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Post-shutdown tourism

Upon reaching the Cox's Bazar sea beach, hundreds of domestic tourists have recently found the seaside chockablock with people. Not only the beach, the whole district headquarters seem to be now overtaken by tourists from Dhaka, Chattogram and other urban areas. Such a scenario was unthinkable during the peak of...

Economic recovery still modest

The pandemic is not over. It is still taking its toll on human lives and the economy. In some countries, the deadly pathogen remains highly active. It is infecting more than a hundred thousand people and claiming between 800 and 1000 lives a day in each of these countries. However,...

Shorter and lighter they grow

An Imperial College London study has come up with a comparative average growth of school-aged children between five and 19 years across countries. Published online in the prestigious Lancet, the differences in average height and weight are simply staggering. The tallest 19-year-olds -- both boys and girls --are in the...

Struggle for American unity

Disgrace is one of the words most used by US President Donald Trump who has just lost reelection to Joe Biden. However, despite close race and delay in announcing results, there is no disgrace in America's electoral process other than Trump's refusal to accept defeat. And the US system and...

Stimulus for employment

Despite an emphasis on creating employment since the beginning of the pandemic, Bangladesh has not been able to create jobs for new entrants as well as for those who have lost working opportunities. This has been reflected in a latest report that the organisations and sectors that received assistance from...

Market management

Whenever there is a crisis relating to price hike of essentials, we hear of market intervention including open market sales, step that resembles socialist era policy. Practically, we are living in the age of free market economy, in which some players try to apply free-style, especially when there is deficiency...

Lifting children's energy

Life of children, especially in urban areas, has been depressing as they have been mostly confined to homes since the outbreak of the coronavirus. They can't meet friends nor can they play outside. Rather, they are doing the same things every day - online classes, reading and preparing lessons, using...