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The market dogs that didn't bark

The market dogs that didn't bark

Anatole Kaletsky 2018-02-28 21:36:38

Three months ago, I argued that rising stock markets around the world were a consequence of improving economic conditions, not a sign of "irrational exuberance." Since that commentary was published, s...

Bank loan operation: A standard practice needs to be developed

Bank loan operation: A standard practice needs to be developed

Nironjan Roy 2018-02-27 21:00:42

Bangladesh Bank has recently extended the deadline up to December 31, 2018 for bringing down Advance Deposit Ratio (ADR) of commercial banks below the benchmark set earlier. Previously this timeframe...

Technology strategy for developing countries

Technology strategy for developing countries

M. Rokonuzzaman 2018-02-26 23:55:23

The developing countries should pursue the technology fusion strategy to improve as well as sustain labour- and raw material-centric productive activities. Moreover, such strategy will create high-pay...

Preparing for LDC graduation   

Preparing for LDC graduation  

M S Siddiqui     2018-02-25 23:04:26

Bangladesh has crossed the per capita income level of $1,045 and become a lower middle-income county. The country is now in the process of graduating from the status of least developed country (LDC) t...

Revamping manpower export

Revamping manpower export

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman 2018-02-24 21:20:52

Overseas employment has been playing a pivotal role in the country's poverty reduction drive and in improving income distribution. It is indeed an important weapon in addressing the challenges of high...

Remembering an iconic central banker

Remembering an iconic central banker

Syed Ashraf Ali 2018-02-23 20:32:46

February 24 marks the second death anniversary of the iconic central banker, A.K.N. Ahmed, who presided over the Bangladesh banking sector in the turbulent days of seventies. His towering presence at...

Coping with gender-based violence at school

Coping with gender-based violence at school

S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-02-22 20:50:47

School-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is at the moment a global phenomenon that affects millions of children, families, schools and communities.  While it is in an aggravated situation in...

Rohingya tragedy - a ‘hallmark of genocide’

Rohingya tragedy - a ‘hallmark of genocide’

M Serajul Islam 2018-02-20 21:18:07

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein had called the actions of the brutal and savage Myanmar military against the Rohingyas as a "textbook case of ethnic cleansing" at the h...

Ethnic violence in Ethiopia stoked by social media

Ethnic violence in Ethiopia stoked by social media

James Jeffrey in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2018-02-19 19:19:40

In Ethiopia social media is a double-edged sword: capable of filling a sore need for more information but also of pushing the country toward even greater calamity. Thousands of Ethiopians remain disp...

Fixing traffic chaos and preparing for the future   

Fixing traffic chaos and preparing for the future  

Abu Afsarul Haider         2018-02-18 22:19:20

In today's world, the success of a city depends on its economy, which, in turn, is dependent on the infrastructure, among other things. The importance of the infrastructure can be particularly felt by...

Financial inclusion: Hope is the face

Financial inclusion: Hope is the face

B K Mukhopadhyay 2018-02-17 22:04:38

In the coastal swamps of western Bangladesh, there are a few options for making a living. Three million people live on the edge of the mangrove forest - their houses are on six-foot poles to protect t...

SDGs: Challenges Bangladesh faces in achieving the goals

SDGs: Challenges Bangladesh faces in achieving the goals

Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled 2018-02-16 20:37:23

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) sponsored by the United Nations (UN), otherwise known as the Global Goals or Agenda 2030, are a universal call of action to end poverty, protect the planet and...

Case for a child-friendly digital world

Case for a child-friendly digital world

S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-02-15 21:11:11

Like globalisation, 'digitalisation' has already changed the world. The rapid proliferation of information and communications technology (ICT) is an unstoppable force, touching virtually every sphere...

Dependence on SWIFT for transferring money to end soon

Dependence on SWIFT for transferring money to end soon

Nironjan Roy 2018-02-14 21:09:36

Ripple entered the global financial industry with two products - XRP digital token, and RippleNet money transfer messaging system. Though, most of the banks and financial institutions have yet to show...

World financial industry needs a safe money transfer messaging system

World financial industry needs a safe money transfer messaging system

Nironjan Roy 2018-02-13 21:58:02

In today's international trade and finance, movement of fund across the world has emerged as the most vibrant financial activity. Globalisation, powered by the extensive use of technology in the busin...

Telecom drains precious risk capital of the country

Telecom drains precious risk capital of the country

M Rokonuzzaman 2018-02-12 22:42:07

Once the telecommunication sector used to be a risk-free investment area. Upon making investment in state-monopoly, basically all the governments across the world used to get attractive returns. Devel...

BPC no longer makes money

BPC no longer makes money

Mushfiqur Rahman 2018-02-11 21:05:17

The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has incurred a loss of over Tk 5.0 billion in the last three months and its loss per month now amounts to more than Tk 100 million, according to The Financia...

Business of banking in fast changing environment

Business of banking in fast changing environment

B K Mukhopadhyay 2018-02-10 19:55:04

As per latest assessment, Citi Private Bank (CPB) has been named 'Best Private Bank for Customer Services and Best Global Brand in Private Banking.' It has been one of the leading banks in utilising c...

Arable soil health in jeopardy

Arable soil health in jeopardy

Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled 2018-02-09 21:32:27

A soil research finding shows that over two-thirds of the country's agricultural lands lack essential organic elements because of the indiscriminate use of chemical overdoses and over-exploitation of...

Gender equality in Commonwealth regions

Gender equality in Commonwealth regions

S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-02-08 21:41:26

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but an essential foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health ca...

Technology progression and economics of wind power

Technology progression and economics of wind power

M Rokonuzzaman 2018-02-07 22:48:24

Throughout history, sailing has been critically instrumental to the development of civilisation, providing the human race with greater mobility than travel over land, whether for trade, transport, fis...

Mega-regional trade agreements and Bangladesh

Mega-regional trade agreements and Bangladesh

Muntasir Murshed 2018-02-06 21:09:24

Regional integration has always been a pressing issue for the members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) who have actively voiced in favour of widespread regional tie-ups in liberalising trade barr...

Prospects of virtual currency in Bangladesh   

Prospects of virtual currency in Bangladesh  

M S Siddiqui   2018-02-05 22:37:32

Broadly defined as "tokens" used as money in a country, currency is a means of exchanging goods and services. The use of currency is intertwined with the history of money. Money derives its value by b...

Those draconian measures ... and our worries

Those draconian measures ... and our worries

Enayetullah Khan 2018-02-04 21:59:14

We have news. And it certainly does not make us happy. Of course, it all depends on how you take it. The bigger truth is that as citizens, as men and women who believe in the high principles of democr...

Benevolent youths in times of apathy

Benevolent youths in times of apathy

Shihab Sarkar 2018-02-03 00:00:00

The photograph printed in FE recently showing a young man feed a flock of crows at a park in Dhaka does not evoke any deeper feeling instantly. Spectacles like this are not too uncommon in this countr...

Childhood violence: Its open-secret nature

Childhood violence: Its open-secret nature

S. M. Rayhanul Islam 2018-02-01 20:11:52

Violence against children in all its forms, regardless of the nature or severity of the act, is harmful, morally indefensible and a violation of every child's fundamental human rights. Recent research...

Wind to power the future: Making it cost-effective

Wind to power the future: Making it cost-effective

M Rokonuzzaman 2018-01-31 21:44:15

Compared to Bangladesh's $4.5b planned investment in developing coal-fired power generation with Japanese assistance at the shore of Bay of Bengal, the move by the Dutch power grid to build wind power...

Tri-nation cricket championship: Third time unlucky

Tri-nation cricket championship: Third time unlucky

M. Serajul Islam 2018-01-30 21:12:35

Cricket is known as the game of glorious uncertainties. But Bangladesh's defeat in Mirpur could hardly be blamed upon cricket's glorious uncertainties. Bangladesh had beaten Zimbabwe twice and Sri Lan...

ACU as the focal point of regional trade   

ACU as the focal point of regional trade  

Nironjan Roy     2018-01-29 23:02:48

It is learnt from media reports that Asian Clearing Union (ACU) has recently endorsed Japanese yen (JPY) as acceptable currency for net settlement of transactions carried out by its member countries....

Attaining competitiveness in RMG

Attaining competitiveness in RMG

M S Siddiqui 2018-01-28 21:11:31

Competitiveness is a prerequisite for maintaining high levels of investment, income and employment.  For developing countries like Bangladesh which largely depends on a handful of products for it...