Bangladesh's miserable English proficiency ranking may have caused many to raise an eyebrow but considered objectively there is nothing to be surprised. What may look somewhat disturbing is the fact of its sharpest decline in its score from last year's 50.96 to 48.72 in the English Proficiency Index. The decline...
Read moreGlobal credit rating agency Moody's put the banking system of Bangladesh on negative list. This comes in contrast to the country's robust economic health. The worsening asset quality has led the agency to rate the Bangladeshi banks negatively. It blamed the underlying weaknesses in corporate governance, particularly in the state-owned...
Read moreOne of the reasons why this country is earning esteem from the outside world is its buoyant economy. But the economy could have a firm footing only because of its success in agriculture output. Today farmers have proved their resourcefulness in more ways than their forefathers could think of --...
Read moreThe winter season over the years in Bangladesh sees a unique change. This is the time when migratory birds fly to Bangladesh from different regions across the world. Traditionally, birds arrive here from Siberian region and other parts of the world in an attempt to escape the severe weather conditions...
Read moreRecently, I was reading a quote by African-American civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King. According to him, "Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence, but also the internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him."This is just the...
Read moreThe nation on November 30 remembered Mayor Annisul Huq on his first death anniversary. The sudden death of the prolific personality had created a vacuum in the society last year due to a number of reasons.Huq was a celebrity when there was only one channel in Bangladesh around the late...
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