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Getting numbers right in company financials

Numbers in the financials of companies, listed or otherwise, are always important. No less important is the role of the auditors who prepare the financials. Their honesty and integrity do matter most, particularly in the case of companies seeking to go public or those which are already listed on the...

Diversifying microcredit programme

Bangladesh is acclaimed globally for its success in microcredit operations. The world is appreciative of the country for its microcredit success as the poor have benefited through their access to credit from non-banking financial institutions.Microcredit has, in fact, revolutionised the country's socio-economic sector. It has empowered the impoverished people to...

Wild climate --- genie out of bottle

Polar ice sheets continue to break down, showing large pools of sea-water scattered in isolation. Large ships now move between places in these areas. After hundred years of melt reducing the size of the monumental Himalayan glaciers, it's now the turn of the Swiss ice chunks. The pace of melt...

Cattle market for DSCC

There is no cattle haat (market) anywhere in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), which has a population of more than 8.0 million. Meat traders have to go to Gabtoli haat to buy cow, buffalo, goat and lamb. Cattle traders who come from southern districts have to go there to sell...

Passport verification process

Police verification is mandatory for securing a new passport and the logic behind this is that the authorities need to check authenticity of the applicant and his/her whereabouts. This process actually involves cost, though unofficial. In today's context, there is no justification of such verification which consumes time. When both...

One of 100 women

Jasmine Akter, a Rohingya girl who became one of 100 influential women in the BBC's ranking, deserves appreciation. She has excelled in playing cricket in the United Kingdom (UK). When she was living in Cox's Bazar, then eight-year-old Jasmine got the opportunity to go the UK under a collaborative programme...

Mushroom culture

Mushroom is a nutritious and vegetable food item, which has therapeutic characteristics. Mushroom is increasingly becoming popular, especially among the young people, who go to restaurants for dining. Its cultivation started in Bangladesh in the late 1970s with Japanese support. The government's Department of Agriculture Extension carried out some trials...