Food security remains elusive
No nation can be proud if only 32.9 per cent of its population have full food security. Of the rest, 22.75 face extreme food insecurity and 44.57 per cent people enjoy marginal food security which otherwise translates into vulnerability of food availability. Their fragile food availability can deteriorate at anytime....
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Election campaigning must go green
Candidates from different political parties for the 13th parliamentary elections have already started trying to make their presence felt, even before announcement of election schedules by the Election Commission. They are quite eager to reach the voters, and their supporters have already started disfiguring the city skylines with large billboard,...
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Rise in street food culture
In recent years, Dhaka has witnessed a subtle yet significant shift in its street-food ecology. The rise of 'eat-out' and social-media driven trends has shifted consumption patterns among urban citizens and taken a new dimension. What was once limited to simple tea stalls and traditional snacks has evolved into a...
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Empowering women entrepreneurs
Bangladesh women entrepreneurs have demonstrated their immense strength, but still, several challenges exist, such as low access to formal finance, data expensive and connectivity, skills-gap in e-commerce and digital channels of finance. It has been proven that because of digital finance and supportive digital infrastructure participation and resulting increase in...
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