Chattogram overtakes Dhaka in business index
The business climate in the port city of Chattogram, the commercial capital of Bangladesh, and four other divisions, have overtaken Dhaka because of its over-centralisation...
Editorial
One stop service at Ctg port may cut short lengthy clearance
Media reports have said entrepreneurs in Bangladesh need as many as 39 approvals of government agencies before their goods are released from Chattogram port thus...
Readers’ Forum
Plastic elimination: A demand for urgent actionThe plastic problem is one of the most up-rising problems of Bangladesh and should be solved immediately. Bangladesh is...
Addressing the online nuisance
Alaul Alam :It is no denial that social media platform benefits us in various ways but at the same time we are being negatively influenced....
Afghan women – An emerging wrong narrative
Daud Khan & Leila Yasmine KhanInter Press Service The USA and its allies have repeatedly stated that promoting women’s rights was one of the key...
WB forecasts Bangladesh’s modest economic recovery
Bangladesh, severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, will have a “modest economic recovery” with a 6.4 per cent growth for the fiscal year 2021-22, which...
Rohingya relocation to Bhasan Char should not blur repatriation efforts
The United Nations is finally set to get engaged in humanitarian activities for Rohingyas in Bhasan Char. The UNHCR and the Bangladesh government will sign...
Trafficking- The Worst Manifestation Of Social Chaos
Dr. Matiur Rahman :‘Human trafficking’ is a social disorder. Human trafficking is when a person is hidden, sheltered, or otherwise assisted for the purpose of...
Stop New Washington Putsch Jomo Kwame Sundaram Inter Press Service
As finance ministers and central bank governors gather next week for the IMF-World Bank annual meetings in the US capital, the first shots of a...
Gold smuggling won’t stop as it is good business for too many
Gold smuggling through air, sea and land routes has again become rampant in the country in recent days. Despite little recoveries by the law enforcement...
Wage Boards create crisis by not being serious and realistic
The minimum wage board for tea workers, a government-led tripartite body, has continued the 170-year-long tradition of depriving workers by recommending an unfair wage structure...
Women Trafficking
Alaul Alam :Every year an estimated 800,000 women and children are trafficked across international borders and 80 per cent of them face the brunt of...