Unemployment clouds future for graduates
The challenge of unemployment has long cast a shadow over Bangladesh's economic progress. For all its success in achieving high growth rates and advancing human development, the inability to create enough quality jobs to match expanding labour force remains a critical vulnerability. The seriousness of this problem is made clear...
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For a better statistics on trade in services
The country's trade in services has been gaining momentum over the years, a trend that is not in line with the services sector's dominant contribution to the gross domestic product (GDP). However, the share of services in total external trade has doubled to around 10 per cent, a significant leap...
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Monetisation of household work
Women's development, their empowerment and improved standing in society and family are the key issues of social advancement. Progress in increasing women's representation in different sectors including employment achieved over the last few decades can be called a success story of Bangladesh and it has drawn praise from development partners...
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PSC's commendable initiative
It has come to our attention that a seminar convened by the Public Service Commission (PSC) unveiled a reformed evaluation system for answer sheets, transitioning from the traditional methodology to an innovative circular framework. In this new paradigm, examiners, totalizers (responsible for aggregating scores), scrutinizers, and head examiners will collaboratively...
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An island deprived of civil rights
Is the state merely a civic space confined to the bright lights of big cities, leaving the lives of people in remote areas as mere shadows? The island town of Urirchar raises this question. Though the island's plea remains unheard, its echo is louder than the roar of the sea....
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