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The state of achieving economic emancipation

The state of achieving economic emancipation

Muhammad Abdul Mazid 2018-12-15 21:13:16

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibor Rahman   concluded his historic March 07 speech by pronouncing the  word 'freedom' twice because he knew that achieving economic emancipation is equally impor...

THE CRUX: Climate apocalypse stares mankind in the face

THE CRUX: Climate apocalypse stares mankind in the face

Shihab Sarkar   2018-12-13 21:41:08

Amid repeated predictions about the disastrous impact of the global climate change came yet another prophecy of doom. The dreadful warning of David Attenborough, the British naturalist, 92, at the ope...

Former US Senators call for defending democracy, national security

Former US Senators call for defending democracy, national security

Abdur Rahman Chowdhury 2018-12-13 21:25:12

Forty-four former US Senators belonging to both Democratic and Republican parties have signed a letter addressed to the present Senators and the newly elected Senators voicing grave concern on the cur...

Big business capturing UN SDG agenda?

Big business capturing UN SDG agenda?

Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury 2018-12-12 21:03:52

Over the last two decades since the Global Compact, the United Nations has increasingly embraced the corporate sector, most recently to raise finance needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal...

Another nail in the coffin

Another nail in the coffin

Mahmudur Rahman 2018-12-12 20:54:04

That consumer convenience goes for a toss is nothing new. Be it in adulterated food, dead poultry and foal in restaurants, over-billing and lack of connectivity and shortfall in utilities or rank bad...

DT: Articulating the gloom

DT: Articulating the gloom

Mahmudur Rahman 2018-12-12 20:43:37

Given that there are three possibilities to the outcome of this month's general election one can only hope whoever lands up with the Finance Ministry portfolio has nerves of steel. There's an awful me...

The world has failed children in conflict zones

The world has failed children in conflict zones

Maleiha Malik in London 2018-12-11 21:22:15

This Human Rights Day (December 10) marks the 70th anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Sadly, events over the past few years sho...

Banking industry: Bangladesh perspective

Banking industry: Bangladesh perspective

Shah Md Ahsan Habib 2018-12-11 20:31:32

Banking industry of Bangladesh has achieved remarkable momentum over the years. It has brought several positive changes in terms of expansion, modernisation, quality of assets, application of intern...

COP24 and greater awareness of climate change

COP24 and greater awareness of climate change

Polin Kumar Saha 2018-12-10 21:10:53

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP24) began on December 03 at Katowice, Poland. It is scheduled to continue till December 14. This conference is an important bridge between the Paris conference (CO...

G20 Summit 2018: A pause in trade war or a spin

G20 Summit 2018: A pause in trade war or a spin

Muhammad Mahmood   2018-12-08 21:55:24

As the G20 Summit was being held in Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina on November 30-December 01, the country itself had been in economic turmoil for quite a while. Argentinians are experien...

Human mind and its effect on behaviour

Human mind and its effect on behaviour

S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-12-06 21:09:26

The human mind is the most complex system in living creatures. It is the source of all human thoughts and behaviours. Although we cannot notice the mind, everything we do, think, feel and say is deter...

Call for a win-win framework at COP24

Call for a win-win framework at COP24

Mithika Mwenda 2018-12-05 21:27:56

An African delegation is in the Polish city of Katowice to join 30,000 delegates and thousands others from almost 200 countries attending the 4th edition of what has come to be known as annual climate...

G20 summit calls for WTO reform

G20 summit calls for WTO reform

Kamal Uddin Ahmed 2018-12-03 21:18:21

The G20 two-day annual Summit (November 30 and December 01) held in Buenos Aires, Argentina is the 13th meeting of the group which is supposed to promote a liberal international economic order and ens...

George H.W. Bush - the man who ended the cold war in a peaceful way

George H.W. Bush - the man who ended the cold war in a peaceful way

Habib Siddiqui 2018-12-02 20:50:37

Former US President George Herbert Walker Bush died late Friday (November 30, 2018) in his home in Houston. He was 94. He was suffering from a form of Parkinson's disease. His wife of more than 70 yea...

Taking up the challenge of SDGs implementation

Taking up the challenge of SDGs implementation

Ferdaus Ara Begum 2018-11-30 21:15:30

Bangladesh's success stories are highly recognised across the world these days with some developed nations even considering this country as one of the attractive business destinations now. Different i...

Climate change does not spare even migratory birds

Climate change does not spare even migratory birds

Shihab Sarkar 2018-11-29 21:36:33

Owing to the continued hunting of migratory birds during winter, traditional bird sanctuaries in the country have been experiencing a decline in the arrival of the avian guests. The age-old temporary...

Political economy: Bangladesh perspective

Political economy: Bangladesh perspective

Asjadul Kibria 2018-11-29 21:24:30

Political economy focuses on the links between economy, politics, and society. As a result, it largely belongs to interdisciplinary studies and draws on economics, political science, law, history and...

When use of water outstrips its supply

When use of water outstrips its supply

BK Mukhopadhyay 2018-11-28 21:39:24

Eminent environment specialist Erik Stokstad has nicely summarised the global use of water and its supply: 'H2O. Is there any other molecule so vital, and so problematic, for people? Without water, ag...

Imported LNG: Bracing for gas rates rationalisation

Imported LNG: Bracing for gas rates rationalisation

Mushfiqur Rahman   2018-11-27 21:31:15

Rupantarita Prakritic Gas Company Limited (RPGCL), a subsidiary of Petrobangla, is responsible for import and supply of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the country. Re-gasified LNG supply is...

Asia-Pacific takes stock of development targets

Asia-Pacific takes stock of development targets

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Natalia Kanem 2018-11-27 21:01:57

Ministers and senior policymakers across Asia and the Pacific are gathered in Bangkok this week (November 26-28) to focus on population dynamics at a crucial time for the region. Their goal: to keep p...

Two sides of AI

Two sides of AI

M Rokonuzzaman 2018-11-26 21:09:04

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a subject of headline news for a quite while. Google's AlphaGo's success in beating a human professional Go player on a full-sized board game created sensation ab...

Culture, migration and the rise of nationalism

Culture, migration and the rise of nationalism

Jan Lundius and Rosemary Vargas-Lundius 2018-11-25 20:37:57

The recent rise of nationalism in some western countries has been fuelled by an anti-immigration campaign based on the assumed negative influences migrants may have on the host country's "culture". Na...

Nationalists of the world, unite?

Nationalists of the world, unite?

Kemal Dervis and Caroline Conroy 2018-11-25 20:27:38

Steve Bannon's extensive travels in Europe this year have not drawn as much attention as they should have, given that he is the key theoretician of US President Donald Trump's signature brand of natio...

The changing looks of Dhaka

The changing looks of Dhaka

Shihab Sarkar 2018-11-24 23:01:39

If Dhaka had not been afflicted by its debilitating traffic gridlocks and other urban ills, it would have already emerged as a high-promise modern city. Not long after the independence of Bangladesh,...

Plans, performances and perils

Plans, performances and perils

-- 2018-11-23 21:21:51

Since the assumption of power by Awami League (AL) in 2009, the General Economics Division of the Planning Commission (GED) presented to the nation two Five Year Plans and a Perspective Plan. The 7th...

The disappearance of farmlands

The disappearance of farmlands

Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled 2018-11-23 21:14:34

Agriculture is the major economic activity in Bangladesh. But this economic activity has been on the decline for the past few decades due to depletion of arable lands to non-agricultural output. The...

Interface between childhood and youth

Interface between childhood and youth

Shihab Sarkar 2018-11-22 20:42:08

Footage of an international news TV network the other day has apparently made the child rights groups brace for the reemergence of a scourge presumed wiped out. To the distress of many of them, the TV...

Addressing inequity and social injustice through education research

Addressing inequity and social injustice through education research

S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-11-22 20:36:38

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is the world's largest interdisciplinary research association devoted to the scientific study of education and learning. Established in 1916, AERA...

Uber, e-commerce and Bangladesh's onward march

Uber, e-commerce and Bangladesh's onward march

Nironjan Roy from Toronto, Canada 2018-11-19 21:58:53

The first of a two-part article titled Prospect of e-commerce in Bangladesh   Few months ago, during my visit to Dhaka I was faced with the difficulty of finding the right mode of transport one...

Adjusting to changing trends in BD trade and economy

Adjusting to changing trends in BD trade and economy

Md Joynal Abdin 2018-11-17 22:32:15

The economy of Bangladesh is at present going through a transformational phase from that of a least developed country (LDC) towards a developing one. The country is expected to graduate from the LDC b...