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Bangladesh : Science and Technology

The need for faster technological development is increasingly felt in Bangladesh. Development plans of Bangladesh have emphasized science and technological research to develop technologies through adoption of imported technology as well as development of indigenous technologies. As the country is heavily dependent on imported technologies, proper planning is required for its effective transfer through acquisition, [...]

Education in Bangladesh

Education arena in Bangladesh is not so developed. Literacy rate is low and there is a significant disparity between female and male literacy rates. However, with on going awareness of both the government and NGO’s, literacy rate has been going up. Bangladesh gets International Literacy Prize 1998 from UNESCO for its ongoing literacy rate. It [...]

Shopping in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is indeed a shoppers’ paradise with a rich tradition in handicrafts at throw away prices. While muslin of ancient Dhaka has gone into history, other products such as contemporary paintings, wood works, shital pati (mattress having cooling effect), bamboo decoration pieces, cane and conch shell products, gold and silver ornament, cotton, silk, gold, silver, [...]

Travels in Bangladesh

Prior to the time of Bangladeshs’ liberation in 1971, most tourists kept their visits to, Dhaka and Agrabad, however with limited satisfactory accomodation in the rest of Bangladesh at that time, saw neighbouring Kolkata in West Bengal, who were well ahead with their facilities, soar in popularity. It took until the middle of the nineteen [...]

Trade Openness and Integration

Bangladesh launched deep and wide-ranging trade reforms in the early 1990s which included substantial reduction and rationalization of tariffs, removal of quantitative restrictions, move from multiple to a unified exchange rate, and from fixed to a flexible exchange rate system (floating since May 2003), current account convertibility, and an overall outward orientation of the trade [...]

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