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Improving rankings of universities

Of the 28,000 or so universities in the world, the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2022, in its 18th edition, released on June 8 last, has come up with 1,300 top such institutions. There are certainly those that are...

Relocation of chemical plants and warehouses brooks no delay

Is it another catastrophic blaze we are waiting for, albeit...

City liveability mire: Any way out?

Being able to climb a liveability listing just one notch...

Dhaka: Facts about liveability ranking

Despite Dhaka moving one notch up, the Economist Intelligence Unit...

An experiment in paperless budget!

It is a little bit surprising that only four documents...

Challenges of fixing a corporate tax floor

World's richest nations have finally succeeded in reaching a consensus...

Urgent need for in-person tutoring for village students

A webinar organised by the Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE)...

New reality absent in budget

The annual budget for 2021-22 has been placed by the...

Data, not conjectures, key to development planning

Soon after the announcement of the national budget by the...

Exorcising nations of dark past

Treating a class of people with ethnic bias by another...

Budgetary goals and vaccination 

The economic growth of any country is now inextricably intertwined...

Apt policy to address growth-inequality trade-off

Finance, globalisation, technology and urbanisation - key drivers of economic...

Climate change stares us in the face

Even by the turn of the century, the subject of...

Celebrating the golden jubilee budget

The nation this year is celebrating the golden jubilee of...

Women in agricultural work

As evident from official statistics, the participation of women in...

Solar power - more than off-grid energy  

Until recently, solar power has mainly been an off-grid power...

Changes in nature of postal service

The Prime Minister's inauguration of the 14-storey new Postal Building...

The landmark credit swap

Something incredible is happening. Bangladesh has decided to lend $200...

Middle-class in need of government support

Taxing the rich to 'serve' the poor is akin to...

Dealing with black and white fungi

While the nation is engaged in a protracted battle against...

Time to decode Bangladesh-Israel trade

From now on, Bangladesh passport is 'valid for all countries...

Lessons of history to help end pandemic

As the world approaches the one-and-a-half-year mark of Covid-19 pandemic,...

A fresh look at CSR in pandemic time

Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic began to unleash havoc on...

Whither Israel-Palestine peace

While this write-up was being prepared in the midst of...

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