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Mending fences with World Bank

Bangladesh's decision to finance a massive 6.2 kilometre bridge over the Padma River, the local name for the Ganges, from internal resources was indeed a watershed in the country's history. The under-construction bridge is set to connect the capital with...

Adoring World Bank keen on Bangladesh

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim's choice of Bangladesh...

Energy security: The potential of cross-border electricity trading

Electricity plays a crucial role as an input for socio-economic...

Facing climate change challenges

Bangladeshis now feel the pinch of climate change although they...

Emerging markets face uneven outlook

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warning a low-growth future for...

The extraordinary moral voice of US First Lady

The US presidential election 2016 has been fought thus far...

Thailand\'s new uncertainty: Who will be the next monarch?

Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's death was long anticipated, but it...

Refugee crisis in a selfish world: More pain, no gain

The proverb-'no pain, no gain'-has been turned  upside down. The...

Great powers today: Shadows of the past

  Why has the United States, in what is called the...

China-Bangla economic cooperation: Current trends and future prospects

In the course of decolonisation that started at the end...

Rivalry playground - the big picture

  If only international relations (IR) were predictable. It used to...

Humanitarian act by youth spares society\'s blushes

He is lean and thin, weighing just 44 kilograms. For...

Prospect of retail banking

Retail banking in other word consumer banking is a most...

Kofi Annan should visit Rohingya refugees camps

Acting at the right time is good diplomacy. It is...

US elections: Mike Pence wins debate for himself

Some media organisations declared Mike Pence the winner of the...

Growing together with an all-weather friend

China, one of the world's most ancient civilisations, has a...

Valuing teachers, improving their status

Today, October 05, is World Teachers' Day. UNESCO declared World...

In the age of digital democracy

The photograph of Felani Khatun hanging from the barbed-wire fence...

Migrants, war drums and peace

It was interesting that the United Nations decided to have...

US election: Donald Trump under media microscope

The momentum in the US presidential election has once again...

Hatirjheel should remain a leisure spot

Civil servants have some constraints within which they have to...

From the CIA to the GFE

The United States needs to shift its spending from war...

Juggling between two forces - \'wall\' versus \'web\' instincts

Three-times Pulitzer-winner Thomas L. Friedman (of The World is Flat,...

Cooperation on NTMs in South Asia

Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) are rising across the world. It is...

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