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In quest of human security, peace and development

In quest of human security, peace and development

Nashir Uddin 2018-10-19 19:59:59

Human security, peace and development are the three paradigms, which have been the agenda of state reforms with focus on two key areas - the creation of more effective and legitimate legal, administra...

Mavericks’ cancer medical mission-2018

Mavericks’ cancer medical mission-2018

AZM Saif 2018-10-19 19:58:48

"We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails." - with this in mind Mavericks started its cancer mission in Bangladesh. Here a good number of people suffers from cancer. Lack of proper treatm...

True cost of a plate of food around the world

True cost of a plate of food around the world

Herve Verhoosel 2018-10-16 21:30:57

How much would you expect to pay for the most basic plate of food? The kind of thing you might whip up at home - nothing fancy, just enough to fill you up and meet a third of today's calorie needs. A...

A rising star in South Asia

A rising star in South Asia

Sanjali Yadav 2018-10-12 21:16:59

From a war-torn nation in 1971, Bangladesh has turned itself into a 'Role Model for Development' in less than fifty years. The country recorded impressive progress in poverty reduction and numerous ot...

Reaching out to expats in US

Reaching out to expats in US

-- 2018-10-12 21:03:21

Bangladeshis in the US form the newest and fastest growing immigrant community, currently more than three million in number. They contribute greatly to the inward remittance flow of Bangladesh, apart...

Transformation of a colourful festival

Transformation of a colourful festival

Nilratan Halder 2018-10-12 20:51:26

If Durga Puja is not the most colourful of all festivals, it surely is one of those. So far as the Bangalee Hindus are concerned, it is the greatest and most colourful festival to them. The untimely i...

Carving an enviable position in 62 years

Carving an enviable position in 62 years

Mohammad Amjad Hossain 2018-10-12 20:50:24

Kachi-Kanchar Mela, a children's organisation, has succeeded to cross hurdles to reach sixty-two years of existence in Bangladesh in spite of political doldrums, anarchic and economic hardship. Kachi-...

When theft is rewarded

When theft is rewarded

Nilratan Halder 2018-10-05 00:00:00

When caught thieves are subjected to merciless physical battering. It is a free for all to try their sadism on the hapless person. An essay on An autobiography of a thief can be the most poignant them...

To slog or laze like a log

To slog or laze like a log

Kaushik Bhowmik 2018-10-05 00:00:00

Live lazy. Live long. This could most relievingly be your next mantra. And so the coming Sunday you can afford to wake up, savour the steaming sip of your favourite tea and roll back into your bed cu...

The ‘bull and bear’ story

The ‘bull and bear’ story

Prottoya Chowdhury 2018-10-05 00:00:00

The bears seemed to have asphyxiated the bulls and blown them to oblivion during the first half of 2018; the bulls on Wall Street, returning from their opulent, regal New Year parties, complemented by...

SDG implementation: Ensuring localisation and inclusiveness

SDG implementation: Ensuring localisation and inclusiveness

Shamsul Alam 2018-10-03 21:11:55

Successful implementation of SDGs in Bangladesh will largely hinge on how effectively it is integrated into national planning as well as localisation at district and upazila levels. At national level...

In defence  of trees

In defence of trees

Nilratan Halder 2018-09-28 20:05:58

Love for tree is inherent in man. To see a sapling planted in one's hand to grow to maturity and, in case of a fruit tree, bearing fruit is to witness an experience similar to the growth of babies to...

The delights of Chinese cuisine

The delights of Chinese cuisine

Helal Uddin Ahmed 2018-09-28 20:04:20

The cuisines of China have evolved over the centuries into one of the best in the world. Food has played an auspicious role in nearly all aspects of Chinese society for more than five thousand years....

Requiem for an Editor par excellence

Requiem for an Editor par excellence

Muhammad Abdul Mazid 2018-09-28 20:03:05

A pioneer in the field of economic journalism, a man of exceptional probing mind, a professional journalist with a strong commitment, late Abul Hasanat Mohammad Moazzem Hossain (January 1, 1948 - Augu...

Rise of the ultra rich and decline of the middle class

Rise of the ultra rich and decline of the middle class

Abdul Hannan 2018-09-28 20:01:27

My 7-year-old grandson Ozayer is excited and crazy about buying a cow for sacrifice for the Eid-ul Azha. He is very popular in our immediate neighbourhood in Dhanmondi Residential Area and has easy ac...

Anti-dumping duty on HP—a case study

Anti-dumping duty on HP—a case study

MS Siddiqui 2018-09-24 22:10:35

Pakistan has imposed anti-dumping duty on hydrogen per oxide (HP) manufactured and exported from Bangladesh. The move has been taken after an investigation in line with the country's Anti-Dumping Act,...

Achieving SDGs: Bangladesh Bank strategises financial inclusion goal

Achieving SDGs: Bangladesh Bank strategises financial inclusion goal

S.K. Sur Chowdhury   2018-09-24 21:33:00

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity. These goals build on the successes of t...

SDG implementation: Financing and development cooperation

SDG implementation: Financing and development cooperation

Shamsul Alam 2018-09-23 21:45:50

Bangladesh has become a frontrunner in implementing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by setting an example of the best practice in mainstreaming global goals and targets into the national plan. It...

Current account deficit and development goals

Current account deficit and development goals

Asjadul Kibria 2018-09-22 22:30:23

The goal of the medium-term development plan is sustainable development with a higher economic growth. To achieve the goal, the Seventh Five-Year Plan (7FYP) has outlined a series of guidelines with p...

Depleting net foreign investment in stocks

Depleting net foreign investment in stocks

Nashir Uddin 2018-09-17 21:52:05

Overall foreign investment in the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) is equivalent to about 4.0 per cent of the total market capitalisation of about $46 billion whereas the same in case of stocks in India is...

Power: Shortage curbed, yet long way to go

Power: Shortage curbed, yet long way to go

Noor A Ahsan and Nuzat Tasnim Dristy 2018-09-16 21:58:37

The first part of a two-part series titled Adequate power generation fuels economic growth   Shortage of power supply can be a binding constraint to economic growth: Bangladesh came face to fac...

Caring for the homeless from  river erosion at Naria

Caring for the homeless from river erosion at Naria

Nilratan Halder 2018-09-14 20:49:06

Water Resource Minister Anwar Hossain has sounded philosophical when he almost echoed the immortal song, O nadire (Hey river) sung by Hemanta Mukhopadhya. The minister comments it is the order of Natu...

Working towards conquering autism

Working towards conquering autism

Muhammad Quamrul Islam 2018-09-14 20:48:09

In the morning of September 8 we started from our residence at Uttara well ahead in order to reach in time the scheduled meeting at New DOHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1206. Luckily there was thin traffic whic...

A legacy of British colonial policy

A legacy of British colonial policy

ABM Razaul Karim Faquire 2018-09-14 20:47:25

The Rohingya are the inhabitants of Rakhine state (historically known as Arakan) in Myanmar. Arakan emerged a kingdom with the military and diplomatic assistance from the Bengal Sultanate in 1429. Bei...

Bringing wisdom to the crowd

Bringing wisdom to the crowd

A Z M Saif 2018-09-14 20:45:47

The media communication ecosystem has been facing profound challenges in the 21st century.  Big bangs are happening around us in the media industry and we- with our brands- are trying to achieve...

Power sector needs big financial push

Power sector needs big financial push

Md. Julker Naim and Md. Hossain Al Gazzali 2018-09-12 21:53:48

In order to meet the increasing demand for power, the Bangladesh government is giving more emphasis towards increasing power generation. The government understands that in order to accomplish its aim...

Why exports are under-performing

Why exports are under-performing

Zaidi Sattar   2018-09-09 21:56:09

Bull Run may be over: The current state of our export performance should be a wake-up call. For two decades, 1991-2011, Bangladesh exports were on a tear, growing at double-digit average annual rate o...

Bangalee life with or without Hilsha

Bangalee life with or without Hilsha

Nilratan Halder 2018-09-07 22:10:58

Hilsha fishing is at its utmost peak around this time every year. This year the timing has been on the spot. The catch is overwhelmingly good. One report has it that with the pulling of the net each t...

The potential of a riverine artery

The potential of a riverine artery

Ashir-In-Tishar 2018-09-07 22:09:26

Suppose, Mr. Chakrabarti is living in Assam (India) and he wants to visit his relatives in Sirajganj (Bangladesh). He set on a vessel that reached Chilmari via Dhubri. Enjoying the beauty of the Brahm...

The Devil's Casino

The Devil's Casino

Prottoya Chowdhury 2018-09-07 22:08:17

Bengali culture and conventions often brand the equity markets as a gamblers' paradise and the fool's alchemist-like approach to change and grow pennies into billions -- leaves all that in the dust. T...