Wasi Ahmed | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
The linking of aid with trade, believed to be a shift from undefined development assistance to well-defined productive capacities, is a recent phenomenon. The Aid for Trade (AFT) programme was launched at the 2005 World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial meeting...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Since the march of civilisations began, youth has been regarded as the prime time in one's life. It is the age of setting sails, i.e. throwing oneself into the uncharted territory with the resolve to overcome all hurdles. This is...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Despite ban imposed on cutting of trees nearly quarter of a century ago, systematic destruction of forest resources continues unabated across the country. Every year government launches afforestation programme amid fanfare which aims at boosting tree population and creating mass...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
The issue of imminent grave fallout of climate change on Bangladesh is nothing new. Seasons are changing. Hundreds of seminars and studies have already identified the country as the most vulnerable one in the world facing adverse effects of climate...
S M Jahangir | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
I was listening to a lecture in my master's degree class on 'Development Economics' at Rajshahi University in early nineties. One of my favourite teachers, Professor Dilip Kumar Nath, was delivering his lecture on famous 'Big Push Model'. He cited...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh has gone through a revolution in farming since the mid-sixties. This was the first 'green revolution'. Nowadays, there have been musings over a second green revolution, attuned to the environmental concerns. But it has also but its inbuilt harms. ...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Consuming safe food is one of the fundamental rights for the citizens of Bangladesh. But the right is being denied widely by unscrupulous traders as they are still selling foodstuffs laced with toxins for their petty financial interests. The heinous...
Harun-ur-Rashid | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
The necessity of money in man's life needs no narration in so many words. It plays a pivotal role in the very existence of everyone on earth. That money is deemed by many as 'the second god' is also a...
Minhazul Anwar Mridul | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Mayhem involving admission test has long been a regular phenomenon, after the publication of results of HSC and equivalent examinations every year. Admission-seekers and their guardians get in a mad rush for the golden deer - a seat in a...
Rafiqul Islam | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
A good communication network in a country is a sine qua non for its economic development as well as ensuring a desirable living standard for its citizens. Since the country's independence, successive governments tried their best to develop roads and...
Khairul Islam | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Although very limited access created so far, people in Bangladesh are enjoying unlimited benefits of 3G (third generation) mobile technology. One step forward now in this ICT field, LTE (long-term evolution) 4G, a standard for wireless communications to facilitate handsets...
The third international conference on 'responsible business conduct in poverty alleviation & financial inclusion through green banking & CSR' will begin on Saturday at 9:30 am at the Bangladesh Bank Training Academy in Mirpur. Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Atiur Rahman...
Munima Sultana | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Around 40 projects are likely to be ready to run under public-private partnership (PPP) in next three to four years, in a belated takeoff. The PPP projects waiting to get the go-ahead, which were only a few in number two...
Arafat Ara | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Overseas employment is a most vital sector for the economy of Bangladesh as it is the second-highest foreign-currency earner. It contributes a lot to mitigating growing unemployment problem. Since 1976, nearly 9.0 million people have migrated to different countries with...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Few Bangladeshis are aware much of the Chinese New Year (CNY), especially its link with Bangladeshi trades. The CNY is a lunar year the next celebration of which takes place on February 19 next. Only Bangladesh's businesses involving export, import...
Saleh Akram | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Movements and deliberations around the world on environment have brought to the fore the environment friendly models one after another. Of these models, green economy model was at the centre of discussions until Professor Gunter Pauli presented in 1994 the...
Monira Munni | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Apparel manufacturers have set a target of fetching $50 billion worth of export earnings by 2021--Bangladesh's golden jubilee year. Although the dream seems to be an 'ambitious' one, sector players believe they are capable of getting to the goal. But...
Toufiq Ali | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
Are Least Developed Countries (LDCs) destined to remain "marginalized"? This is a common thought that runs through the mind of any person living in these countries. In 2013, the LDCs had a total population of 898.3 million, which is about...
PANCHAGARH, Nov 26 (UNB): Orange cultivation has turned out to be a highly profitable venture in Panchagarh district, with record production of the fruit over the last several years. The fruit is now being cultivated commercially here after the bordering...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Nov 26: At least 25 persons were injured, 8 of them critically, including a woman, in a clash between two groups at Pukuria village under Gopalganj Sadar Upazila of the district Tuesday. The critically injured Ayub Ali Mollah (50),...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-27 00:00:00
KHULNA, Nov 26: People from all walks of life here observed 'Stop Khulna' for half an hour today (Wednesday) from 11.00 am to press home their demands for adequate fund allocation in the next national budget 2012-13 for implementation of...
NARAIL, Nov 26 (UNB): A farmer was stabbed to death by some unidentified criminals at Purulia village in Kalia upazila of the district early Wednesday. The deceased was indentified as Makbul Hossain, 60, a resident of Purulia village of the...
PABNA, Nov 26 (UNB): Four warehouses burnt down in a jute mill at Odhirnagar in Bera upazila on Tuesday as a fire erupted from an oil tank blast at the factory. Fire service officials said the fire broke out as...
RAJBARI, Nov 26 (UNB): A man was killed and 10 people were injured as a truck hit a human hauler on the Dhaka-Khulna highway at Sreedam Datta Para in Goalanda upazila on Tuesday evening. The deceased was identified as Abdul...
BARISAL, Nov 26 (BSS): An old man drowned when a trawler capsized in the river Meghna at Hijla upazila of the district last night. The victim was Yusuf, 75, son of Labu Miah of Chargomra area under Aminpur Police Station...
6 Bangladeshis return thru' check post Six Bangladeshis, who were arrested by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) while they were trying to enter Indian territory through Petrapole border illegally, returned home through Benapole check post on Tuesday night. BSF members...
With all the eight nations signing a last-minute deal to create a regional electricity grid and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif shaking hands after the first-day tension, the 18th Saarc Summit concluded here on...
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