Victory Day: Rising to the call of duty
Victory is at its sweetest when won against overwhelming odds. The victory earned by the people of this land on this day 55 years ago against the brutal Pakistani forces and their local collaborators is one such le triomphe final (the final triumph). For nine months, the Bangalees suffered the...
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Unity among political parties is call of the hour
The brutal and heinous attack on Sharif Osman Hadi should have served as a moment of collective reckoning for Bangladesh's political class. Instead, it has laid bare a deeper malaise: a corrosive political culture in which reflexive blame, public posturing and partisan point-scoring take precedence over responsibility, restraint and democratic...
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Unearthing uncomfortable truths
Like the histories of every other post-colonial, modern nation state, Bangladesh, too, has its blood-stained story of liberation struggle. Its history has also certain features that are unique and unlike the stories of other national liberation struggles. These unique characteristics of our national history consist in the fact that Bangladeshis...
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Improving NPL management
Loan write-off policy can be a powerful instrument for the banking industry to bounce back from the pressure of rising non-performing loans, which have surged to approximately 36 per cent recently. The central bank has issued a revised circular amending the write-off framework, allowing loans classified as Bad/Loss, with very...
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AI-driven patent control
Artificial intelligence is transforming the modes of operation of intellectual property across the globe, and Bangladesh is already beginning to feel it as innovation is increasingly taking place in domains such as textiles, food processing, small-scale engineering and tech startups. An AI-based platform like Derwent Innovation can provide Bangladeshi firms...
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