Banks should use domestic software to avert data maltreatment
SIX state-owned banks are asked to use locally made banking software when the banks of the neighboring country India are using 100% domestic Core Banking...
Editorial
Work From Home How Imperative In This Covid 2nd Wave?
Md. Harun-Or-Rashid :COVID-19 pandemic continues to sternly distress public health and cause unprecedented disturbances to financial systems and labor markets globally. As the pandemic evolves,...
Human Rights Must Not Be An Empty Voice
Mazhar Mannan :December 10 is celebrated as World Human Rights Day every year with a motto of establishing world peace. On this day in 1948,...
Rokeya Day Women Still Fight For Rights
Wares Ali Khan :Every year Rokeya Day is observed on 9 December marking her birth and death anniversary as a tribute to her majestic works...
Sculpture Where Is The End Of This Debate?
Dr Mohammad Didare Alam Muhsin :The country is now in a heated debate over sculpture, to be more precise, over the sculpture of Bangabandhu under...
Law minister is having a bank but why not?
BANGLADESH Bank on Monday issued final approval to Citizen Bank license initiated by Law Minister with a paid up capital of Tk 500 crore, reports...
As patriotism or public misery is no consideration, projects for corruption are easy
THE Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has proposed Tk 848.62 million funds for consultancy services to construct a 320-metre steel arch bridge over the Brahmaputra...
School Closure Impact On Children With Special Needs
Wares Ali Khan :Since the closure of the educational institutions declared in March this year, the authorities concerned have been managing online classes through telecasting...
Investing In Women How Govts Can Drive Inclusive Recovery
Hana Brixi & Lindsay Coates :Before COVID-19, many countries were making significant gains in human capital, improving health and education outcomes for girls and boys...
Rajuk Purbachal project now seems an opportunity of wasting money
RAJDHANI Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) took up the Purbachal New City project back in 1995, involving areas of Rupganj in Narayanganj and parts of Kaliganj in...
Secondary, higher secondary education limping due to teachers’ crisis
HUNDREDS of thousands of candidates have passed the Private Teacher Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) exams long ago. But these appointments are stuck in administrative...
Polarisation The Politics Of Empathy
The dictionary defines the word as “the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of...