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How we waste water

How we waste water

Anadil Maisha 2021-10-06 19:53:37

Every child that has had access to formal education has come across the phrase “Three-fourth of the Earth is covered by water,” at least once in their lifetime. There is no alternative to...

Brooklyn Nine-Nine: A bittersweet trajectory about post-Floyd policing

Brooklyn Nine-Nine: A bittersweet trajectory about post-Floyd policing

Shadya Naher Sheyam 2021-10-05 13:29:10

Brooklyn Nine-last Nine's last season seeks to tackle the systemic flaws of America's law enforcement while still keeping the cheerful escapism fans know and love the series for. Is it...

Are teachers really at the heart of education recovery?

Are teachers really at the heart of education recovery?

Quazi Farque Ahmed 2021-10-04 21:50:47

Today, October 5 is World Teachers' Day. This year, the day will focus on the effect that the pandemic has had on education and on teachers, as well as the steps that need to be taken to ensure that t...

Love, drama, crime and heartbreak — all blends in adrenaline rush

Love, drama, crime and heartbreak — all blends in adrenaline rush

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2021-10-04 13:53:34

When it comes to quality Netflix productions from Germany, everyone immediately thinks of the science-fiction thriller series ‘Dark.’ But there is another series that has been quite a rev...

Making sense of Bangladesh's  investment on mega projects

Making sense of Bangladesh's investment on mega projects

Kazi Mohammad Jamshed 2021-09-30 20:45:27

History manifests that mega projects may become landmarks for a country by bringing transformational impact on the lives of the long-deprived people. Mega projects are material drivers for acceleratin...

Challenges and opportunities within trans-atlantic paradigm

Challenges and opportunities within trans-atlantic paradigm

Muhammad Zamir 2021-09-26 21:36:50

Recently, an EU-US Summit convened on  June 15, 2021 marked the beginning of a renewed trans-atlantic partnership not only through the establishment of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC...

How not to get lost in the sea of distractions

How not to get lost in the sea of distractions

RASSIQ AZIZ KABIR 2021-09-26 12:23:06

‘Deep Work’ is a non-fiction book written by Cal Newport, an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University. Besides this, he has also books focusing on issues pivotal fo...

Balance of payments and exchange rates

Balance of payments and exchange rates

Muhammad Mahmood 2021-09-25 20:55:25

The behavioural linkages  between the balance of payments and exchange rates have long been recognised  as far back as the fourteenth century, when secondary markets had emerged  for th...

A case for smart newsreading

A case for smart newsreading

Syed Badrul Ahsan 2021-09-24 20:23:52

A newscaster at one of the television channels abroad reportedly lost her job not very long ago because she made a mess of the name of the Chinese President. One wonders if she was entirely to be bla...

Lessons from Asia's high-tech export

Lessons from Asia's high-tech export

M. Rokonuzzaman 2021-09-23 20:15:18

High-tech products comprising densely populated tiny semiconductor devices have become a new battle as well as an opportunity ground. From trade friction between the USA and China to the emergence of...

Coping with the evil of naked grabbing

Coping with the evil of naked grabbing

Shihab Sarkar 2021-09-16 21:03:27

The increasing speed at which the land, river and water body grabbers are having their field day is highly distressing. Not long ago, syndicates of these unscrupulous people would keep a low profile a...

Trade policy for promoting a sustainable ocean economy

Trade policy for promoting a sustainable ocean economy

Jean Marie Paugam 2021-09-15 20:24:09

It will not come as a surprise to you to learn that there is an inherent link between the ocean and international trade - to this day maritime transport accounts for 80 to 90 per cent of the internati...

Sunset industry strategy faces test of sustainability

Sunset industry strategy faces test of sustainability

M Rokonuzzaman 2021-09-13 21:25:29

In pursuit of developing industrial economy, many developing countries are after sunset industries. Products of such sectors are mature and have proven markets. Advanced countries are desperate to par...

9/11 & the racial limitations of religious freedom in America

9/11 & the racial limitations of religious freedom in America

Sahar Aziz 2021-09-11 21:45:38

Each anniversary of the 9/11 attacks generates debates on how to balance security with liberty in the United States (US). What is often lost in the conversation is the role that race plays in constrai...

20 years on from 9/11, western democracy is still winning

20 years on from 9/11, western democracy is still winning

Anshel Pfeffer 2021-09-11 20:27:54

The Google photos app on my smartphone reminded me that six years ago this week, I was in central Europe, reporting on the hundreds of thousands of migrants making their way from Turkey, through Greec...

9/11: Remembering the irredeemable

9/11: Remembering the irredeemable

Hamid Dabashi 2021-09-10 20:10:56

On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I woke up habitually early. I started reading and writing while still in bed, blissfully unaware of what was happening just a few kilometres away in downtown Manhattan....

Customs duty on books & copyright protection

Customs duty on books & copyright protection

Mohammad Towhidul Islam 2021-09-10 20:02:54

Early last year, two well-known international publishing companies and probably a few years ago a professor working at the World Trade Institute in Geneva sent me specimen copies of several textbooks...

Readership growth: Humayun and 'Masud Rana'

Readership growth: Humayun and 'Masud Rana'

Shihab Sarkar   2021-09-09 20:55:03

Few of Humayun Ahmed's readers thought that he would leave this world so early. But death took him away from this world at an age when the author was placed at the zenith of his popularity and fame. A...

Can India engage with the Taliban?

Can India engage with the Taliban?

Mohamed Zeeshan 2021-09-09 20:51:59

With the inevitable fall of Panjshir this week, the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan is now complete. Among the many countries that are now faced by a daunting strategic challenge is India, which i...

Undoing the stitches of aesthetics with Jane Austen

Undoing the stitches of aesthetics with Jane Austen

SHADYA NAHER SHEYAM 2021-09-09 15:43:31

Insights about English novelist Jane Austen are not alike. Some admire her, while others despise her; some believe she is the essence of feminism’s anthem, while others believe she is the embodi...

Inside: Bo Burnham and the Art of Solitude

Inside: Bo Burnham and the Art of Solitude

Abrar Azim 2021-09-09 13:03:22

Saying that Bo Burnham’s Inside, an American musical comedy special, has redefined a genre would be untrue. It has, in fact, created an entirely new genre -- a form of solitary art, more appropr...

Has world economy walked out of darkest moment?

Has world economy walked out of darkest moment?

Wang Wen 2021-09-08 20:52:48

Some people say the year 2021 is witnessing the world economy obviously walking out of its darkest moment.  They are perhaps right if we look at the numbers. Based on the predictions of multiple...

Films to watch on racism and racial hatred

Films to watch on racism and racial hatred

Tahseen Nower 2021-09-06 14:21:37

After the death of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmad Arbury, and others, the never-ending racial issue once again sparked. The Black Lives Matter or BLM movement shook the world amid the pandemic an...

National Professor Mohammad Ibrahim: a believer in change

National Professor Mohammad Ibrahim: a believer in change

Muhammad Abdul Mazid 2021-09-05 20:08:34

National Professor Mohammad Ibrahim (1911-1989) was a celebrated physician, a gifted teacher, a talented organiser and a great reformer. His contributions in the field of medicine in general and diabe...

A must read for investors, execs

A must read for investors, execs

FE DESK 2021-09-04 00:00:00

The book titled Basic Issues of Private Investment and Business-Bangladesh Perspective (2nd Edition) has been published amid Covid-19. The book has identified Bangladesh as a land of ample investment...

A window on Khankhanapur

A window on Khankhanapur

-- 2021-09-04 00:00:00

The launching ceremony of a book titled "Amader Khankhanapur" was held at Khankhanapur Suraj Mohini Institute (School & College) in Rajbari recently.Presided over by Khankhanapur Union Parishad Ch...

Does helping the environment make you happier?

Does helping the environment make you happier?

SAMEERA ZAMAN 2021-09-03 15:19:12

The relationship between human wellbeing and the planet’s natural systems is critical and intricate. Through various ways, nature positively influences human well-being through stress and fatigu...

What’s the problem with Arteta’s System?

What’s the problem with Arteta’s System?

Tofael Mahmud 2021-09-02 13:15:33

It was not the best of the visits for Josh Kroenke (Son of Arsenal's owner -- Stan Kroenke) to the Emirates as clueless Arsenal were handed a humiliating defeat by their City rivals Chelsea. The fans...

SDR: Ensure redistribution from rich to developing countries

SDR: Ensure redistribution from rich to developing countries

Bhumika Muchhala 2021-09-01 21:32:04

On 23 August this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issuance of US$650 billion in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) came into effect. It is lauded as historic for being the largest ever distribu...

Workplace technology and alternative work arrangement during and post-Covid-19

Workplace technology and alternative work arrangement during and post-Covid-19

Mohammad Shariful Islam and Mohammad Khasro Miah 2021-08-30 22:00:20

Alternative Work Arrangements (AWA) is a unique working method performed from locations away from the office. The critical components of AWA are working from home, flexible working hours, teleconf...