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Founding Father and the idea of Social Justice

Founding Father and the idea of Social Justice

Mokerrom Hossain 2020-03-20 00:00:00

Bangladesh, a country of 170 million people, celebrated the 100th birthday of its founding father, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, on March 17, 2020. In 1971, inspired by their leader Bangabandhu S...

In the event of a total lockdown

In the event of a total lockdown

Nilratan Halder 2020-03-20 00:00:00

Dhaka has been in the grip of panic buying for the last few days.  The reason is quite obvious.  It is no other emergency but coronavirus that has compelled people to go for procuring some o...

Opening the Chinese firewall

Opening the Chinese firewall

Prottoya Chowdhury 2020-03-20 00:00:00

China has historically closed its financial markets to foreign investors and businesses as it strove to support local Chinese businesses and bolster its local economy, yet a recent change in the Asian...

Coronaviurs pandemic signals troubles for RMG sector

Coronaviurs pandemic signals troubles for RMG sector

Md. Rashaduzzaman 2020-03-14 20:57:18

Bangladesh's RMG sector is now in threat from both buyers' and suppliers' end due to the global coronaviurs situation. Initially, it was assumed that Bangladesh will be benefited from coronaviurs as m...

COVID-19 by the numbers

COVID-19 by the numbers

Anatole Kaletsky 2020-03-13 21:43:35

One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. Whether or not Stalin actually said this, it is a cruelly accurate description of economic reality. The global panic about the new coronavirus,...

Bangladesh blessed with Nature's favour

Bangladesh blessed with Nature's favour

Nilratan Halder 2020-03-13 21:31:25

At a time when many parts of this planet have been smarting under extreme or unusual weather patterns or disastrous phenomena, Bangladesh has been blessed so far with a favourable weather. Apart from...

The DFS ecosystem in Bangladesh

The DFS ecosystem in Bangladesh

Akhand Tiwari and Jakirul Islam 2020-03-13 21:30:40

The digital financial services (DFS) landscape of Bangladesh evolved multifold in 2019. This can be traced to the efforts of the government, the banking regulator, and policymakers in Bangladesh. As o...

Bangabandhu: A political entrepreneur

Bangabandhu: A political entrepreneur

Muhammad Mahboob Ali 2020-03-13 21:29:07

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh, a successful political entrepreneur. Mujib was considered as a political entrepreneur as he   developed new thoug...

Development Framework: Three tales of a city

Development Framework: Three tales of a city

Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Taukdar 2020-03-13 21:28:02

Development framework as well as the approach that gets set by considering the essence and circumstances of hi-tech, highway and the rich people only, seems to be meaningless. It is very important tha...

Bagwallahs are now ruling the roost

Bagwallahs are now ruling the roost

Nilratan Halder 2020-03-07 14:41:07

Bags can baffle the older generation, for very few of them could afford the luxury of carrying a bag to office. It is the big boss of a public or private office who had an executive bag or a briefcase...

Sanders' vow to experiment with socialism

Sanders' vow to experiment with socialism

Abdur Rahman Chowdhury 2020-03-07 14:36:39

"Welcome to a campaign that tells the powerful special interests that we will no longer tolerate the greed of Wall Street, corporate America and the billionaire class. Yes, we will create an economy a...

Should we try the keto diet?

Should we try the keto diet?

Dina Farhana 2020-03-07 14:30:00

In the world of weight-loss diets, low-carbohydrate, high-protein eating plans often grab attention. The Paleo, South Beach, and Atkins diets all fit into that category. They are sometimes referred to...

Agarwood and banking on trees

Agarwood and banking on trees

Mahmuda Alam Chowdhury 2020-03-07 14:25:45

The fragrance industry holds a major share in the personal care and cosmetics industries for being used as key ingredients in the products and in recent years it has evolved to be a highly significa...

Tech companies eying banking

Tech companies eying banking

Fayez Uddin Ahmad 2020-03-01 21:33:48

Banking operations today are heavily dependent on the use of technology. In fact, the very fabric of service delivery of the modern-day banking is characterised by technological products. A commercia...

The necessity of wooing foreign investments

The necessity of wooing foreign investments

Md Mazadul Hoque 2020-02-29 00:00:00

After a gap of two years, the Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) organised by Economic Relations Division (ERD) was held in Dhaka. The objectives of arranging such a programme is to portray the gained...

The pros and cons of foreign funds

The pros and cons of foreign funds

Muhammad Hasanujzaman 2020-02-29 00:00:00

The 7th Five-Year Plan (7FYP) of Bangladesh, which is also aligned with SDGs, outlines the goal for the power and energy sector as"Ensure sustainability in production, consumption and use of power, en...

Book corner

Book corner

FE Desk 2020-02-29 00:00:00

Poet and writer Abdullah Shuvro's novel 'Sesh Train' (The Last Train) has hit the Bangla Academy Amar Ekushey Boi Mela this year. The book has been published by Annesha Prokashon (Pavilion 33). This y...

The implications of Kotler's Marketing 4.0

The implications of Kotler's Marketing 4.0

Ashadul Latif 2020-02-29 00:00:00

Amor Ekushay Boimela, the grand book-fair in memory of the heroes of the language movement, has not only turned into a display venue, but also has become a place for the book lovers to meet and intera...

A bond between different life forms

A bond between different life forms

Nilratan Halder 2020-02-29 00:00:00

A few days ago the picture of an orangutan extending its hand to a man it thought was in trouble in the muddy river running through a Borneo conservation forest went viral. Why? Because, the wild beas...

Household consumption patterns in urban Dhaka and recent rice price increase

Household consumption patterns in urban Dhaka and recent rice price increase

Zabid Iqbal 2020-02-25 20:30:48

Despite the bumper production of Aman rice in November-December 2019, the retail rice price has increased in January-February, 2020. According to Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), the average r...

Rising trend in consumption of oils and fats in Bangladesh

Rising trend in consumption of oils and fats in Bangladesh

A.K.M. Fakhrul Alam 2020-02-22 20:32:01

Bangladesh is a country of about 170 million people and annually consumes about 3.0 million tonnes of oils and fats, which include both edible and inedible. As revealed from the statistics of Oil Worl...

Deposit rates vis-à-vis inflation

Deposit rates vis-à-vis inflation

Asjadul Kibria 2020-02-19 20:20:09

In a move to provide some space for the commercial banks to set their deposit rates at 6.0 per cent, the government has drastically slashed the interest rates on savings schemes in post office. The go...

Bangladesh: Case for domestic borrowing compelling

Bangladesh: Case for domestic borrowing compelling

Muhammad Mahmood 2020-02-15 21:26:11

Global debt records were smashed in 2019 reaching the highest debt - to GDP ratio to 322 per cent which narrowly surpassed 2016 as the highest on record. Global debt is composed of borrowing by househ...

Inequalities in human development in the 21st century

Inequalities in human development in the 21st century

Pedro Conceição at UN Headquarters in New York 2020-02-14 21:52:52

Inequalities. The evidence is everywhere. And although they may be hard to measure and summarise, there is a sense in many countries that many are approaching a precipice beyond which it will be diffi...

Celebrating Pahela Falgun  and Valentine's Day

Celebrating Pahela Falgun and Valentine's Day

Nilratan Halder 2020-02-14 21:17:35

What a coincidence! The 1st day of Falgun that heralds the advent of the king of seasons -the Spring and the Valentine's Day -a day dedicated to love, embrace each other to disprove Kipling and the tw...

Two English novels of Shahazada Basunia

Two English novels of Shahazada Basunia

FE DESK 2020-02-14 21:16:15

Both the books are published by Banglaprakash. A War Widow is a social novel epitomizing the untold sufferings of a war widow who had to endure a lot of agony throughout her life. She lost her husban...

Introducing Ghalib in Bengali

Introducing Ghalib in Bengali

Asjadul Kibria 2020-02-14 21:13:56

To people of Bengal, Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan, popularly known as Mirza Ghalib, is the most popular Urdu poet. Ghalib's poems, known as Gazal or Sher in Urdu, have immense emotional impact on the min...

What my father's cancer taught me

What my father's cancer taught me

Syed Basher 2020-02-14 21:12:38

After being diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, a type of lung cancer at an advanced stage, my father died in December 2019 at 71. The ordeal we all went through over eight months of my father's strug...

Rising dispute in Indo-Bangla trade

Rising dispute in Indo-Bangla trade

Asjadul Kibria 2020-02-12 21:06:03

After a big jump in the bilateral trade in goods between Bangladesh and India, the total trade dropped moderately in the past fiscal year mainly due to a big decline in import from India. At the same...

The fast disappearing fishing carnival

The fast disappearing fishing carnival

Nilratan Halder 2020-02-07 20:44:52

This is the season of fishing carnival. In large parts of plain lands in this country, mass fishing gets going right from Poush and Magh on the Bangla calendar. Once the carnival continued up to Chait...