OIC reaffirms support to Bangladesh on Rohingya issue
The 45th annual meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) has rightly expressed deep concern over the systemic brutal acts perpetrated by Myanmar security forces against their Rohingya Muslim citizens, forcing them to flee from their homeland, mainly to Bangladesh. The Bangladesh...
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Examining income inequality
While Bangladesh has done remarkably well in terms of some socio-economic indicators, the country continues to grapple with rising gini ratio of income inequality. All our celebrations of success conceal the cruel reality that poverty-stricken Kuril slum lies in the heart of posh Gulshan area of the capital. Attempts have...
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Fixing minimum wage for RMG workers
The ready-made garment (RMG) workers have long been pressing for making their wages adjustable for inflation. The issue came to the fore once again on Saturday when a platform of 52 organisations working for the RMG workers demanded increasing minimum monthly wage for the workers to Tk 16,000 by August...
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Gruesome and shocking murder of Tasfia
DEATH of Tasfia Amin, a grade IX student of Sunshine Grammar School, an English medium school in Chattagram had cast a shadow of gloom across the country. It is very unfortunate that a girl with a promising future had to die at such a tender age and that too on...
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Extending social safety net for elderly people
THE other day I was going through an article titled: "Demographic Down-slide" published in the Indian magazine 'India Today'. It was an informative and thought-provoking piece on issues related to the elderly people. The article elaborately dwelt on facilities provided to the elderly people in India and elsewhere in the...
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