Mohammad A. Razzaque and Syed Mortuza Ehsan 2019-04-15 21:10:35
[The first of a three-part article titled Global Trade Turmoil] Very recently, the world economy has witnessed escalated trade tensions between the world's two largest trading nations, China...
Nilratan Halder 2019-04-12 21:05:42
The craze for panta-elish (soaked rice and fried Hilsha) among the urbanites has subsided to some extent but not vanished altogether. There are still people who think without Hilsha, the celebration o...
Arafat Ara 2019-04-12 21:04:03
Habib, an eight-year old boy, was cleaning machinery parts. His little hands were coated with chemicals and the T-shirt which was probably white once, looked unwashed and dirty, and hung loose...
Al Fattah Md. Azim 2019-04-12 21:01:56
It all started 5,000 years ago when traders actively traded in spices across different continents along with other luxury items for better prices. That spice trade later shaped the international trade...
Md Mazadul Hoque 2019-04-12 20:59:35
In an economy like ours, the required amount of foreign exchange has to be kept ready for import payment. The economy is not in a comfortable position with the current reserve of more than $ 30 billio...
Nilratan Halder 2019-04-05 20:18:41
Britain's Royal Botanical Garden, Kew-famed Robert Louis Proudlock would not have been amused had he known the botanical anarchy in Ramna Park he designed. A landscape designer, he designed Ramn...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain 2019-04-05 20:17:53
There is no denying the fact that the State of Israel is the only country in the periphery of the Middle East having democratically elected government since its inception in 1948 but record of violati...
Syed Abul Hasan 2019-04-05 20:16:34
Information related to household finances in Bangladesh is currently collected through the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES). The HIES is a repeated cross-sectional household survey that...
Monojit Kumar Ojha 2019-04-05 20:15:15
If you want to live, happily and peacefully "love yourself". Love can make a difference. "Whom do you love and respect? Why do you do it?" When you get the answers, then we may try to improve oursel...
Dhiman Chowdhury 2019-04-01 21:19:19
Government has land, natural resources such as oil and minerals, forests, ports, lakes, rivers and oceans, infrastructure like roads, motorways, highways, and bridges, public firms (SOEs) like airline...
Manzur Ahmed 2019-04-01 10:01:08
Income tax accounts for 27 per cent of the total revenue of the country. In the budget speech of FY18, the Finance Minister contemplated on raising this share to 50 per cent -- a difficult task and...
Nilratan Halder 2019-03-29 20:27:13
The imported tag on the tub-like plastic container of a kilogram of honey declares that its maximum price is Tk 650. Imported from China, the Husein company's honey is imported by a local trading agen...
Md. Habibullah 2019-03-29 20:26:15
In New Zealand's history, the deadliest attack on two mosques at Christchurch on 15 March 2019, killing 50 and injuring 50 other innocent Muslims during Friday prayer, throws a question to the psyche...
Aminul Hoque Tushar 2019-03-29 20:24:10
As a state ratifying the International Convention on the Protection of Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, 1990, the government of Bangladesh should ensure the rights of migra...
Syed Ashraf Ali 2019-03-25 21:38:47
Bangladesh professes to maintain a floating exchange rate of its currency but practices what is called managed floating or pegged floating regime. In foreign exchange parlance this system of exchange...
Nilratan Halder 2019-03-22 21:03:08
Dhaka City witnessed yet again waves of student protests. This time, it is not school students who spearheaded the agitation but their elders mostly studying in universities. The protesting students t...
Ahnaf Akif Kamal 2019-03-22 21:02:03
There is a rise of diploma mills worldwide with fake degrees and transcripts easily available in the market. Compromised individuals can potentially corrupt the integrity of graduates thus making the...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain 2019-03-22 21:00:44
It is really amazing to note a relatively young politician of New Zealand Prime Minister Mrs. Jacinda Arderin, who is hardly 16 months into power, has mesmerised the world leaders in facing the tragic...
Anis Chowdhury 2019-03-20 21:02:05
The conventional Western narrative of the current economic mess of Venezuela is that "Socialism" has failed. According to this narrative, the whole socialist experiment of nationalisation and public s...
Nilratan Halder 2019-03-15 21:23:54
This past fortnight or so was full of pistol -- mind it was not revolver -- news. In a country where encounters between law enforcement agencies on the one side and anti-social elements and rapists or...
Bipasha Dutta 2019-03-15 21:17:41
Bangladesh predominantly contains a masculine social characteristics which means the society believes that based on the gender, males and females should have separate attributes, roles and responsibil...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain 2019-03-15 21:16:42
Masud Karim alias Barney (nick name adopted by his father Mr. Abu Daud Rezaul Karim from renowned footballer in London) could have been Shakespeare in Bangladesh because he used to write excellent son...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid 2019-03-15 21:15:29
The University of Dhaka was established in 1921 under the Dacca University Act 1920 of the Indian Legislative Council. It opened its doors to academic activities on 1 July 1921 with three faculties, 1...
FE Desk 2019-03-15 21:11:43
A school in Tangail drew attention of local people as underprivileged children receive the education free of cost due to philanthropic contribution of the school patrons. The 'Friendship School' bega...
Nilratan Halder 2019-03-09 00:41:21
They are physicians extraordinary. In a country where there are complaints galore against physicians for not attending duty or remaining away from duty stations only to falsely put their signature in...
Arafat Ara 2019-03-09 00:40:33
Renu Begum (not real name) says it seems she has no right to lead a normal life back home on return from a Middle East country failing to do her job there defying all the workplace harassments. Almos...
A.Z.M. Anas 2019-03-09 00:39:30
Two years have passed since extreme rains and flash floods inundated this fertile rice-growing region in northeastern Bangladesh, but farmer Shites Das still sees the lasting impact today: his neighbo...
Ritu Sharma 2019-03-09 00:37:34
Bangladesh is seeking to cope with climate change by employing nuclear technology not only for power generation but also for protecting its agriculture against flood and salinity. The low-lying delta...
Tharanga Yakupitiyage in UN Headquarters, New York 2019-03-03 21:41:57
Human rights violations are at an all-time high in the Middle East and North Africa, and global indifference is only making it worse. In a new report, Amnesty International reviewed the state of huma...
M Thenmozhi and Aghila Sasidharan 2019-03-03 20:52:44
As a businessman and investor, you should know why firms are making transactions with related parties and how it impacts the performance of a firm. The probing of scandals like Enron, KMK and Mailyar...
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