GDP growth may slow down to 5.7pc
UNB, Dhaka : The World Bank (WB) forecast on Bangladesh’s economic growth made in October last year remained unchanged as it says the GDP growth...
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A sharp contradiction When I compare January of 1972 with January of 2014, the difference is so vast that I feel deep anguish. At that...
John Kerry’s bicycle diplomacy in the Middle East
Doyle McManusPeace negotiations, a wise U.S. diplomat once said, are like riding a bicycle: No matter how slow you’re moving, it’s best to keep going...
Interpretation of our sacred Constitution
A. Mannan The road map of our democracy, must encompass our demography be interwoven with its characteristics and diversities and enshrined with the spirit of...
How the poor get washed away
Tim Hanstad and Roy ProstermanWHEN Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines in November, killing more than 6,000 people and leaving more than four million homeless, one...
Sudden rise in import of food grains
A NEWS report in a local daily on Sunday said that the imports of rice has phenomenally increased over the last six months compared to...
Reviving the tea industry
THE tea industry must have a new lease of life to expand both in acreage and also in per acre output to increase the total...
Obituary
Business DeskNur Mohammad Akon, formar alternate director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited passed away on Wednesday at a city hospital due to brain sroke (Innalillahi—-Raziun)....