Neil Ray | 2017-07-10 00:00:00
The fracas over mistakes and omission of writers in school textbooks has exposed a deep malaise in the country's education system. Evidently, text books do not receive the attention they deserve. In the 50's and 60's of the past century,...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2017-07-10 00:00:00
The government has recently lowered the rate of duty on rice import against the backdrop of soaring prices of the main staple. The rate now stands at 10 per cent from the previous 25 per cent. The authorities have also...
Noore Alam Siddiqui | 2017-07-10 00:00:00
Self-exposure or publicity is innate in human nature. A person mostly tries to display his or her power, supremacy, distinctiveness, appearance, better achievement and positive attitude towards others. Various social media, with the help of information technology, have turned those...
Muhammad Abdul Mazid | 2017-07-10 00:00:00
Bangladesh needs to internalise the ambitious goals and targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with national planning process and allocate necessary funds accordingly in national budgets. Availing adequate funds will be a major challenge, and therefore, the country needs...
People's Daily of China | 2017-07-09 00:00:00
The consensus reached last year in Hangzhou, China will continue to lead global economy forward since this year's today meeting in Hamburg, Germany - 12th Group of Twenty (G20) Summit - will follow and translate those constructive proposals into actions,...
Shamsul Alam | 2017-07-09 00:00:00
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include 17 goals and 169 targets that set out quantitative and qualitative objectives and illustrate an inspiring vision for the world in the years until 2030. Unlike Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), that focused primarily on...
Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2017-07-09 00:00:00
Tiny but dangerous insects called mosquitoes can transmit deadly diseases like malaria, zika, dengue, chikungunya and various forms of diseases encephalitis. What philanthropist and entrepreneur Bill Gates said about mosquitoes deserves close attention. He said, "When it comes to killing...
Erik Berglöf in Mexico City | 2017-07-09 00:00:00
It is easy to sympathise with Mexico now that US President Donald Trump has turned that country into a political piñata. If Trump gets his way, Mexico's northern border will feature a "big, beautiful wall," and the North American Free...
Ismail Hossain | 2017-07-08 00:00:00
Private hospitals and diagnostic centres are charging patients exorbitant fees at whim allegedly for lax government monitoring and absence of clear laws and regulations. A patient coming to private diagnostic centre for pathological tests has to pay six to ten...
Munima Sultana | 2017-07-08 00:00:00
The Thai contractor of Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) has been given a six-month extension to submit its financial report as the company has made headway in managing two Chinese partners for investment in the public-private partnership project. Sources said the...
Syful Islam | 2017-07-08 00:00:00
The country's scheduled banks are likely to get permanent exemption from setting up subsidiary companies for providing 'security custodial services' as the central bank finds it unnecessary, officials said. General Manager of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) Abu Farah Md Naser...
Rezaul Karim | 2017-07-08 00:00:00
A proposal made by the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) for signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has reached an impasse, officials said. The ICIEC, an arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), has...
Babul Barman | 2017-07-08 00:00:00
Stocks extended the winning streak for the third week in a row that ended Thursday, the first week of the new fiscal year, as investors continued to show their buying appetite on large-cap stocks. Market insiders said several factors like...
Talha Bin Habib | 2017-07-08 00:00:00
Slow execution performance on a raft of agreements signed with China and Japan has prompted the government to reappraise the progress for a faster move, officials said. Under the initiative, commerce ministry will sit with all the government agencies concerned...
IPS World Desk in Rome | 2017-07-08 00:00:00
Record high temperatures are gripping much of the globe and more hot weather are to come. This implies more drought, more food insecurity, more famine and more massive human displacements. In fact, extremely high May and June temperatures have broken...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-07-08 00:00:00
Does a bird ever comes calling you? Most probably not. Dwijendranath Thakur, Rabindranath's eldest brother, an eyewitness once wrote, used to sit on a chair in the veranda of his house in Shantiniketan during the winter when a wild shalik...
Abdul Bayes | 2017-07-08 00:00:00
Rural people, be it in Bangladesh or elsewhere, try to transform their given resources in various ways to shape up their living pattern. Both income and expenditure issues become relevant as outcomes of their livelihood strategy. Households spend earned incomes...
Rushidan Islam Rahman | 2017-07-08 00:00:00
Remittances from overseas migrant wage earners have contributed to Bangladesh's economy in various ways. This has reduced unemployment and under-employment in the country. More important is their contribution to foreign exchange earnings that has been playing a crucial role in...
Siddique Islam | 2017-07-07 00:00:00
The central bank has started preparations to formulate its upcoming monetary policy, giving top priority to curb the rising trend of inflation and help the productive sectors achieve maximum economic growth. The priorities were suggested at an internal preparatory meeting...
Ismail Hossain | 2017-07-07 00:00:00
Only nine tanneries out of total 155 have got gas connections in the Savar Tannery Estate to date since its supply was snapped in Hazaribagh four months ago. Tanners and Titas Gas Company authorities are blaming each other for not...
Munima Sultana | 2017-07-07 00:00:00
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will review the government's 20-year city transport plan, recently approved after revision, to assess scope of its financing in the proposed mass rapid transit (MRT) lines. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) revised the Strategic...
Babul Barman | 2017-07-07 00:00:00
Net portfolio investment in stocks jumped over five-fold in the fiscal year (FY) 2016-17 compared to the previous year as overseas investors, anticipating positive market scenario, parked more funds in stocks. Analysts said positive macroeconomic indicators coupled with declining interest...
People's Daily of China | 2017-07-07 00:00:00
He is known as the helmsman of the world's second-largest economy and chief of the largest political party as well as an ardent champion of globalization and an enthusiastic football fan. Now, Chinese President Xi Jinping appears to be reaffirming...
Asjadul Kibria | 2017-07-07 00:00:00
The development journey of Asia and the Pacific region in the last 50 years is interesting on many counts. During this half century period, the whole region has teetered on the brink of an uncertain future through events of turmoil...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2017-07-07 00:00:00
The green passports that Bangladeshis carry while travelling to other countries are very much despised by the immigration officials at many international airports. The immigration officials at many Asian airports do not hide their dislike to the holders of these...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-07-07 00:00:00
A series of boiler explosions -the latest happening at an apparel factory, Multifabs Limited, in Gazipur on Tuesday last -this year has once again brought the industrial safety issue to the fore. If the recurrence of this industrial tragedy involving...
M. Serajul Islam | 2017-07-07 00:00:00
Two things that President Donald Trump had said on the campaign trail would have disqualified him in a democratic election anywhere. One was his comment taped on the Access Hollywood video and, the second was his comment about shooting in...
Munima Sultana | 2017-07-06 00:00:00
The Thai company assigned to construct the Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) is trying to hammer out a financial deal with the Chinese company contracted for the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane project. Sources said the Italian Thai Development Public Company Limited informed the...
Li Xuanmin | 2017-07-06 00:00:00
BEIJING, July 05: The number of Chinese tourists who visit Russia has surged in recent years, thanks to the popularity of "red tourism" among China's older generations and closer ties between the two nations, industry insiders said. "Russia is a...
George N. Tzogopoulos | 2017-07-06 00:00:00
Approximately 10 months after the successful Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in Hangzhou, it is the turn of a German city - Hamburg - to host this high-level meeting. Hamburg itself is an important place for the economic interests of...
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