Exporting to face new realities
Against the backdrop of the fierce competition among nations to grab new export destinations, the nonchalance of Bangladesh traders and the authorities no longer appears surprising. This stance on their part has apparently become normal. While smaller and veritably nondescript nations are found engaged in desperate search for locating newer...
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Creating a congenial business climate
The government has apparently taken a serious view of the country's dismal performance in the latest World Bank's doing business report. Bangladesh became the worst performer in South Asia, while war-torn Afghanistan saw its ranking climb from the 183rd to the 167th in a year.Bangladesh advanced just one spot ahead,...
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Stopping extinction of wildlife
Fishermen catching a Gangetic dolphin in their net and discarding the creature on the riverbank could be viewed as a normal practice. But a section of village youths swooping on the mammal with sticks and, finally, beating it to death is not. To speak pithily, the act was brutal. It...
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A potential market for Bangladeshi migrants
This letter is in reference to the article titled 'Chinese labour market beckons BD workers' that was published in Financial Express on November 03, 2018.The article reads, "China has the potential to be a destination for Bangladesh to export labour, thanks to its rising wages, shrinking workforce and ever expanding...
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Adequate sleep is vital
Sleep is very important for the well-being of a man or woman. It is as important as proper nutrition and exercise. Without a good sleep pattern, men cannot function properly. Urban people tend to have little time for relaxation and due to excessive work pressure, they do not get adequate...
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