Coordinated move needed to face foreign trade challenges: President

President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Tuesday said coordinated initiatives should be taken to face the challenges of foreign trade. "Foreign trade is more challenging, competitive and knowledge-based than ever before," he said while delivering his speech as the chief guest at a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) on the occasion

Challenges of implementing Universal Pension Scheme

No sooner had Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Universal Pension Scheme than the bloggers and online critics began frantically criticizing such a maiden initiative. Their arguments and screaming are meant to make citizens believe that the money being paid to the Scheme would be plundered. Against the backdrop of

Saudi sun challenges hajj pilgrims

Mobile phones are overheating and the pavement feels like a frying pan but for Abdul al-Assad, intense desert heat is all part of the hajj pilgrimage in summertime Saudi Arabia. Even with temperatures hitting 46°C (115 degrees Fahrenheit), the 48-year-old Briton said the hardship only heightened his experience. "If it was easy,

Challenges of preventing Credit Backed Money Laundering

Money laundering (ML) has become a matter of great concern around the world having profound negative impacts on both economy and society. Different types of perils such as reputational risk, operational risk, legal risk and concentration risk may be emerged due to ML. The well-known American Mafia, Alphonse Gabriel Capone

All those first-year challenges . . .

In the region of social media, of internet news hawking, it is refreshing to go back to old-fashioned journalism. We mean, of course, journalism which comes in black and white. We mean, certainly, that moment of relaxation tempered by inquiry about the world when we can pick up a newspaper

Challenges of Bangladesh media in transition

Afsan Chowdhury Bangladesh media continues to live in semi-denial as it goes through transition and the so-called professional media faces increasing pressure from many forces particularly social media. This shift of focus from the professional to the individual/social space is historically significant. For the first time, the media has become a

Bangladesh at 50: Development and Challenges

When Bangladesh was emerging from the ashes of the brutal war of independence in 1971, Bangladesh was among the poorest nations in the world and on the edge of becoming a failed state. It was however, difficult to predict Bangladesh would turn-out to the most emerging nations today.Now, the whole