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Promoting ecotourism to secure tourist hotspots

The tourism sector holds enormous potential for gearing up the country's GDP growth. The government has already formulated a National Tourism Policy, the main objective of which is to attract investments from local and foreign entrepreneurs in the sector.  But...

Concerns about current account deficit

Current account (CA) is the most important component of the...

Challenges before IoT in Bangladesh  

The year 1990 brought a new dimension to the world...

Dealing firmly with coal scam

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered for reinvestigating the Barapukuria...

The promise of inclusive education

Ali Moussa and Mahmoud are sixth graders in Zanzibar. Both...

Disquieting message from HSC results  

When the education minister claimed that it did not matter...

Liberalising IP regime

"The copyright and patent laws we have today look more...

Earthquake round the corner!  

The world experiences millions of earthquakes each year. But not...

Changing faces of rural labour  

An array of activities is being carried out in the...

Finding the right kind of education  

The pass rate (66.64) of this year's Higher Secondary Certificate...

Diversified use of jute: Achieving new branding, global dominance  

One has to agree with Prime minister Sheikh Hasina that...

Bringing about economic emancipation  

Bangladesh was born through a war of liberation based on...

Need for paradigm shift in transport operation  

Of the total 4.6 million motor vehicles registered in the...

Role of regulation in an economy

One of the striking changes any rich-world traveller to low-income...

Reviving Dhaka through eastward expansion  

As one of the foremost urbanisation experts Jane Jacobs (1992)...

Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki leaves the world flabbergasted

President Trump made it more than evidently clear many times...

More emphasis on nutrition  

Statistics show Bangladesh has of late made remarkable improvement in...

About data on outflow of workers

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), since the beginning of...

Incentive package to attract investors

Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has, of late, come up...

Making the most of 'blue economy'  

Following the resolution of maritime boundary disputes with neighbours Myanmar...

Realising the potential of jute polymer  

If geneticist Maqsudul Alam's groundbreaking genome sequencing of jute has...

Curbing gambling on the bourse

One of the senior-most economists of the country and also...

Making MPO scheme more meaningful  

The Monthly Payment Order (MPO) for non-government educational institutions has...

Good politics, good economics  

The current performance of the Bangladesh economy is really remarkable....

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