With so many distressing news reports of mismanagement in the banking sector in Bangladesh people have a conception that banks are all full of deceits. And telling anything good about any bank is not something that someone is very happy to hear. Bank is not a subject of poetry, yet it has stories

A treasure is lost from our earthly world with Lata leaving us forever. She has left for her eternal rest in peace. Our mourning for this loss will never end; it will erupt whenever one would listen to her voice, a voice that has warmed the cockles of human hearts for generations. The voice that ha

When governments buy products and services, corruption occurs in all parts of the world. Bangladesh is no exception. Corruption has historically been rife in public procurements on our soil due to a lack of checks and balances. When public officials choose to forego fair and equitable policies and

Inflation kills the savers and awards the borrowers. At times, inflation is transitory, it does go away. But in today's world inflation stays for years if the government fails to control it. The tools are there to deal with inflation, but the government sometimes doesn't allow its central bank to u

Almost eight billion people living on this planet will face an existential crisis in a matter of decades if the global economy continues to be powered by coal, oil, and natural gas. Fossil-fuel-powered development would not only stall, but it will also cause the planet to face an apocalyptic disast

I asked a poor rickshaw-puller Keramat Mia, who earns an average of Taka 500 a day, why he had chosen to have a Facebook account. "After a daylong toil pulling my rickshaw," explains Keramat, "I go home, tired and hungry. I take my shower and dinner and waste no time going to bed with the smartphon

Fear is infectious. We love to spread and hear fear and rumors the way we love ghost stories because they thrill us. Ghosts instill into us a romance of fear and dread. A girl, hearing a ghost story, would race into her mother's arms for a hug and have all her fears assuaged. Wrapped inside a blank

When the death of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed was announced on Friday night, a deep note was struck in our lives which must have resounded in the minds of those who care about the future of our country, who cry for the poor and the hapless and who are eager to see smiles on sad faces. The death announceme