May 15, 2016

Syed Nasir Ershad Last week I had an opportunity to visit Panchagarh, the northernmost district of Bangladesh. It was an official trip. However, people encouraged me to take time to go see Bhitorgarh which is a historical site and a matter of pride for us. Its location is about 16 km northeast of Panchagarh town…

Ashik kabir The newly established Chinese communist regime in 1949, planned and executed economic development policies that led to an unprecedented annual average economic growth of 4 percent from 1953 to 1978. The growth was among the highest in the developing countries of the world at that time. When China began its post-Mao economic reform…