Khalilur RahmanMartin Bormann was a powerful civil bureaucrat who, as a private secretary to Adolf Hitler, Dictator of German Reich had wielded enormous authority on the administration during the whole period of Second World War. He could do it because...
"The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite...
Fahmida KhatunInflation has appeared to be a major strain on the economy of the country in the recent past. Though Bangladesh was enjoying lower inflation rates of below 6 per cent during the early years of the current decade inflation...
Atiur RahmanThe global economy only just coming out of the slowdown triggered by the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, is now facing fresh threat from the ongoing European debt crisis. While the 2008-2009 crisis was largely from irresponsible excesses in household...
Habibullah N Karim, Quamrul Mina and Gulam SamdaniThe concept of leapfrogging originated in the context of economic growth theories that promulgated sustainable development for developing countries by jettisoning inferior, less efficient, more expensive, more polluting technologies and industries while moving...
Dr. Hasanuzzaman ChoudhuryHuman beings are born free and come under statehood as a result of social contract. Political controllers and actors, politicians and representatives, deputies and legislative assembly members, power structure and its occupants, governing and non-governing elites, coercive apparatus...
For the Bangladesh economy, the year 2011 has been a mixed bag of good news and bad news. The good news comes from the phenomenal export success achieved over the fiscal year ending in June 2011. The bad news comes...
Zahid HussainInflation in Bangladesh increased from 6.7 per cent in FY09 to 8.8 per cent in FY11. The year-on-year rate soared to 11.8 per cent in November. A significant feature of the recent rise in inflation has been the steady...
Engr. S. A. MansoorLimitations of fossil fuel, and maximizing its utilization efficiently; has resulted in shortfall of electric power generation in Bangladesh. This is the identified reason, for the bottleneck of economic activities in the production sector that has throttled...
Syed Manzoorul IslamAs our 40th anniversary of independence draws to a close, we must ask ourselves this question: How much of our own affairs have we managed ourselves, and how much of these have been decided by outside actors? The...
Iqbal HabibThe development of Dhaka city as a post-independence capital has been different from its 350 years of development prior to its liberation. Capital-centric development of the administrative, business, education and health sectors has led to excessive migration to the...
Wahiduddin MahmudWhen Bangladesh emerged from its 1971 liberation war desperately poor, overpopulated, and ravaged by acute food shortages and famines, it was designated as a 'test case of development'. Four decades after, Bangladesh still remains a poor country, but it...
Ahsan H. MansurSoon after emerging from the devastating effects of the global economic recession, the world economy once again is entering into another unsettling and challenging environmentperiod due to the rapidly unfolding Euro debt crisis. As Bangladesh is getting integrated...
Nazmul Ahsan | 2011-12-21 00:00:00
Nazmul AhsanThe Ministry of Finance (MoF) has undertaken all-out efforts to increase the income of the government from non-tax revenue and non-NBR tax revenue sources to help reduce its borrowing from the banking system. The MoF last week asked all...
Akbar Ali KhanOn the occasion of two hundredth anniversary of French Revolution, the great Chinese revolutionary leader Chou en Lai was asked to assess the historical significance of the earth shattering events in 1789. He replied, "Too soon to tell"...
FE Report | 2011-12-21 00:00:00
FE Report Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Tuesday that the government's borrowing from the banking system is helping to boost power generation in the country. The Prime Minister was speaking at the inaugural session of a five-day-long SME Fair...
survive without the active support and involvement of its people and the society at large. After all it is all about people first and people last. Today there is a crisis of confidence between the civil society and the Establishment,...
Moazzem Hossain | 2011-12-21 00:00:00
Moazzem HossainThis is a joyful moment for this paper. It commemorates today (Wednesday) the 18th anniversary of its publication as a financial daily in Bangladesh. The economy of Bangladesh has witnessed many changes -- visible and invisible ones -- that...
Haradhan SarkerIt is undoubtedly a reality that a firm's financial performance is not sufficient for enhancing its effectiveness in today's highly competitive business world. As an ornament of sound corporate governance, the term 'CSR' (Corporate Social Responsibility) has, in the...
Export and import activities between Bangladesh and India through the Akhaura landport remained halted for the second consecutive day Tuesday due to strike by Indian businessmen. They enforced the strike from Monday, protesting a decision of customs department of their...
knowledge, scriptures and the same are passed on from one generation to the next by words of mouth and by demonstrations of individual andor collective acts of parents, teachers, mentors and peer groups, M. Fazlur Rahman anagement Guru Shiv Khera...
Detective Branch seized fake currencies of Tk 50 million (5 crore) and equipment from Shaheednagar at Lalbagh police station in the capital and arrested two people on Monday afternoon. The arrestees are Sagar Ahmed and Harun ur Rashid alias Mustafa...
Sadiq AhmedThe large magnitude of the terms of trade shock primarily owing to oil prices along with the acceleration of food prices, especially staple food grains of wheat and rice, have imposed a tremendous burden on South Asian countries, particularly...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2011-12-21 00:00:00
Shamsul Huq Zahid Before the bewildered (?) eyes of Customs officials at the Chittagong Port last Monday afternoon, two brand new luxury cars-a BMW and an Audi--- came out of a 40ft container that was supposed to carry 19.8 metric...
Tauhid AlamOn 31st October this year, world population reached seven billion. This is an important landmark in the history of mankind as this huge number of people vindicates both a success as well as an impending challenge for a sustainable...
FE Report | 2011-12-21 00:00:00
FE Report Economists and bankers suggested Tuesday for ensuring greater access to credit for all segments of the society, particularly for the poor, through financial inclusion. Their observations came at a SAARCFINANCE seminar titled 'Financial Inclusion: The Role of Central...
Golam RasulThe world economy is undergoing widespread changes and many countries are facing huge challenges in coping with these changes brought about by liberalisation and globalisation. One of the useful ways of meeting these challenges is to form mutually beneficial...
FE Report | 2011-12-21 00:00:00
FE ReportAsif Ibrahim has been re-elected President and Haider Ahmed Khan, FCA elected Senior Vice-President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) for the year 2012. The new Board of Directors took over charge at the 50th Annual General...
Hasan Shaheed A Rahim wondersWhoever thought that a day would come when middle-aged people, like this scribe, would be considered almost redundant in society not because they have graduated to become senior citizens, but for their inability to appreciate and...
One of Yemen's most influential political figures says President Ali Abdullah Saleh must leave the country, not just step down from power. Hamid al-Ahmar, of the Islamist Islah party, told the BBC of opposition plans to escalate anti-government protests, reports...
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