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Call for making Bangladesh a hub

The Prime Minister's call last week in New Delhi urging international businesses to invest in potential non-conventional areas in Bangladesh is worth introspection and follow-up by all concerned. While the PM's call was for investment from all around the world, at the Country Strategy Dialogue on Bangladesh at the India...

Importance of data on arable lands

Losing arable land in a land-scarce country is no doubt worrying. Still more worrying is the lack of information as to the pace at which arable lands are lost. Conflicting, at times exaggerated estimates make it difficult to be informed about the basics such as actual lands under cultivation, those...

Losses that we don't see always

Various global environmental reports offer figures of money or death apparently to paint a picture that can be visualised by most people. In the process, some other important issues are often overlooked.'Failure of urban planning' in Bangladesh is one such issue, which, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report,...

Killing of a BUET student

The murder of BUET student Abrar Fahad has stunned the nation, angering millions as reflected in social media posts. A killing for dissent cannot be acceptable in an independent country and a number of leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were allegedly involved in beating Abrar to death...

Change in student politics

Political activism by Bangladeshi students, often marked by violence and unrest apart from nationalist and democratic demonstrations, is an old culture and so is their alignment with political parties. Such partisan campus politics in the recent past coincided with rapid fall in quality of education as reflected in the poor...

Cadre merger conundrum

The rationale behind recent merger of the economic cadre with the administration cadre of the civil service is not a well thought-out move. An article on this issue by Mr. Osman Ali published by this newspaper recently exposed some causes and possible consequences of the move. It has been a...