother lost a son A brother lost a brother ... Mankind lost mankind .... ...
Helal Uddin Ahmed 2020-03-25 20:43:36
The newspapers of the then East Pakistan were quite vocal in favour of emancipation of the Bangalis during the non-cooperation movement launched by the Awami League in March 1971 against the Pakistani...
Kazi Sayeda Momtaz 2020-03-23 20:29:15
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is responsible for management of national, regional and district road network of bridges under the Bangladesh government and construction and maintenance of maj...
Md Hafez 2020-03-20 00:00:00
The Internet refers to the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide. It has brought massive revolution in our communica...
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