Women issued should get priority
Academic experts, professional economists and rights activists said this at a pre-budget discussion organised by the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) on Thursday in the capital....
Editorial
Financing Education
Masum Billah :The concept of Public Private Partnership (PPP) lies in an approach used by government to deliver quality services to its population by using...
An Age of Existential Uncertainty
Charles M. Blow :I grew up during the Cold War, when, in elementary school, we still participated in bomb drills. A bell would ring or...
Sri Lanka Crisis Challenges Lie In Economic Recovery
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :Sri Lanka is passing through an acute economic crisis due to depletion in foreign reserves. There has been a decline in...
Local seed production drive is a must to ensure food security
The standing committee of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Agriculture, Agricultural Processing and Agro-based Industries has called for increasing...
Lessons to be learned from Lanka debacle
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has noted that maintaining macroeconomic stability, taking correct policies, having a prudent government, sound macroeconomic management, production diversification and domestic resources...
Local seed production drive is a must to ensure food security
The standing committee of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Agriculture, Agricultural Processing and Agro-based Industries has called for increasing...
Silence, Secrecy & Shame It Is Not A Domestic Affair
Odessa Hamilton :It is time that we change the narrative around domestic violence. Reframing domestic violence as a societal problem. It is imperative that we...
Deepening Stagflation Out Of The Frying Pan Into The Fire
Anis Chowdhury & Jomo Kwame Sundaram :The world is sailing into a perfect storm as key leaders seem intent on threatening more war, albeit while...
Readers’ Voice
Control Market Manipulation The abnormal surge in commodity prices ahead of Ramzan has made public life unbearable. The price of edible oil has climbed at...
Greenhouse gas emission is a severe concern of Bangladesh
It’s a most serious concern that the greenhouse gas emission in Bangladesh exhibited a 218 per cent rise in only 27 years, as has been...
Let’s Be At The Helm Of Road Safety With Helmets
Jean Todt & Hartwig Schafer :It is a sight very familiar on the roads of South Asia – an entire family perched precariously on a...