Victory Day longings  

The nation today celebrates the 48th Victory Day that marks its triumphant emergence as a sovereign entity after a nine-month-long bloody war against the brutal Pakistani occupation forces. The war had exacted a huge cost, in terms of life and properties. Sufferings of millions who stayed at home and many...

Credit for women entrepreneurs  

Development of entrepreneurship among women is not easy. The process...

Project for the extreme poor  

The performance of a three-year project called Jibika initiated jointly...

Of public display of loan defaulters' lists

The news that the state-owned banks (SoBs) have not carried...

Savar tannery estate still limping  

Two major developments with regard to the Savar Tannery Industrial...

City's waste disposal  

Rivalry over LPG marketing  

Revamping state-owned sugar mills  

Caring for the physically challenged  

'Electoral economy' goes undetected

Netting the tax evaders

Physical activity for children and youth  

The merit of the Country Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth could not be overemphasised. Launched as late as 2014, the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance started promoting globally the idea of making children and youth active at least for 60 minutes a day. Although Bangladesh participates in this global initiative for the first time this year, some Western nations -- Canada being one of the front-runners -- had been planning for active lifestyle for healthy living...

English proficiency  

Bangladesh's miserable English proficiency ranking...

Funding road maintenance  

When the Road Maintenance Fund...

Expanding sphere of factory remediation  

Although belated, the move by...

ILO Convention on domestic workers’ rights  

How the plight of the...

Making mutual funds attractive to investors

The state of the country's...

The elusive safe water

A recent World Bank (WB)...

Activism against gender-based violence

Malaise of shrimp cultivation

Ills of skewed policy supports

Getting perspective of river dredging right

Making the most of leather tech expo  

Air accidents: Ratifying Montreal Convention  

Making the most of leather tech expo  

The arrangement of an international leather technology fair...

Air accidents: Ratifying Montreal Convention  

That the government frequently fails to take timely...

Search for energy  

No need for ship-breaking  

TCB - a glaring case of redundancy

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