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Living in insidious fear

Living in insidious fear

Shihab Sarkar 2016-06-23 21:06:06

Coming face to face with a man-eater all of a sudden or stumbling on a cobra generates a lot of fear in all normal people. In situations like this, some get scared to death. Getting panicked is one...

Serajul Islam Choudhury: The teacher per excellence

Serajul Islam Choudhury: The teacher per excellence

Wasi Ahmed 2016-06-23 20:17:52

The 8:20-class in room 2080 on a particular day of the week would have me extra alert, even edgy -- to be strictly on time. 'On time' for me meant I presented myself at the corridor of the...

The tranquillity conundrum

The tranquillity conundrum

Mohammad Karim 2016-06-23 20:14:38

Tranquillity lost is rarely recoverable, but a sure way to reach it is to make peace with ourselves, our lives and the people who turn our world upside down. Abdur Rahman Chowdhury, like most other...

Addressing credit risks of banks

Addressing credit risks of banks

Shah Md Ahsan Habib 2016-06-22 20:12:16

Risk is an inherent element of banking operations and effective risk management is the key to success. Granting of any form of loans or credit is the most common type of banking activities and is t...

Monpura gets power at last

Monpura gets power at last

Rasel Ahmed 2016-06-19 18:05:39

Monpura is one of the remotest and darkest islands of the country situated in Bhola. The island is very popular among the local travellers for its panoramic natural beauty. More than 50 thousand in...

Public and academic debate on monetary policy

Public and academic debate on monetary policy

Jamaluddin Ahmed 2016-06-18 18:42:01

The persistence of currency pegs through much of the 20th century and the tendency to regard as aberrant and exceptional periods when those pegs were in abeyance are one way of understanding why th...

The quest for an escape route

The quest for an escape route

Syed Mahbubur Rashid 2016-06-16 19:22:57

Angus Deaton is the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton...

How Europe turns a dystopia for migrants

How Europe turns a dystopia for migrants

Shihab Sarkar 2016-06-16 18:20:01

The recent BBC report on the plight of Middle Eastern refugees stuck in the European border pockets was highly depressing. Focusing on a section of youths fleeing their war-torn countries in search...

Taking up BB reserve heist issue with CAMS

Taking up BB reserve heist issue with CAMS

Nironjan Roy from Toronto, Canada 2016-06-15 20:20:01

The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMS), a US-based organisation, is exclusively assigned with the responsibility of fostering and developing professionalism in combat...

The proposed Citizenship Bill 2015 and Bangladeshi diaspora

The proposed Citizenship Bill 2015 and Bangladeshi diaspora

Nazir Ahmed 2016-06-14 18:21:47

The government is planning to enact a citizenship law which will have serous implications for the Bangladeshi diaspora.  The Bill titled 'Citizenship Bill 2015' has already been approved in...

Wheel within wheels: China vs India

Wheel within wheels: China vs India

Sayed Kamaluddin 2016-06-13 18:08:19

While still vacillating about the Chinese President Xi Jinping's signature initiative of One Belt, One Road (OBOR) or the new Silk Road project, India, of late, seems to be toying with the idea...

Bangladesh remembers Muhammad Ali

Bangladesh remembers Muhammad Ali

Rahman Jahangir 2016-06-12 17:33:23

People in Bangladesh on Friday prayed for salvation of the departed soul of the boxing legend Muhammad Ali as he was laid to rest at his hometown, Louisville in the US state of Kentucky. The funera...

Will the FY2016-17 Budget boost private investment?

Will the FY2016-17 Budget boost private investment?

Kishore Kumer Basak and Shashish Shami Kamal 2016-06-12 17:25:52

The proposed budget for FY 2016-17 has set the target for gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 7.2 per cent. In order to achieve this growth, an additional Tk. 802.17 billion (80,217 crore) or 1....

Bangladeshi community in Toronto: Shawpnil Canada

Bangladeshi community in Toronto: Shawpnil Canada

Abdur Rahman Chowdhury from Virginia, USA 2016-06-11 18:22:09

Shawpnil Canada, an association of Bangladeshi-Canadians in Toronto, truly represents the culture, values and lofty ideals of Bangladesh. Since winter in Canada is severe and lasts till mid-May the...

Deficit financing leads to crowding out

Deficit financing leads to crowding out

Md Tanvir Hasan 2016-06-10 18:16:34

When the government takes initiatives to finance budget deficit from the banking sector, it is likely to distort the overall demand and supply of loanable funds. Consequently, it will shift the agg...

The heroic mystique of Muhammad Ali

The heroic mystique of Muhammad Ali

Shihab Sarkar 2016-06-09 18:37:11

In accordance with the concept of ideal citizens in ancient Greece, Muhammad Ali embodied a wonderful blend of sporting excellence and the beauty of the arts. In the classical era of Greece, intere...

Donald Trump ushering in a Goldwater impact on GOP

Donald Trump ushering in a Goldwater impact on GOP

M Serajul Islam from Maryland, USA 2016-06-08 21:26:34

Donald Trump's latest and ongoing fight with US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel who has Mexican lineage and the manner of the fight could have dangerous consequences not just for his pursuit for...

China\'s territorial integrity vs. America\'s Rebalance strategy

China\'s territorial integrity vs. America\'s Rebalance strategy

Noor Mohammad Sarker 2016-06-08 21:14:28

For the last few years, dissension about the maritime demarcation in the South China Sea, especially between China and the United States, has become one of the key issues of discussion in the realm...

Financing budget deficit through bank borrowing

Financing budget deficit through bank borrowing

Md. Tanvir Hasan 2016-06-07 20:26:48

The government's financing of deficit from the banking sector will distort the overall demand and supply of loanable funds. Consequently, it will shift the aggregate demand of the loanable fund...

The legendary Muhammad Ali

The legendary Muhammad Ali

Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled 2016-06-07 20:24:06

Muhammad Ali, whose record-setting boxing career, flair for showmanship and political stands made him one of the best-known figures of the 20th century, died on June 03, 2016 aged 74. Ali had long...

Child brides: Victims of socially inflicted health hazards

Child brides: Victims of socially inflicted health hazards

Sawkia Afroz 2016-06-06 19:44:21

Child marriage has been in vogue in Bangladesh for centuries. The country has the world's fourth highest rate of child marriage, according to the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (U...

Foreign direct investment sluggish

Foreign direct investment sluggish

Syed Jamaluddin 2016-06-05 21:25:55

The EU-Bangladesh Business Council meeting held recently in the city listed impediments to foreign direct investment in the country. Lack of coordination among the government agencies, political un...

G-7 summit, China and rising global tensions

G-7 summit, China and rising global tensions

Sayed Kamaluddin 2016-06-04 20:24:21

Amid rising tensions in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, the high-profile annual G-7 summit of the world's rich countries held in Japan's quiet Ise-Shima town on May 26-27, 2016, rhetoric...

The Trans-Pacific shell game: Something is clearly amiss

The Trans-Pacific shell game: Something is clearly amiss

Jomo Kwame Sundaram in Rome 2016-06-04 20:21:11

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is being portrayed as a boon for all 12 of the countries involved. But opposition to the agreement may be the only issue that the remaining US pr...

World Environment Day 2016: Go Wild for Life

World Environment Day 2016: Go Wild for Life

Md Touhidul Alam Khan 2016-06-03 20:30:22

World Environment Day (WED) is the United Nations' most important event to encourage worldwide awareness and actions for the protection of our environment. Since it began in 1974, it has grown...

The gender issue in development work

The gender issue in development work

-- 2016-06-02 20:56:27

S. M. Rayhanul Islam Module: Gender and Development Published by Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK   The gender issue is considered a critical element in achieving decent work for al...

The epic journey of Nurjahan Begum

The epic journey of Nurjahan Begum

Shihab Sarkar 2016-06-02 19:44:54

Although it sounds far-fetched, we feel tempted to link the great seven-summit conquests of Wasfia Nazreen to the women's magazine Begum, and its editor Nurjahan Begum. The editor earned the di...

GRI conference opens up a new era of corporate disclosure

GRI conference opens up a new era of corporate disclosure

Md. Touhidul Alam Khan 2016-06-01 19:45:46

The 5th GRI Global Conference held on May 18-20, 2016 at Amsterdam, the Netherlands called on companies and organisations for stepping out from their comfort zones, become truly innovative and cont...

Remembering Nurjahan Begum

Remembering Nurjahan Begum

Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia, USA 2016-05-31 19:57:00

Born in East Bengal in 1925 during the British rule of India, Nurjahan Begum began her education in Calcutta in mid 40's when her father Mohammad Nasiruddin brought out weekly journal Sawgat to...

Taxing income from house property

Taxing income from house property

-- 2016-05-29 19:40:31

  Dispute regarding annual value and income from housing property has been a major point of dispute among the assessee and the tax officials over the years. The officials often arbitrarily esti...