Shrinking farm land

All is not well in the agricultural sector. In sync with continuous decline in its contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP), per capita farm land holding has been shrinking for the last few decades. The rate of reduction in per-capita farm holding has got pace in recent years. The...

Docs' reluctance to stay in rural area  

News says that the government plans to appoint a fresh...

Giving children what they deserve    

The argument put forward by the ambassador and permanent representative...

Unregulated LPG pricing

It is difficult to appreciate the government's attitude towards consumers...

Poverty database

One of the major deficiencies of the government's social safety...

Teething anti-narcotic law

Book Building Method needs to be improved

Myanmar crosses the line

Menace of errant Motorcycles  

Is a housing boom in sight?  

Country's maiden gold policy

Village super market  

The news about the country's first ever village super market in Khulna makes a lot of sense. A long-felt need, this facility is meant to benefit agri-business in general and farmers and rural producers in particular. Absence of marketing avenues in rural, particularly in far-flung rural areas, has been a perennial problem for growth of productivity in those areas. Even, locations with high potential of primary and manufactured products have suffered because of unfair price, causing serious disincentive to producers...

Satellite towns  

The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakhha's (Rajuk's)...

Export potential of recycled poly-chips

Amid the fast increase in...

Coordinating food safety actions

Poor enforcement in most cases...

The World Rivers Day

Observed on the last Saturday...

Improving railway service  

After successive governments' morbid unease...

Helping returnee migrant workers  

The reported 'inability' of the...

Plight of bridges in rural area  

Still no respite for commuters in capital  

Overcoming crony capitalism

Ensuring food safety.

Nation's poor health indicators  

Downward trend in budget execution

Nation's poor health indicators  

The third ICDDR, B-initiated policy dialogue on 'Urban...

Downward trend in budget execution

The government's penchant for making the national budget...

Export of halal food: The compliance factor  

Casualty of environmental pollution

Expanding Ctg port capacity

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