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SDGs and structural challenges ahead

Rizwanul Islam | 2015-11-22 00:00:00

On 25th September, leaders of 193 countries of the world unanimously adopted the post-2015 international development agenda for the period 2015-2030. Termed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), they are meant to provide the framework for global development after the terminal year...

Economic integration in S Asia and trade corridors

Asjadul Kibria | 2015-11-22 00:00:00

Regional integration in South Asia has been one of the hot topics for debate and discussion in recent years. Lot of researches, studies and dialogues have been done to identify pros and cons of regional integration. Similar exercises are going...

Creative publication industry and emerging alternative media

Aynul Islam | 2015-11-22 00:00:00

The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, bears historical traces of trade activities even before the Mughal administration started to govern the city during the 17th century. A number of historians and travellers mentioned that there was a place over here which...

Revisiting the PARC prescriptions

Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2015-11-22 00:00:00

Background: A Public Administration Reform Commission (PARC) was constituted by the Awami League-led government back in January 1997 to recommend policies, programmes and activities for improving the level of efficiency, effectiveness, accountability and transparency in public organisations of Bangladesh. The...

Evolution of trade in Bengal

ABM Ahsanullah | 2015-11-22 00:00:00

The process of trading has been through an evolutionary process constantly. The way trade used to be carried out in ancient times and the class of people dominated it are altogether different from those of today. Trade is now fast...

Exchange rates of taka and the story of its roller coaster journey

Syed Ashraf Ali | 2015-11-22 00:00:00

The year 1971 saw wars of two different dimensions. One was our own war against Pakistan's military junta. The other was warfare of the abstract kind fought by the world's economic powers to defend the Bretton Woods' par value system....

High cost of politicisation of administration

Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled | 2015-11-22 00:00:00

It is usually observed in Bangladesh that the political governments prefer to recruit, promote and utilise cadre-service people to serve their political purposes though such employees are actually supposed to serve the interest of the Republic. This leads the politically...

Corporate culture that pays off

K.M. Ali | 2015-11-22 00:00:00

What makes an organisation truly a great workplace? The obvious answer is not readily available. But it may probably be said that an organisation that operates at its full potential by allowing its people to do their best works will...

Dream or doable?

Abdul Bayes | 2015-11-22 00:00:00

Poverty continues to be the perennial human problem in Bangladesh. It is thus no wonder that the issue of poverty overtakes everything in the documents of the government, the private sector and the donors. It is very unfortunate that even...

Policy, regulatory reforms to facilitate SME financing

Salehuddin Ahmed | 2015-11-22 00:00:00

The focus on the small and medium enterprise or SMEs, as they are called, is a departure from concentrating only on large businesses as the route to generate income and employment opportunities of a significant number of people in a...

Khaleda back home

FE Online Report | 2015-11-21 00:00:00

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport in Dhaka on from London on Saturday evening. The former prime minister returned home after two months and 7 days. A flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the BNP leader...

Technical standard set for setting up metro rails

Munima Sultana | 2015-11-21 00:00:00

The government has set a standard for setting up metro rails in the country as it has planned to introduce several mass transport services within next 20 years. With the technical support of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Dhaka...

Fund shortage in EEF for agri sector, excess for ICT

Rezaul Karim | 2015-11-21 00:00:00

An acute shortage of fund, particularly for the food processing and agro-based industry, has been impairing the operational effectiveness of Equity and Entrepreneurship Fund (EEF), officials said. Currently, an amount of Tk 19.19 billion is urgently needed for the food...

Gender-sensitive adaptation strategies for climate change effects

Nilufar Banu | 2015-11-21 00:00:00

Due to its geographic location, Bangladesh faces a great risk of climate change and experiences regular catastrophic natural disaster. About 70 per cent women of the women, who live in the rural areas, have to bear the burden of natural...

Time is now for e-commerce to grow

S. M. Zahadul Arafin | 2015-11-21 00:00:00

Is life changing technology or technology changing life? Whatever may be the answer, life is becoming heavily dependent on technology. The Information and communications technology (ICT) is probably the most powerful one among all other technologies at this point of...

When skill training is the \\\'milk\\\'

Abdul Bayes | 2015-11-21 00:00:00

Narayan C. Das, now pursuing Ph.D at the University of Berkeley and a committed young researcher, sent an article for our consumption. It's about a cow but not the ones we used to write in our school days as essays....

Glimpses of Kashmir

Asjadul Kibria | 2015-11-21 00:00:00

Natural beauty of Kashmir valley has been overshadowed by counter-insurgency, army presence and protests for long. Life in the valley is full of fear, tear and uncertainty. Despite all these odds, people in Indian Kashmir have been struggling for normalcy...

Suchitra Sen: queen of hearts for Bengali cine fans

Pizush Kanti Mallick | 2015-11-21 00:00:00

'Mahanayika' Suchitra Sen (1931-2014), a name of mystery, ethereal beauty, stylish icon of endless time and an actress par excellence, has been acknowledged as the queen of hearts for Bengali cine fans across generations. Her animated eyes, mysterious smile, hypnotising...

Unmistakeable footsteps of winter

Nilratan Halder | 2015-11-21 00:00:00

The mist in the morning is getting thicker day by day. In fact the haze started making its presence known from the mid-Kartik, the last month of the Hemanta season. In the capital the mist was missing then but at...

Gender-sensitive adaptation strategies for climate change effects

Nilufar Banu | 2015-11-20 00:00:00

Due to its geographic location, Bangladesh faces a great risk of climate change and experiences regular catastrophic natural disaster. About 70 per cent women of the women, who live in the rural areas, have to bear the burden of natural...

Time is now for e-commerce to grow

S. M. Zahadul Arafin | 2015-11-20 00:00:00

Is life changing technology or technology changing life? Whatever may be the answer, life is becoming heavily dependent on technology. The Information and communications technology (ICT) is probably the most powerful one among all other technologies at this point of...

When skill training is the \\\'milk\\\'

Abdul Bayes | 2015-11-20 00:00:00

Narayan C. Das, now pursuing Ph.D at the University of Berkeley and a committed young researcher, sent an article for our consumption. It's about a cow but not the ones we used to write in our school days as essays....

Glimpses of Kashmir

Asjadul Kibria | 2015-11-20 00:00:00

Natural beauty of Kashmir valley has been overshadowed by counter-insurgency, army presence and protests for long. Life in the valley is full of fear, tear and uncertainty. Despite all these odds, people in Indian Kashmir have been struggling for normalcy...

Suchitra Sen: queen of hearts for Bengali cine fans

Pizush Kanti Mallick | 2015-11-20 00:00:00

'Mahanayika' Suchitra Sen (1931-2014), a name of mystery, ethereal beauty, stylish icon of endless time and an actress par excellence, has been acknowledged as the queen of hearts for Bengali cine fans across generations. Her animated eyes, mysterious smile, hypnotising...

Four state-owned banks under BB\\\'s close watch

Siddique Islam | 2015-11-20 00:00:00

The central bank has brought the activities of four state-owned commercial banks (SoCBs) under its close monitoring to improve their financial health within a reasonable timeframe, officials said. "We're working to bring a sustainable improvement to the SoCBs shortly through...

Severe stone crisis hits Dhaka-Ctg 4-lane work

Munima Sultana | 2015-11-20 00:00:00

Severe crisis in supply of stones for the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane work is yet to be resolved although the last construction period for completing widening of the country's national corridor has already begun. Official sources said they have still a demand...

How peaceful people on this planet are

Nilratan Halder | 2015-11-20 00:00:00

Evidently, the world is not at peace with itself. Violence and conflict -military or otherwise - have their spill-over impacts beyond the boundary of a nation or nations. The refugee crisis facing Europe, the most peaceful region in the Global...

How peaceful people on this planet are

Nilratan Halder | 2015-11-19 00:00:00

Evidently, the world is not at peace with itself. Violence and conflict -military or otherwise - have their spill-over impacts beyond the boundary of a nation or nations. The refugee crisis facing Europe, the most peaceful region in the Global...

Stocks end higher despite hartal

FE Online Report | 2015-11-19 00:00:00

Stocks ended higher Thursday after remaining flat in the previous session as optimistic investors went on buying spree despite countrywide hartal enforced by the Jamaat-e-Islami. The market opened with a higher note and continued till end of the session. DSEX,...

DSE, CSE up at opening

FE Online Report | 2015-11-19 00:00:00

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hour of trading on Thursday, the last trading session of the week. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE, went up by 14.16 points or...