Md Shamsul Arefin | 2017-02-01 00:00:00
We only consider that the responsibility of a student is to learn lessons including getting to school/class on time, attending it regularly and submitting work on time, doing one's best on exams and assignments. Students, of course, assume the responsibility...
Zobdul Haque and Bazlul Haque Khondker | 2017-02-01 00:00:00
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the single most important indicator used to assess the health of an economy. Along with GDP, other macro-economic indicators such as Gross national income (GNI); Gross Domestic National Income (GDNI), Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF)...
Anatole Kaletsky in London | 2017-02-01 00:00:00
Economic pundits traditionally offer their (traditionally inaccurate) New Year predictions at the beginning of January. But global conditions this year are anything but traditional, so it seemed appropriate to wait until US President Donald Trump settled into the White House...
M. SYEDUZZAMAN in the second part of a transcript of an oral interview conducted by the authors of the World Bank's fiftieth anniversary history | 2017-01-31 00:00:00
SYEDUZZAMAN: The Pakistan government had also suspended payment of debt because their balance of payments position was also very precarious. And I remember that the Pakistan government had obtained the time from the donors for, I think, a period of...
M. Serajul Islam | 2017-01-31 00:00:00
I had an interesting conversation with two former national cricketers soon after Shakib al-Hasan had turned the Second Test against New Zealand in Christchurch dramatically removing three wickets quickly - with two in the same over. The wickets came when...
Neil Ray | 2017-01-31 00:00:00
Any reunion evokes emotions in association with a nostalgic journey down the memory lane. The reunion of the alumni of the English Department, the University of Dhaka, on Friday last was no different. There were the usual colours and festivities...
Abdul Bayes | 2017-01-31 00:00:00
As pulling one's ears is to pull one's head, so one can't bypass the context of agrarian structure while talking about rural transformation. The academics raised storm over a teacup on the question of agrarian structure in the 1970s and...
Rezaul Karim | 2017-01-30 00:00:00
The World Bank (WB) has identified three projects, funded by the global lender, as problematic and sought necessary steps to ensure their delivery and implementation before June 2017, officials said. "At present, several financial sector projects are on critical path,...
Siddique Islam | 2017-01-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) is going to install a SWIFT messaging system with new software from March 2017 to avert any unwanted incident in facilitating overseas payments. Governor Fazle Kabir disclosed the development in response to a question while announcing the...
Talha Bin Habib | 2017-01-30 00:00:00
The ministry of commerce (MoC) has asked the committee to submit its recommendations for the draft guidelines on corporate social responsibility (CSR) by Thursday, officials said. The committee was formed after the finance division of the ministry of finance, which...
Johan Aurik in London | 2017-01-30 00:00:00
Disruptive technologies are now dictating our future, as new innovations increasingly blur the lines between physical, digital, and biological realms. Robots are already in our operating rooms and fast-food restaurants; we can now use 3D imaging and stem-cell extraction to...
M. SYEDUZZAMAN in the first part of a transcript of an oral interview conducted by the authors of the World Bank's fiftieth anniversary history | 2017-01-30 00:00:00
It is not a formal oral history, and it is not a systematic overview of the work of the person interviewed. At times the authors discussed the planned publication itself and the sources that should be consulted; at other times...
Muhammad Shafiullah and Faridul Islam | 2017-01-30 00:00:00
The rising demand for vegetables led to a rise in price, which allowed farmers to get higher returns, compared to low-incentive rice. Rise in profitability contributed to the boom. The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) credited Bangladesh for...
Sharjil M. Haque | 2017-01-30 00:00:00
Hats off to Bangladesh Bank(BB) for maintaining macro stability even as economic growth edges higher. There's no doubt that monetary policy has come a long way. The era of easy money that stoked double-digit inflation, burnt up foreign reserves and...
Munima Sultana | 2017-01-29 00:00:00
Japan has started conducting a study on the Dhaka-Chittagong-Cox's Bazar corridor, aimed at formulating an integrated transport plan and policy guideline as part of an initiative to establish the Bay of Bengal Industrial Growth Belt (BIG-B). Officials said the data...
Siddique Islam | 2017-01-29 00:00:00
Maximizing economic growth through funneling funds particularly in productive sectors lies at the core of a new monetary policy the central bank is poised to announce today (Sunday). With this end in view, the second half-yearly (H2) monetary policy bears...
Talha Bin Habib | 2017-01-29 00:00:00
The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has sent a project proposal to the Planning Commission (PC), seeking its approval for the ministry's capacity building, officials said. The project (with three components) suggests upgrading of Bangladesh's trade portal, support coordination for trade...
Syed Mafiz Kamal | 2017-01-29 00:00:00
Almost everyone in Bangladesh has come across the saying "Mache Bhate Bangali", which roughly translates to fish and rice is what makes a Bengali. It is not just a figure of speech, there is much truth behind it. The saying...
Shamsul Alam | 2017-01-29 00:00:00
The visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh in 2015 provided a roadmap that, if followed diligently, could witness the common power grids of BBIN (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal) connected in the foreseeable future. The ultimate linking of...
Muhammad Shafiullah and Faridul Islam | 2017-01-29 00:00:00
With its developing economy, Bangladesh is heavily reliant on its agricultural sector. In the old days, the sector was major employer, income generator, and importantly the largest contributor to the GDP. However, since the late 1970s, its share has been...
Andrew Liveris in Midland, Michigan | 2017-01-29 00:00:00
"Science knows no country," said the great nineteenth-century chemist Louis Pasteur, "because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world." Today, the innovative technologies and ideas that are driving the Fourth Industrial Revolution belong to all...
Syful Islam | 2017-01-28 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has sought an allocation of Tk 1.0 billion to buy some 10,000 units of electronic cash register (ECR) to be given to retail and wholesale businesses in a bid to stop tax dodging, officials...
Talha Bin Habib | 2017-01-28 00:00:00
The government will build Khan Jahan Ali Airport under a public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement at an approximate cost of over Tk 5.45 billion, officials said. To this effect, the cabinet committee on public purchase is likely to give its consent...
Ismail Hossain | 2017-01-28 00:00:00
The Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) has taken a move to inject around Tk 8 billion in cash into the country's microcredit sector. It took the move to inject the money by cutting microfinance institutions' (MFIs) deposit funds from 15 per...
Mohammad Wazed Ali | 2017-01-28 00:00:00
A big buzz resounded through Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF-2017) Friday as visitors rushed in the country's biggest trade exposition on the last weekend before the curtain falls. A large number of people from all strata rushed to the fair...
Babul Barman | 2017-01-28 00:00:00
Stocks finished higher for the 13 consecutive weeks that ended on Thursday as investors continued their buying spree on large-cap stocks amid optimism. Analysts said having optimistic support of large-cap stocks, especially from banks, non-bank financial institutions and telecommunication sectors,...
Polin Kumar Saha | 2017-01-28 00:00:00
The achievements of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) can be judged from the experiences of MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) where a new channel of data revolution could facilitate the existing development process. The transition of monitoring from MDGs to SDGs is...
Hossan Md. Salim | 2017-01-28 00:00:00
Lighting is an essential part of the physical environment in modern poultry husbandry. Light plays a vital role in chickens' health, reproduction and production performance. The action of light is physiological. Light enters the bird's eye and then nerve impulses...
Chowdhury Fakrul Alam | 2017-01-28 00:00:00
Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." Although Bangladesh managed to achieve significant progress in primary education in terms of initial enrolment and through distribution of free textbooks, it...
Nilratan Halder | 2017-01-28 00:00:00
Fishing net is expected to enmesh fish. At times fishermen get surprised or even shocked by catches they generally do not expect. In rivers like Sitalakhya -now highly polluted in certain parts -depletion of fish has become a natural outcome....
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