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A game-changer?

2022-03-01 00:00:00

National Insurance Day 2022

Insurance has a deep-rooted history in the sub-continent. It finds mention in the writings of Kautilya (Arthasastra ). Ancient Indian history has preserved the earliest...

Tech inclusion milestones

2022-03-01 00:00:00

National Insurance Day 2022

Bangladesh has just celebrated the golden jubilee of its independence. The present government has taken some enormous steps on the path to economic prosperity and...

Language as a basis for nation-building

2022-02-21 00:00:00

Martyrs’ Day & International Mother Language Day 2022

Mother languages may be compared to a mother's milk because of the joy and freedom associated with expressing in mother-tongue. Bangladesh is a land where...

A brief account of the Language Movement

2022-02-21 00:00:00

Martyrs’ Day & International Mother Language Day 2022

Language Movement began in 1947 and reached its climax in the killing of 21 February 1952, and ended in the adoption of Bangla as one...

Many laws, little avail

2022-02-21 00:00:00

Martyrs’ Day & International Mother Language Day 2022

On another return of the historic occasion of commemorating the sublime sacrifice for mother tongue, it's worthwhile to inretrospect on how far a mandate for...

Ekushey: the shootings . . . and after

2022-02-21 00:00:00

Martyrs’ Day & International Mother Language Day 2022

On February 21 in 1952, tragedy struck Dhaka, indeed the whole of East Bengal, when the police fired on the student demonstrators gathered in defence...

Pakistan still remorseless

2021-12-16 00:00:00

VICTORY DAY 2021, 50 years of Bangladesh

As the Bengali nation rounds off fifty years of the existence of a sovereign Bangladesh, it is time to travel back to 1971, the better...

The Mujib Bahini during Liberation War

2021-12-16 00:00:00

VICTORY DAY 2021, 50 years of Bangladesh

The Mujib Bahini, also known as Bangladesh Liberation Force (BLF), was constituted during the War of Liberation in 1971 alongside the regular Mukti Bahini commanded...

Towards a prosperous Bangladesh

2021-12-16 00:00:00

VICTORY DAY 2021, 50 years of Bangladesh

"What do I want? I want the people of Bengal be adequately fed. What do I want? I want that Bengal's youth get employed. What...

Brutal killing that ends life of the Father of the Nation

2021-08-15 12:00:00

The National Mourning Day 2021

Security of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's residence (32 Dhanmondi) at that time was provided by a hotchpotch of three diverse groups. First, within the house...

What can donor countries do to help Bangladesh?

2021-08-15 12:00:00

The National Mourning Day 2021

What can donor countries most usefully do to help the development of Bangladesh within the general limits imposed by their resources and their obligation to...

The calamitous month of August and the catastrophic fifteenth

2021-08-15 12:00:00

The National Mourning Day 2021

This Fifteenth of August marks the 46th anniversary of the brutal assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the Nation and many members...

Bangabandhu's rural and agro-based development outlook and the ethical finance strategy

2021-08-15 12:00:00

The National Mourning Day 2021

Bangabandhu's development approach and the outlook on ethical finance in independent Bangladesh was embodied in the founding of the First Five Year Plan (1973-1978) of...

Pandemic makes women more vulnerable

2021-03-08 00:00:00

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2021

No one expected such a devastating impact of COVID-19 on our lives and livelihoods. Neither could we take any preparation for the worst days. When...

Male domination key barrier to women entrepreneurship

2021-03-08 00:00:00

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2021

Traditional mindset towards women and lack of access to finance are among the major barriers to going into capital intensive businesses like readymade garment (RMG)...

'Women in greater number now in challenging jobs'

2021-03-08 00:00:00

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY 2021

The women are doing better as leaders in many challenging professions these days because of the change of attitude in bureaucracy and society as well,...