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Covid-19 vaccine: Hope and reality  

The world is eagerly waiting for an effective vaccine against novel coronavirus that has been wreaking havoc for the past three months. Though the peoples across world got disheartened, to some extent, by the World Health Organisation's latest observation that...

Covid-19 and trade after Brexit: Moving into uncharted waters

The UK's exit (Brexit)  from the European Union (EU) is...

Reforming tobacco tax to counter the misery of Covid-19

At this time of unprecedented human misery all over the...

Whether children are forgotten in pandemic chaos

Across developing Asian, Covid-19 is a gigantic nemesis that can...

An exceptional memoir with rich literary flavour

Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury Bir Bikram was one of the key...

Can BPC take market advantage to build a good oil reserve?

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has been trying to procure and...

The toll of coronavirus on our exports

During the lockdown, it has become a habit to check...

How to develop a Covid-19 vaccine for All

In the early weeks of 2020, it started to dawn...

Turning to fellow humans in crisis  

In contrast to Hamlet's paean for man in one of...

Of 'easing' shutdown order and Eid shopping

Apart from the many forebodings creeping into the sensible city...

Commitments of the West

Conventionally, the Western world has been highly regarded for upholding...

A global perspective on Covid-19 pandemic

The outbreak of Covid-19 that began in Wuhan in China...

Looking to a new era after clouds are gone

A time spent without any fruitful work is considered sheer...

Necessity of income-contingent higher education loan in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is growing rapidly - at one of the fastest...

Reducing social distancing effects on the Bangladesh economy

In the last couple of months, unparalleled to any past...

FINTECH - in the context of Bangladesh

By the end of 2020, at least 20 billion devices...

Anatomy of the coronavirus collapse

The world economy is on the precipice of its worst...

  The global economy in 2020: Grim outlook

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its World Economic Outlook...

US coronavirus outlook: The virus pervades urban and suburban areas

Since the beginning of February coronavirus has been spreading astonishingly...

In search of ventilators: Policy considerations

To fight the Covid-19 pandemic, we need several gears starting...

Hegemony shift in times of Covid-19

We have long speculated on the moment when the shift...

Ecological devastation and poverty: Lessons from Covid-19

There is no denying that Bangladesh has made significant progress...

Covid-19 stimulus packages: Protecting jobs

After the outbreak of the Covid-19, different countries, based on...

Nuclear options: Rescuing Wall Street and the economy

In my April 08 piece in the Financial Express "Wall...

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