Enhancing resilience in time of climate uncertainty
The current wave of heavy rain and flash floods has ravaged vast tracts of cropland across haor areas of Sunamganj, Sylhet, Netrakona and Kishoreganj. Thousands of farmers, mostly smallholders, fear huge financial losses, as heavy rain and onrush of water from upstream have gulped their ripe paddy just before harvest....
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Bailing out rain-hit haor area's Boro farmers
Boro, with its annual share of the country's total rice output ranging approximately from 55 per cent to 60 per cent, is actually the largest contributor to Bangladesh's total rice production. As an irrigated crop of dry season, it outperforms the monsoon-dependent Aman (roughly 35-39 per cent ) and Aus...
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Press freedom ranking for Bangladesh
The problem with quantifying press freedom in a country is that it aims to transform data or metadata into an intangible idea. In fact, this happens every time when the various indices are prepared on the performances of nations the world over. Last year Bangladesh scored 33.71 points---an improvement by...
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Value of customer experience
In today's urban consumer culture, the value of a product is no longer defined only by its physical ingredients. Increasingly, customers are paying for something far less tangible but far more powerful -- the overall experience and the brand identity attached to it.Take the example of premium coffee shops in...
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Neglected sculpture, wounded history
Monuments of independence are not merely stone, metal or architecture; they are visible records of a nation's history written in blood. They remind us of sacrifice, struggle and courage. Each sculpture speaks across time, telling new generations how hard this freedom was earned.The "Swadhinata Sangram" sculpture at Fuller Road, Dhaka...
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