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ASRAR CHOWDHURY

Asrar Chowdhury teaches economic theory and game theory in classrom. Outside he listens to music and BBC Radio; follows Test Cricket, and plays the flute. He can be reached at:

Skill

Developing Skills in University

14 November 2018
You arrive at Subarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. After passing immigration you search for the taxi stand. While waiting, you feel hungry. Three vendors are selling pizza.
14 November 2018
Psychology

Empathy looking at others through their eyes

28 March 2018
The word empathy entered the English dictionary in 1909 when the British psychologist Edward Titchener translated the German word einfühlung. He defined empathy as “feeling into”. Titchener was working with the German psychologist Wilhem Wundt at Leipzig University. Experimental psychology was emerging as a new branch that studied how people see their world and how they respond to it.
28 March 2018
How do people see it

TIME: How do people see it

17 January 2018
Time was first measured by observing the moon or the sun through calendars. In 1582 AD, Pope Gregory XIII modified the Julian Calendar of Julius Caesar. The objective of the Gregorian calendar was to mark
17 January 2018
Universal Basic Income

Universal Basic Income - More than just fighting robots

27 December 2017
Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are here to stay. They'll only become more and more efficient and intelligent. It's not unnatural to ask the question: will these robots make us all redundant one day? Only time can tell how the future unfolds. The question to ask now is: what to do?
27 December 2017
Floating Schools

Floating Schools: A beautiful innovation

22 November 2017
Bangladesh is located at the crossing of two mighty rivers: the Ganges and the Brahmaputra. This is one of the reasons why Bangladesh is the largest delta in the world. Being the largest delta has made the land one of the most fertile in
22 November 2017
Fatima Al-Fihri

Fatima Al-Fihri

1 November 2017
Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al-Fihri Al-Quaraouiyine (pronounced “karaween”) was born in the city of Al-Qayrawan in today's Tunisia. He migrated to Fez in today's Morocco. Fez was then under the Idrisid dynasty.
1 November 2017
Thaler and the Nobel in Economics

ECHOES / Thaler and the Nobel in Economics: A Vintage Selection

18 October 2017
The neoclassical school was based on rationality. When making decisions, people maximise things they like and minimise things they don't like.
18 October 2017
good grades

Good grades alone may not be good enough

21 June 2017
For centuries, since the first university, Al Quaraouiyine in Fez, Morocco (est: 859 AD), universities have been a centre of learning.
21 June 2017
How Young Bangladeshis can Embrace the Winds of Change

How Young Bangladeshis can Embrace the Winds of Change

In my undergrad, a text was mentioned. Bangladesh: The Test Case for Development by Just Faaland and Richard Parkinson, in 1976.
7 June 2017
Plagiarism

Plagiarism: Why and how to avoid it

At some point in your student life you'll need to hand in written work. This may be an assignment, a term paper, or a thesis.
17 May 2017
Gillette

Gillette: A Two-part Pricing Success

Have you ever wondered why the price of the ink (toner) of a printer is a large part of the price of the printer itself?
12 April 2017
Echoes

A History of Accurate Time Keeping

From where are you reading today's 'Echoes'? You must be laughing. You take out your smart device. Connect to the web.
22 March 2017
First Year Blues

First Year Blues

Undergraduate life happens during the time of youth-hood: 18 to 22/23 years, when a person is the most productive in learning and acquiring skills.
8 March 2017
Influence Marketing- The Gold Rush in Advertising

Influence Marketing: The Gold Rush in Advertising

Once a target audience is fixed, a brand needs a platform to advertise their products. As time has passed, platforms have changed. Brands also use people to endorse their products.
11 January 2017
APPRENTICESHIP

APPRENTICESHIP

The average is a number that represents many other numbers in a distribution. The average is not unique because different distributions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 2, 3, 4; and 1, 3, 5 can all have the same average.
26 October 2016
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CGPA: The Average of All Averages

The other day, Echoes told you 'The Average Story of the Average'. Today, Echoes talks about a special average, the
5 October 2016
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