Shifting from manager to leader
Sara Canaday :Just because you have a management title doesn’t automatically mean you’re a great leader. But making that sometimes-subtle shift is essential for the...
Editorial
Power vacuum in Sri Lanka as political crisis deepens
THE ongoing political crisis in the South Asian island nation Sri Lanka has depended further as its Parliament yesterday passed a no-confidence motion against newly...
Time for fixing banking irregularities
THE Bangladesh Bank’s role as the custodian of the production and distribution of money and credit in the economy has been eroded by the finance...
Oil, wages and climate
Jared Bernstein :When I decided to leave my post as White House economist, President Obama was kind enough to take an exit photo with my...
Economy that influences politics most
Robert J. Samuelson :One lesson of the midterm elections is that economic growth is losing its power to unite the country and to reduce explosive...
Why there should be continuous repairing works on highways?
WITHIN a year of completion, overloaded lorries and high number of vehicles plying have created ruts on the expanded Dhaka-Chattogram highway. Twice as many vehicles...
Khashoggi murder jolts Saudi administration
THE sensational murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, has raised question about the political career of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,...
Readers’ Forum
Need technical and vocational training For a country like Bangladesh, human capital can be the main driving force for economic development and prosperity. According to...
Is television dying?
Richard Maxwell, Ph.D. and Toby Miller, Ph.D. :When TV began in earnest after World War II, it was part of a radical shift in how...
Readers’ Forum
Control vehicle horns I had recently visited Thailand after a gap of 33 years. When I last went there back in 1985 before this visit,...
Lessons for world leaders from war
Ted Widmer :On Nov. 11, 1918, a delegation of German representatives, not entirely sure that they represented their crumbling government, made their way through the...
Chinese market ‘too big to ignore’
Jorge Valero :Foreign companies have encountered problems related to the protection of intellectual property in China but most, if not all, want to continue doing...