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Investing in future talent

We’ve all read plenty of stories predicting the future of the oil industry, with endless questions like: What will the oil price be in six months? Will we receive a tax cut as an industry in the imminent budget announcement? When Will OPEC reduce production to reduce the surplus supply of oil and gas? oil_drops_MSo it may seem strange timing to talk about recruitment and investing in the future with universal cuts – but this is key to securing the industry for generations to come. The most frustrating factor of these unanswered questi...

Regulating, supervising Islamic banks

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a licence in 1983 under the Banking Companies Act 1991 for the establishment of the country’s first Islamic bank. The government of Bangladesh had participated in establishment of it by holding five per cent stake of its paid-up capital. Though there is no complete Islamic Banking Act in Bangladesh, some Islamic banking provisions have already been incorporated in the amended Banking Companies Act, 1991 (Act No. 14 of 1991). islamic bondThe BB did not set up any separate department to control, guide and supervise...

Bangladesh on the Brink

Bangladesh is on the edge of political chaos, and the intransigence of both the ruling Awami League and the opposition Bangladesh National Party is to blame. Unless both parties take immediate steps to pull back from entrenched positions, restrain the violent elements of their activist bases and embark on a genuine dialogue to restore legitimacy to Bangladesh’s troubled democracy, the wave of violence engulfing the country risks spinning out of control. hartalThe latest crisis began just before the Jan. 5 anniversary of last year’s elections — th...

Re-thinking development aid in the digital age

New developments in technology in the developing world require re-thinking what development aid means. Information security can be the means for protecting a developing country's critical infrastructure, nascent digital economy and preserving on-line digital rights. Traditional aid to developing countries has focused on fighting poverty, building infrastructure, protecting the environment, and strengthening democratic institutions including human rights.   This formula has served development organisations well in the past, but going forward it may not be adequate to support the rapidly changing technological needs of developing countries.

Time to care about soil management in 2015

The quantity and quality of the food we eat depend on healthy soils, but soil management has so far failed to become a top priority in the global development agenda — a trend the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization hopes to change in 2015, declared the International Year of Soils. soilLack of interest in the issue by donors and implementers alike has long worried soil advocates. The Montpellier Panel, a group of African and European experts focused on agricultural development and food security in sub-Saharan Africa, noted in a December 2014 report...

‘Bring the stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh home’

The government of Nawaz Sharif is again under pressure to bring home the stranded Pakistanis living in miserable conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh. The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday asked the government to submit a reply by February 18 regarding the repatriation of 300,000 Pakistanis stranded in some 70 camps in Bangladesh. BihariFor 43 years, two or three generations of these unfortunate individuals (often callously referred to as Biharis) have been living a life of misery, malnutrition and in appalling unhygienic conditions. They ...
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