Today, we are living in a complex world of business, where nothing is easy to achieve and one has to be well-equipped with knowledge and information of various kinds to become successful. In its constant efforts, ICE Business Times is trying to cover a variety of issues and subjects to offer a valuable magazine to the readers.
Accordingly, we have come up with analytical and informative articles on ongoing polarisation in complicated business relations between three Asian economic giants – China, India and Japan –, tax-related challenges and corruption charges companies face worldwide, 40 facts about much talked-about IPO of Alibaba, possible fallout of the decline or stagnation in remittance earning and investment meets on how to position Bangladesh on the global scene.
The cover story – Eying a Rebound – has reflected on the ‘wait and see’ mood among investors and clients of the real estate sector as a manifestation of stagnation in some other sectors as well. There is a standstill in the sales of flats although it is the dream of most of the citizens of the city to own a house. The story has tried to answer why the sector has come to the current state and how it could get rid of the situation.
This time, we have included a very interesting article on the fact that Bangladesh’s arts industry is booming. The article titled ‘Taking the Bangladeshi art market to its next step’ has detailed various aspects of the industry providing valuable insights for the art lovers and all stakeholders.
In the interview of the month, Vice President of the Asian Development Bank Bindu Lohani expressed optimism about Bangladesh’s target of attaining the middle income country status soon. He, however, signaled a cautionary note that the country might also fall into the middle income trap unless it is prepared with a knowledge economy. An essay on ‘Knowledge is Progress’ has highlighted the issue of human mining to exploit the people’s intellectual potentials for prosperity and betterment of the society.
Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman, in his regular column on ‘Creating Opportunities’ introduced the idea of collaborative consumption which is ‘something which offers opportunity to raise the level of efficiency and to provide all members of the society with goods and services within the reach of their purchasing power’. He described it as a new frontier for dreaming of a bright future, the next frontier of democratic development.
We believe we have many more issues and subjects to write on and we hope to do that in our future journey. We also welcome feedbacks including criticism from our readers to improve our performance and serve them better.
We wish all our readers, clients and patrons Eid Mubarak.
