Stimulating investment in blue economy
The size of the investment that the formal lending institutions, that is, banks, have already made or are willing to make in a particular sector of the economy is indicative of the particular sector's importance in the economy. From that perspective, the blue economy does not seem to play a...
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When climate crisis meets corruption
Bangladesh stands among the world's most climate-vulnerable nations, not only in statistical rankings but in the lived experience of millions. The country has entered an era in which the scale and frequency of natural disasters can no longer be predicted within familiar seasonal or geographical patterns. In the past year...
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Ensuring smooth walking for pedestrians
Around two-fifths of the daily commuters in Dhaka walk to reach their destinations, whereas the ratio was one-fifth two decades ago. The data are impressive, no doubt, especially since the city is not particularly conducive to smooth walking. There is a lack of safe, accessible and efficient infrastructure to support...
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Why child labour cannot be eradicated?
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), around 138 million children worldwide are engaged in child labour. Shockingly, 87 million are in Africa, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the global total. Theirs is not just light work-nearly 54 million children are involved in hazardous labour, putting their safety and development...
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Dhaka's digital e-waste gold rush
Dhaka's environmental crisis is solvable, but not through traditional methods. Of the estimated 117,000 tons of electronic waste (E-waste) generated annually, a staggering 97 per cent bypasses the formal recycling system, ending up in landfills and polluting the urban environment. This failure lies in logistics, not processing capacity, and it...
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