The Bengali publishing industry has travelled a long way from its starting point in the 18th century. According to the order of Governor General Warren Hastings in 1778, Panchanan Karmakar, an employee of the East India Company, prepared the earliest known set of Bengali types for N. B. Halhed...
“If your project doesn’t work, look for the part that you didn’t think was important.” — Arthur BlochThe definition of a project can be said to be a set of activities to achieve a result, with some specific parameters such as start date, end date and resources. Effective project management...
India is facing a decline in the total number of employed persons in the economy. According to a Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) report, India’s total workforce - the sum of persons in employment - fell from 42 crore to 37.3 crore between 2011-12 and 2017-18. More women compared to men say it ...
There has been much exhilaration about India’s fast GDP growth in recent times. But against the backdrop of International Women’s Day 2019, the social and economic realities of Indian women demand critical analysis.According to the International Labour Organisation data published in September 20...
The service sector deals with the production of services instead of end products. A service is something that you have paid for but cannot pick up and bring home. Tourism as a part of the services sector is increasingly becoming prominent with the growing information input. As a result, touris...
The West Bengal Federation of United Nations Association (WEBFUNA) organised a candlelight vigil march to the UNICEF office, Kolkata on February 19, 2019. The procession started from WEBFUNA’s Kolkata office in Shakespeare Sarani. Their representatives submitted a memorandum addressed to the Secre...
The 2019 Indian Interim Budget raises the “Is the glass half empty or half full” question. Though the budget has been designed to pacify the majority of Indian voters, the government has neglected many important economic factors. One of them is capital formation.Capital formation or accumulation...
It was not an easy task for the people of Bangladesh to go against the Government of Pakistan, which had made Urdu the sole national language in East Pakistan. Those familiar with post-colonial politics in the Indian sub-continent know that the struggle to recognise Bengali as a national language cu...
Driven by the domestic availability of raw materials such as iron ore and cheap labour, the Indian steel industry has been witnessing dynamic growth in recent times. It is increasingly gaining its place in the global steel market.Import and ExportAccording to the report of International Trade Admini...
The phenomenal dancer and educationist, Alokananda Roy transformed the lives of many prison inmates. She shared her incredible experiences and thought with BE’s Ellora De. Q.What is ‘dance’ to Alokananda Roy?”A. I call it my lifeline. I breathe dance. It is also my source of freedom. I...