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Developing a national data bank

At last a recipe has been found to plug the porous social safety net programmes meant only for the country's poor population. It is none other than a database on poor and by extension non-poor households. The approach smacks of tentativeness not only because house-holds will be categorised as poor...

Small farms and ASAE conference

A three-day conference of the Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE) kicks off at BRAC Center for Development Management (BCDM), Savar, on October 15 (Wednesday). The 8th international conference will be hosted jointly by the BRAC and the ASAE. The theme of the conference 'Viability of Small Farmers in Asia'...

Forging trade, investment ties with Japan

Visits of the Prime Ministers of Bangladesh and Japan to each other's country have enkindled hopes of furthering strong economic ties between Dhaka and Tokyo. Though political diplomacy occupies the centre-stage, economic diplomacy always remains on top. Japan is a very important country for Bangladesh. Tokyo's policies have demonstrated its...

From Paris Consortium to Padma Bridge

There was a time when 'Paris Consortium' mattered most in the economy of Bangladesh, particularly for implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP). The ADP was formulated mostly with foreign assistance. There was a particular time of the year when the donor group of Bangladesh known as 'Paris Consortium' used...

Contaminated rice

Md Mustafa's experience at Hawaii airport, published in the Financial Express on October 11, is an eye-opener for all of us. If rice which he possibly bought from a rice shop in Dhaka could be contaminated with chemicals, then how, when and where can we end this gross criminal activity...

Yaba: A deadly addiction

Yaba is a deadly addiction which has spread in our country and it is eating away vitality from our youth and edging them towards destruction. We must address this issue with all seriousness. We often read in newspapers that the law enforcing agency arresting the Yaba traffickers, but they are...