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Income inequality

At a seminar titled 'Income and resources disparity in Bangladesh, economists have sounded the alarm bell ringing over the rising income inequality. The main argument put forward is on the basis of the Gini coefficient reading which has been on a steep trajectory since 1996. Now that the Gini coefficient...

Saving small rivers from dredging gangs

Sand lifting from the river Turag on the outskirts of Dhaka has long been known as a blight afflicting large swathes of land. Massive dredgers and hundreds of labourers are used in extraction of sand, and loading boats and trawlers with it. The invincibility of the syndicates involved in the...

Building a unified sustainable blue economic belt

With a huge exclusive economic zone in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh has the opportunities to explore untapped resources like oil & gas and fisheries, and use the potential of expanding tourism and trade in the coming days.The third conference of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) held in Dhaka...

Poor air quality in Dhaka

Dhaka's air quality has been deteriorating over the years. We see too much dust in Dhaka city as most of the construction works go on openly. In tiny countries like Singapore, the construction sites are fully covered with a curtain so that dust cannot go out and spoil the surrounding...

Ending human trafficking must end

I was appalled to watch a television report based on real-life story of a Bangladeshi girl who was trafficked to an Indian city. Around 50,000 Bangladeshi girls and women are trafficked reportedly to or through India every year. Human trafficking has been a trade along the indo-Bangladesh border for quite...

Drinking green tea

Tea is a favourite drink for millions of people. The world today consumes 3,000,000 tonnes of tea a year! However, it is green tea without sugar, which is a healthy drink. It offers health benefits such as keeping skin, heart and stomach strong. In our country, people have been habituated...

Family bonding important

As we are becoming more eager to earn money, we are buying expensive things and spending time with TV, computer and mobile phone. Thus we are distancing ourselves from our family members. Even the bond between parents and children is getting loose. We are forgetting to talk about good virtues...