Of welfare state
Thomas L. Knapp :In late January, the US military-industrial complex reported results for 2014’s fourth quarter and expectations for 2015. Good times! Northrop Grumman knocked...
Editorial
New power equation in Southeast Asia
Ibne Siraj :A new wave of heat is now sweeping Asia after the visit of US President Barack H Obama to India with traditional allies...
Corporate Governance Regulations for banks
Dr. Atiur RahmanGovernor, Bangladesh Bank :Attaining high quality of corporate governance is important for creating and maintaining investor confidence in corporate businesses and much more...
Regulation: Like it or not, here it is
Dr Jamal Khan :Regulation and development are not dichotomies. They are the two ends on the continuum. Regulation and development are mutually reinforcing and complementary...
Monetary policy lacks directives to remove BB’s supervisory over-sights
BANGLADESH Bank has announced the monetary policy for the first half (H I) of 2015 with the “cautiously restrained” monetary policy stance of the latter...
Corruption is everywhere, the OCAG can’t be exception
AN English daily reported on Friday that the Transparency International Bangladesh in its fact-finding report released on Thursday alleged that widespread irregularities, including exchange of...
Readers’ Forum
Respect Begum Rokeya Begum Rokeya dedicated her life for the cause of Muslim women’s education and their right to school. Her eldest brother and husband...
Transforming foreign aid to country ownership
Carolyn Miles :Throughout my life, and particularly in my work with Save the Children, I have seen examples of where aid has made a powerful...
Nothing fills me with more hope than the India’s youth
(From previous issue) Barack H Obama :And here in India, it’s the wives and the mothers who so often hold families and communities together. Indian...
Removing supervisory oversight on credit disbursement
Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh Bank :It is now customary for Bangladesh Bank to announce ex-ante the monetary stance it will pursue for containing and...
The 7 most qualified virtues
Our western friends often call us to uphold humanity, to fight for humanity and to die for humanity, without defining what humanity is. In this...
Garment workers forced to join rally!
AMID the ongoing political chaos, local English newspapers reported that production in many garment factories in and around the capital was halted as their workers...