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Nobel Peace Prize: Spotlight on hunger and conflict

By awarding the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme, the world's largest humanitarian organisation, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has shed the much-needed spotlight on hunger and conflict. The Committee described the link between hunger and conflict as...

American belligerence: Invasion, induction and de-induction of troop

The destruction of the Twin-Tower in New York on September...

Gender gap: Pay gap still wide in Bangladesh, needs much improvement

Gender pay gap – the difference between the median earnings...

Energy efficiency insurance: A tool to boost climate financing in local market

It’s about a decade since green lending began in Bangladesh...

The post-pandemic brave new world

Over the past four decades almost all advanced economies have...

Goals that go all the way: An elite list of match-winners in modern football

Scoring in a top-flight game is deemed hard, continuing it...

Remittances and international reserves

Remittances are a large source of foreign exchange receipts of...

Building an EU-Africa partnership of equals

This was supposed to be the year Europe and Africa...

Evolving to meet team’s needs: The biggest strength of Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo, the man from Madeira, has established himself as...

Covid-19 hits the poor harder, but scaled-up testing can help

Across the world, poor neighbourhoods have experienced more Covid-19 infections...

Mission sustainable development

Sixty years ago next May, President John F. Kennedy put...

Unpaid care economy exacerbates during pandemic

A 50-year-old Hasna Begum passes her days through babysitting grandchildren....

Tour prospects for riversides and 'chars'

Many a city finds the banks of wide rivers beside...

How are children in Bangladesh coping with online classes?

It is seven months since educational institutions around the country...

Keto diet: A hype of social media or a real solution?

The sudden demise of 27-year-old Indian actress Mishti Mukherjee due...

The financial equivalent of a vaccine

Covid-19 is dramatically widening a global divide that was evident...

Safeguarding exporters and importers

There prevails a dilemma between exporters and importers. Exporters want...

Why Australia and England reluctant to host Bangladesh?

Akbar Ali, the latest sensation of Bangladesh cricket who led...

Poor economics: A radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty

In order to understand global poverty better and how people's...

An effective response to Europe's fiscal paralysis

I have written a lot in the past about the...

How the rich get richer

Wealth begets wealth. This simple concept of privilege has added...

Smartphone repair and accessories market in Bangladesh

As mobile phones have become part and parcel of our...

From Praktan to Belaseshe: The art of a lasting marriage

"Have we ever been in love or it is just...

Why student loans still don’t work in Bangladesh

Many meritorious students of Bangladesh miss out on opportunity to...

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