Getting back siphoned money
Reports have it that the government is contemplating a mechanism to bring back the huge amount of money siphoned off the country through various conduits, including false trade declarations. An inter-agency task force, which was restructured recently for gearing up the effort, sat for its first meeting early this week...
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The forgotten issue of egalitarianism
The very independence of Bangladesh was underpinned by the pledge of establishing an egalitarian society. But after 47 years of independence it seems that dream has become more distant. Over the years society has become more unequal; a tiny class of people own most of the wealth and the rest...
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Making RMG female workforce tech-savvy
The ratio of female workers' participation in the ready-made garments (RMG) sector, so long known as a women-driven one, has seen a decline in the recent years. In 2005-2012, their employment growth was 4.01 per cent which came down to 3.3 per cent in 2012-2016 period, a survey report says....
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Addiction to video games
RATHER than playing outdoor games, video game has turned out to be one of the most addictive games nowadays. Noted US clinical psychologist Dr. Nicholas Kardaras has termed addiction to these video games 'Digital drugs'. Even the World Health Organisation has recently decided to term video game addiction a 'gaming...
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Reputation management of online business
OUR buying habits have changed of late and we want everything to be presented instantly. We no more want to go to market and instead, just place orders online for everything we require. Online is the biggest marketplace now and hundreds of thousands of products and services are transacted online....
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