Limited facilities fuel mental-health crisis
Bangladesh continues to face a severe shortage of mental-health professionals and treatment facilities, leaving the vast majority of people with mental-health conditions without adequate professional...
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Extortion wave tests BNP’s ‘zero tolerance’ pledge
Eight months after taking office in February, the ruling BNP government is struggling to rein in a wave of extortion, land grabbing and violent attacks...
Bangladesh decries Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia
Bangladesh has strongly condemned recent Houthi attacks on civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, including airports, as the kingdom reported three deaths in strikes on its...
‘Bangladesh can’t shoulder burden of 1.2m Rohingyas alone’
Bangladesh has provided shelter to nearly 1.2 million persecuted and displaced Rohingyas on humanitarian grounds. The country has stood by these people who fled their...
THE ROHINGYA OF ARAKAN / History, Homeland and the Search for a Just Political Settlement
The Rohingya question is often reduced to a simple dispute: are the Rohingya indigenous to Arakan, or are they recent migrants from Bengal? Such a...
Commerce of economic security
For decades, international commerce was guided largely by the logic of economic efficiency. Countries sought cheaper production, larger markets, foreign investment and technology transfer, while...
Strict measures must be enforced as common people face financial strain
PRICES of essential commodities are rising in the market, while the real income of common people remains stagnant. Most people are now at their wits’...