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Good governance and sustainable development

Good governance and sustainable development

Polin Kumar Saha 2018-08-17 20:44:35

The concept of sustainable development was coined by the Brundtland Commission in 1987. It matured over time through different conventions, which were mostly led by the United Nations. As a consequenc...

Of education science and related practices

Of education science and related practices

M. Rayhanul Islam         2018-08-16 21:42:37

Like in the other countries, 'Education Science' has become an independent discipline in the academic arena of Bangladesh. Keen interest in this discipline is growing day by day among the academics, e...

Resurgence of democratic socialism in the United States

Resurgence of democratic socialism in the United States

Abdur Rahman Chowdhury 2018-08-15 21:04:33

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a young graduate of 28 years, came to the limelight by defeating a senior Democratic Congressman in a primary in New York in July. She is now crisscrossing the country campai...

Brig. General Jamil - an epitome of courage

Brig. General Jamil - an epitome of courage

Enayetullah Khan 2018-08-14 21:18:41

In the dawn of August 15, 1975, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made one of his final phone calls to his military secretary Col Jamil Uddin Ahmad. He had been attacked, Bangabandhu told Col Jamil, a...

Harnessing the potential of robotics industry

Harnessing the potential of robotics industry

Mohammad Asaduzzaman Chowdhury 2018-08-13 21:40:54

Industries and factory owners do not have in  many cases confidence in the capacity of local experts and the universities. They often hire foreign experts to get their technical and/or technologi...

Realising export potential of leather and plastic sectors

Realising export potential of leather and plastic sectors

Ferdaus Ara Begum 2018-08-13 21:37:35

Bangladesh has launched a concerted effort to diversify its exports to reduce overdependence of the economy on the ready-made garments (RMG) sector. Leather and plastic sectors are among the few thrus...

Monetary Policy: July-December, 2018

Monetary Policy: July-December, 2018

Hasnat Abdul Hye 2018-08-12 22:04:10

Next to annual budget, which embodies the fiscal policy of the government, Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) made half-yearly during the fiscal year constitutes the most important policy instrument used...

The Trump administration's dead end on trade

The Trump administration's dead end on trade

James McCormack 2018-08-12 21:40:10

There is every reason to believe that the United States' trade dispute with China will get worse before it gets better, and that the US trade deficit will widen further rather than shrinking. In fact,...

Ways and means of expanding financial inclusion

Ways and means of expanding financial inclusion

Sajid Amit 2018-08-11 21:20:18

On April 19, 2018, the third Global Findex Database was released by the World Bank at the Bank's Spring Meeting. According to Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), this dataset is "the financi...

A journalist with financial, ethical probity

A journalist with financial, ethical probity

Raihan M Chowdhury 2018-08-10 22:11:23

The sudden demise of Mr Moazzem Hossain, our beloved editor is no doubt an irreparable loss to our profession. I heard of him a lot as he founded the first English financial daily of Bangladesh in 19...

Living  beyond  mortal end

Living beyond mortal end

Nilratan Halder 2018-08-10 22:09:39

When my footprint will not mark this borough/ I'll not steer my ferry boat at this crossing   And then,   Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player/ That struts and frets his hour u...

Death, you are a cruel monster

Death, you are a cruel monster

Md. Atiar Rahman 2018-08-10 22:07:39

Death, you are a cruel monster. You don't know any mercy. You are ruthless. You know no love. Yes, it's the fact, it's your real character and yes, we admit it's natural. But very recently I heard a...

The man he was with many hats on

The man he was with many hats on

Md. Riazuddin Khan 2018-08-10 22:01:27

"You and I have memories; longer than the road that stretches out ahead" - two lines from a Beatles song, that captures the journey with our beloved late FE Editor and Publisher, AHM Moazzem Hossain....

Glimpses of what he was to his employees

Glimpses of what he was to his employees

Talha Bin Habib 2018-08-10 21:56:21

He was out and out a professional person. He was a man of integrity and a source of inspiration. He was such a personality who had all kinds of human qualities. He was a man who had inspired and gui...

The turning point of 2008

The turning point of 2008

Adam Tooze in New York 2018-08-10 21:30:50

Ten years ago this week, Russian tanks halted a few hours' march short of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. That short war in the Caucasus brought down the curtain on nearly two decades of post-Cold Wa...

Energy crisis: The case for renewables

Energy crisis: The case for renewables

Md Sajjad Azim 2018-08-08 21:28:33

With the current population approaching almost 167 million, Bangladesh is facing an imminent energy crisis (Worldometers, 2018). This may seem counterintuitive as Bangladesh has made remarkable progre...

Youth unemployment — a challenge for economic growth

Youth unemployment — a challenge for economic growth

Minhazur Rahman Rezvi 2018-08-08 21:12:30

Economic growth will stagnate without inclusive participation in the economy. Unemployment is positively related to economic instability. Increased unemployment rate causes increased economic vulnerab...

Rise of Imran Khan in Pakistan

Rise of Imran Khan in Pakistan

Muhammad Quamrul Islam  2018-08-07 20:52:29

In the age group of septuagenarian, we obviously had interest in the proceedings of the general elections in Pakistan held on July 25. There were allegations of rigging and behind-the-scene exercise...

Mystique surrounding Trumpian worldview, its pathology

Mystique surrounding Trumpian worldview, its pathology

Mizanur Rahman Shelley 2018-08-06 21:21:24

President of the mighty United States of America Donald Trump continues to treat a bewildered world with shock and awe. Grim and frightening as many of his moves seem to be, these are also often quite...

Shadow economy dominates the transport sector

Shadow economy dominates the transport sector

Asjadul Kibria 2018-08-06 20:57:29

Road transport of the country is plagued with innumerable problems. The commuters face hassles on a daily basis. Inadequate and ramshackle buses, small vehicles, unplanned stoppages, disorganised rout...

Bolstering farm sector in developing economies

Bolstering farm sector in developing economies

B K Mukhopadhyay 2018-08-05 21:32:38

The Indian Government is promoting scientifically designed and tailor-made Integrated Farming System (IFS). Time is ripe for promoting location-specific IFS models for achieving the goal of doubling f...

Most of the vehicles on the roads go berserk

Most of the vehicles on the roads go berserk

Sarwar Md Saifullah Khaled   2018-08-04 21:31:09

We cannot keep ourselves confined to the four walls of our house all the time. We are to go outside on the roads out of necessity and may have to ride transport vehicles to reach some desired destinat...

The mantra of next-generation innovation

The mantra of next-generation innovation

M. Rokonuzzaman 2018-08-03 21:18:59

Despite Sony's aura in consumer electronics business becoming rather bleak, the company's financial performance has amazed many industry analysts. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, strong perfor...

Sundarbans doesn't deserve an elegy so early   

Sundarbans doesn't deserve an elegy so early  

Shihab Sarkar   2018-08-02 22:13:38

The International Tiger Day 2018 has coincided with a government circular on tours of the Sundarbans. The day is observed annually. Issued by the department of forest, the circular proposes that the g...

Protecting displaced, refugee children

Protecting displaced, refugee children

S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-08-02 22:00:14

Throughout history, migration has been a part of human experience. For many people, including children and their families, leaving home to settle in a new community is a milestone in the search for ed...

Guide to updated import taxes

Guide to updated import taxes

Doulot Akter Mala 2018-08-02 21:56:07

Fiscal measures play an important role in business activities. Both local and foreign investors frame their business plans on the basis of new fiscal measures shown in national budgets every year. Pro...

The poor migrants versus the millionaire migrants

The poor migrants versus the millionaire migrants

MS Siddiqui 2018-07-31 21:16:33

Acceleration of migration and human mobility marks the present times. Approximately 214 million people or about three per cent of the world's population live outside their countries of origin. The Uni...

When racism ruins sporting values

When racism ruins sporting values

Syed Tashfin Chowdhury 2018-07-31 20:57:58

Within two weeks after the FIFA World Cup 2018, German international midfielder Mesut Ozil announced his retirement from the national team, alleging racism on the part of the German Football Federatio...

Bangladesh yet to develop financial derivatives mkt

Bangladesh yet to develop financial derivatives mkt

Sk. Shamim Iqbal 2018-07-29 20:25:47

  In recent years, derivatives markets have grown by leaps and bounds in emerging economics. Given the high level of economic and financial risks faced by market participants and investors in em...

Xi's Africa tour shows relations in new light

Xi's Africa tour shows relations in new light

Laetitia Tran Ngoc 2018-07-28 21:12:52

July 20 marked the beginning of a state visit that took President Xi Jinping to Senegal, Rwanda, South Africa and Mauritius. President Xi's fourth trip to Africa sheds light on a promising relationshi...