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Safety net programmes awaiting a major push in Budget '23

As the time for announcement of the national Budget is drawing near, one of the issues that should figure prominently is revisiting the government's social safety net (SSN) programmes and putting in place measures to make them more effective in...

Motorbikes' image brush-up

Even a few years ago, the number of people setting...

Identifying potential FTA partners

Taking into account the trends and practices of our competing...

Debt-traps Ukraine getting into

As was his wont, Donald Trump didn't mince words in...

Debt-traps Ukraine getting into

As was his wont, Donald Trump didn't mince words in...

Returning power of technology to people

As every new invention in science is both a blessing...

Perspectives of great festivals

Before the invention of agriculture in 8,500 BC, known as...

Enduring relevance of May Day

Though a large number of industrial units have paid the...

Ukraine war becoming clash of nuclear egos

With the Western powers hell-bent on seeing that Russia is...

Priority for playground or police station!

The status of Tentultala playground located in the city's Kalabagan...

Of Tetultola, of shrinking spaces

It took the courage of an environmental-cum-cultural activist mother and...

Commodity exchange: a new market platform 

We have been hearing about the introduction of commodity exchange...

Standing by Boro paddy growers

A large segment of the dejected Boro farmers has lately...

Sri Lankan lessons: as you sow, so you reap

Economic experiences of some of the South-East Asian countries like...

Central bank should act to arrest inflation

Persistent rise in inflation in Bangladesh has now been officially...

Keeping a comfortable reserve of foreign currency

With the low-income earners' back to the wall as the...

Self-financing by city corporations

In her presidential address at the Executive Committee of the...

Aid-for-Trade needs a fresh look

Since the launching of Aid for Trade programme way back...

Commuting by city water routes

The new look of the famed lake of Hatirjheel in...

Protecting the poor from food inflation 

After decades of relatively low inflation, food and non-food commodity...

Real purpose of Zakat

The importance of Zakat in Islam is well known to...

Exporting qualified manpower

A UNB report released on Tuesday, April 12 last says...

Making City Corporation effective

Generally, urban governance involves various actors and organistions. The relationship...

Rescuing small garment factories

In post-Covid time, the country's key export earner readymade garment...

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