UAE banking on AI, and getting good results
Shalini Verma :On October 19 this year, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of...
Editorial
Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ
Christmas (from Old English Christes maesse, “Christ’s mass”) is the festive celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, observed each year on December 25.Christians have...
Obaidul Quader`s praiseworthy move
AWAMI League General Secretary and Communication Minister Obaidul Quader is opposed to formation of party’s students wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) committees in schools. He...
Investment regulatory bodies need merger for operational efficiency
ECONOMISTS opted for merging the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) and the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) with each other as both are carrying...
Readers’ Forum
Living in hallucination! Man thinks that he/she is immortal, and will not die, or even if he/she dies, they will not be tried. In fact,...
Is North Korea a cover for rising cyber attacks?
Leonid Bershidsky :Nobody believes the denials and the accusations often serve domestic political purposes The US government has officially attributed to North Korea the WannaCry...
Risk of economic crisis low, but watch that debt
Kemal Dervis :In short, the world does not seem to face much risk of a debt crisis in the short term The world does not...
Britain’s incompetence is making Brexit very painful
Kenan Malik :London’s desperation to move on, Brussels knew, would lead it to capitulate on the terms of divorce If Santa is listening, here’s a...
Acute teacher shortage belies success in primary education
ACADEMIC activities at government primary schools across the country are being seriously disrupted due to shortage of teachers. Despite national promise and necessary budgetary allocation...
Increasing income inequality poses risk for social justice
INCOME inequality between the top richest and bottom poorest is phenomenally widening in the country since the independence. The top five percent of Bangladesh’s income...
The ills of political patronage and ethical void in our society have been going on
ONE of the country’s leading economist along with a number of young researchers have unveiled a report – identifying political patronage and lack of ethics...
Adequate safety for female migrant workers
FEMALE migrant workers from South Asian countries to the Middle East are often underpaid and overworked, besides facing physical violence and sexual abuse. A joint...