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TAHSEEN NOWER 2021-06-11 13:34:29
If one makes a list of how the pandemic has butchered the daily routines, the disoriented sleep cycle is sure to make it to the top five. But this is not solely a pandemic-induced problem. Getting a g...
RIFAH NAWAR 2021-06-10 14:02:24
If you were asked to choose one habit that you’d like to hold onto for the rest of your life, what would it be? It is mindfulness, most of the Gen Z and millennials would reply. The reply woul...
M. Rokonuzzaman 2021-06-09 20:54:18
Made in Bangladesh has been an age-old dream. Just right after the independence, Bangladesh started with import substitution strategy. Despite initial success, the import substitution strategy failed...
M M Rahman 2021-06-09 20:41:22
In his budget speech last week, the Finance Minister mentioned that per capita income in the fiscal year 2020-21 (FY21) has risen to US$2,227, which is higher than that of many neighbouring countries...
MEHENAZ SULTANA TISHA 2021-06-08 13:49:02
Ababil birds getting prepared to attack the Israeli forces- youths might not believe such fake news, but many have believed and sent donations as well for Ababil’s food! From the Dalgona coffee...
MAISHA FAIROOZ KHAN 2021-06-07 11:08:55
People are living in a world of uncertainty now. A world where they neither know when the pandemic will be over nor what the post-pandemic world will look like. However, one thing is for sure. The pos...
Muhammad Zamir 2021-06-06 20:48:11
The World Bank has ushered in some positives towards the end of March for the evolving dimensions of the pandemic affected South Asian economies. This has resulted in a degree of optimism with regar...
Mohammed Farashuddin 2021-06-06 20:28:43
Total outlay proposed for the Bangladesh Budget 2021-22 (not 2021-22 which is 24 month period January 2021- December 2022, but July 2021-June 2022) is Taka 6.03 trillion. The amount is 17.5 per cent o...
KANIZ FATEMA 2021-06-06 12:24:58
Tahera Akter Laboni says she spent seven years of her life making door-to-door visits with brochures. As a field level worker of P&G group, her job was to introduce products like shampoos, soaps,...
Salehuddin Ahmed 2021-06-03 19:56:09
Writing a book encompassing a period of five decades of socioeconomic development of a country like Bangladesh is a daunting task. The country has passed through ups and downs in its political histo...
Shihab Sarkar 2021-06-03 19:45:41
Intermittent mild earthquakes shaking parts of Chattogram and Dhaka about one-and-half decades ago must be fresh in the memory of many. Bangladesh, the eastern part of Bengal, hasn't experienced any m...
Kamal Ahmed 2021-06-02 20:44:33
Shahiduzzaman Khan, who we called Shahid bhai, was a soft spoken and very dependable leader of the newsroom. I had the honour to work with him in three newspapers and all of them had added new chapter...
RAFEUL HASAN 2021-06-02 10:55:43
The second spell of Zidane with the Los Blancos has ended. Unlike his first spell, it didn’t end in a majestic manner. With the second spell having its highs and lows, it is no doubt that Zidane...
Sania Nishtar and Bambang Susantono 2021-06-01 20:08:05
Even before the pandemic, women in Asia and the Pacific were already at clear disadvantage in the labor market. Their jobs were often low-skilled and low-paid. They worked the longest hours in the wor...
Paul Vandenberg 2021-05-31 21:52:18
The number of bankruptcies fell in 2020 in many countries. At first glance, this is a strange occurrence as 2020 was the year of the Covid-19 outbreak that caused lockdowns, a sharp decline in busines...
Muhammad Zamir 2021-05-30 20:59:57
Governments around the world are playing a crucial role in providing lifelines to people and firms to help combat the pandemic and its economic fallout. To support the effectiveness of these efforts,...
Ramzy Baroud 2021-05-29 22:09:21
The 'Palestinian Revolt of 2021' will go down in history as one of the most influential events that irreversibly shaped collective thinking in and around Palestine. Only two other events can be compar...
Muhammad Mahmood 2021-05-29 21:39:35
Since the end of the World War II, the concept of economic growth has become the barometer of economic success as measured in a three letter acronym: GDP. When the concept of G...
Md Saiful Islam and AKM Tariful Islam Khan 2021-05-28 20:42:26
The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken lives of people, communities, organisations and governments across the world. Like any other organisation, icddr,b was at a loss about the twin threats of the outbreak...
Mohammad Towhidul Islam 2021-05-26 22:13:54
Bangladesh, a least developed country (LDC), possesses a vibrant US$2 billion, or around 1 per cent gross domestic product from its pharmaceutical industry that produces off-patent generic and on-pate...
Liu Zhenhua 2021-05-26 20:39:09
In the first quarter of this year, Covid-19 pandemic curbing and economic and social development in China continued to make great achievements. The national economy continued to recover steadily, and...
Md Zubayer Wasit 2021-05-26 19:39:31
According to the statistics of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, Bangladesh in 2018, some form of sexual harassment at the workplace is encountered by more than 10 per cent of the female pol...
Ipshita Kajuri 2021-05-26 14:34:15
May 26, 2020, was a dark day for many of us, since it marked the loss of Ms Niloufer Manzur, the principal of Sunbeams School and a great educationist. To thousands of her students, it meant losing a...
Shu Tian, Donghyun Park, and Mai Lin C. Villaruel 2021-05-25 21:07:38
There is evidence of a positive link between sustainable behaviour and financial return which will likely drive the continued growth of green and social finance. Over the past decade, sustainable fin...
Hasnat M. Alamgir and Tahmina Khanam 2021-05-24 21:58:34
Labour migration has been integral to the economic and social development of Bangladesh since its birth. Initially, it was pioneered at the individual level who explored job opportunities at different...
Muhammad Zamir 2021-05-23 22:24:12
It was announced near midnight in the early hours of May 21 that a ceasefire and truce had been agreed upon between Israel and Hamas. This brought an end to 11 days of bombardment that had claimed liv...
Chady El Khoury, Jiro Honda, Johan Mathisen, and Etienne Yehoue 2021-05-22 22:29:21
Governments around the world are playing a crucial role in providing lifelines to people and firms to help combat the pandemic and its economic fallout. To support the effectiveness of these efforts,...
Mohammad Abu Yusuf 2021-05-21 20:26:53
Generally, the suppliers of goods or services are liable to pay Value Added Tax (VAT). They supply goods and collects VAT on behalf of the government, which is later paid to the government. In the c...
M Humayun Kabir 2021-05-19 21:12:22
The recent comment by the Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming that relations between Bangladesh and China would be 'substantially damaged' if Bangladesh joins the QUAD has stirred up a spate of reactions in...
Richard Falk 2021-05-18 20:48:35
The current crisis of Palestine/Israel deepens and widens as casualties mount, smoke from destroyed buildings fills the air in Gaza, rioting on the streets of many Israeli and West Bank towns, Israeli...
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