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Vaccine: Keeping all options open  

The government, during the 'surprise' visit of the Indian foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla last week, offered to conduct the phase-three trial of the vaccine being developed by the giant next-door-neighbour. The offer was reportedly voluntary. However, it is not...

Right policies to help flourish housing industry  

There has been considerable fall in the sales of apartments...

Harnessing the power of digital ID

COVID-19 has tested the ability of governments to deliver financial...

Unemployment and reverse migration  

Income erosion and lack of livelihood options triggered by prolonged...

Ramifications of Covid-19 for sports

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused the most severe disruptions to...

Uncertainty over CETP handicaps tannery sector  

The government is reportedly going to allow construction of effluent...

Wooing male dropouts back to school

The higher dropout rate of primary school girls had for...

Tough-talking mayors of Dhaka

Some weeks back, the issue of colour-based zoning of Dhaka...

Checking the country's fast-shrinking arable land  

There is a need for working out an effective plan...

Democratising innovation

Innovation is the engine that drives contemporary economies. Living standards...

Arresting teenage gangsterism  

The drowning of two students in the Sitalakhya during a...

Expanding technical education infrastructure

Technical and vocational education and training or TVET is considered...

Developing a sound agri-mechanisation strategy

Reducing production cost in agriculture and increasing the yield are...

The enigmatic path of a pandemic  

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Chebreyesus has triggered a considerable amount...

When changes mean nothing

Mismanagement and irregularities are common in most government health facilities....

Safeguarding interest of rawhide merchants, tanners  

With poor prices raising huge outcry among the rawhide traders...

America's unholy crusade against China

Many white Christian evangelicals in the United States have long...

Rivers on way to recovery             

The people of this land take immense pride in the...

Empowering women economically

It is heartening that Bangladesh has achieved commendable successes in...

Are slum-dwellers immune to coronavirus?  

Belying the apprehension of virologists, epidemiologists and public health experts,...

Causes and costs of money laundering

Higher levels of corruption are often associated with large underground...

The divide between small and medium enterprises

With more than 50 per cent of the country's small...

Corona crisis: Impact on child education  

Readers might remember the unusual photograph printed in this newspaper...

Uncertain time for the poor

The country's poverty situation is becoming truly grim and it...

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