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Standardising financial reports

The title of a webinar, 'Financial Reporting Act 2015: Its Implications on the Business Houses' organised by the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday highlights the important role the act can and should play in bringing financial reports in order. With the constitution of a regulator, the Financial...

Diversity in growing fruit and veg

Both the electronic and print media nowadays focus on the country's increasing yields of exotic fruits and vegetables. Crop acreages also do not lag behind. It is a pleasant reality that Bangladesh can now take pride in the unique qualities of its soil. It has been amply proved that almost...

Bracing for second wave?

We have recently learnt about the government's readiness to face the possible second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic during the approaching winter. Admittedly, it is a commendable move on the government's part.Western public health experts first raised the possibility of a second wave of the pandemic. Naturally, they were planning...

Why aren't we innovative at home?

A global index shows a poor status of Bangladesh in innovation despite the country's tradition, which consists in our search for knowledge. When the Bangladesh economy is growing fast, it's surprising to see why the trend of innovation is declining.A Bangladeshi professor at an Australian university recently wrote that he...

Changing our patriarchalways

There is a mismatch between reports of women's empowerment and violence against women in Bangladesh. We have reasons to be encouraged by the presence of more women in different kinds of workplaces but, sadly, sthere is hardly any field where tthey can work smoothly. Let's admit that the women are...

Salary reduction after training!

After receiving Diploma in Primary Education (DPEd), which is popularly known as PTI training, 282,000 teachers across the country have found that their salaries have decreased, according to a media report. The alleged anomaly was created due to change in grades of teachers and experienced teachers, now with diploma become...

Screening imported materials

A BBC report says Sri Lanka is sending 21 containers of recycled waste back to the UK after they were found to contain hazardous material. Hospital waste, plastic and polythene were reportedly discovered in the majority of the 263 containers imported in 2017 by a private firm. The shipment was...