When my wife told me we were expecting our third child, my first thought wasn't about diaper bags or sleepless nights. It was much scarier than that: "Oh God, can we afford to educate the third one?" It wasn't just the fear of another tuition bill - the deeper anxiety that we might have to compromi
In a historic policy shift, Bangladesh’s interim government has announced that from the 2025–26 fiscal year onward, women's unpaid care and domestic work will be officially counted in the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This long-overdue decision marks a watershed moment&m
Treatment at a major government-owned eye hospital, the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital (NIOH), has been suspended since last Wednesday (May 28).The reports are rather sketchy about what exactly happened that led to total work stoppage by doctors, nurses and other staffs of a speci
That floods in this deltaic plain are recurrent is no news. The news is that the timing of this type of natural calamity has changed remarkably. Floods and the monsoon are interlinked. Before the month of Ashar on the Bangla calendar, the onset of monsoon was unimaginable. But this unprecedented ph
Bangladesh is home to over 48,000 blind children, based on the WHO's global estimate of the prevalence of childhood blindness, which is 0.75 per 1,000 children. Furthermore, 1.3 million children between the ages of 5 and 15 years have refractive error at an estimated prevalence of 4 percent. Vision
In line with the July uprising's resounding mandate to reform the state, the interim government is undertaking a series of institutional reforms - including the reconstruction of the National Revenue Board and the enactment of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance - aimed at strengthening instit
Over the decades, government employees in the country have enjoyed exclusive perks and benefits regardless of their performance. Almost every government extended various benefits to them, ignoring the budget constraints and their due accountability to the people. The primary reason for providing su
Health facilities are the places where the two most important events of life for a large number of humans - birth and death - take place. In today's world parents want their babies are born in a hospital, not at home, to avoid childbirth complications that might risk the life of baby or mother or b
The proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2025–26 (FY26) needs to outline key strategies and initiatives aimed at promoting sustainable growth, equity, and social welfare in Bangladesh. The primary objectives should include ensuring fiscal sustainability by balancing revenues and expen
The people of this land, now known as Bangladesh, have always been freedom-loving and democratic. However, their yearning for freedom and democracy has faced many challenges and been suppressed throughout history, it has never been obliterated by any force, be it domestic or foreign, though. They f
During its emergence as an independent nation more than half a century back, agriculture was the mainstay of the economy with 85 per cent of the population dependent on it. And agriculture's share of the GDP was 80 per cent. With increase in productivity through irrigation, introduction of high yie
Highway robberies have ever remained a problem in this country. A number of rape incidents on running buses added a new dimension to the highway crimes. Of late, both robbery and sexual violence against women passengers on moving buses made some screaming headlines. But the administration has not s
Article 17 of the Constitution of Bangladesh mandates that the state shall establish a uniform, mass-oriented, and universal system of education, providing free and compulsory education to all children up to a level determined by law. The Primary Education (Compulsory) Act of 1990 makes education u
