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Advancing agricultural mechanisation

A three-day workshop organised by the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) that ended on Monday in Gazipur came out with a recommendation that necessitates follow-up and introspection. The "Research Review and Programme Formulation Workshop 2019" in its inaugural session recommended that disaster-tolerant high-yielding seed varieties backed by advanced technology should...

Can the taskforce on leather do the needful?

Formation of a taskforce by the government to suggest remedies to remove barriers impeding export of leather and leather goods has nonetheless brought to the fore the long overdue concern over one of the country's prime export products. For an insider, news of the taskforce hardly makes sense. For the...

Facing both joblessness and employability crisis

A 2014 Economist Intelligence Unit report showing rate of joblessness among Bangladeshi graduates at about 47 per cent, raised eyebrows of many at that time. In the absence of authentic job market data, Bangladeshi youth's employment status could not be judged methodically unlike what market updates elsewhere suggests.Now, as a...

Medicare in Mideast

Many Bangladeshi migrants working in the Middle East countries have long been facing difficulties while consulting with physicians and nurses due to language barrier. The Bangladeshi workers cannot speak Arabic or English as often used by foreign doctors serving there. Allegations have it that due to such communications gap, some...

Export basket

For almost three decades, Bangladesh's exports are dominated by a single item -- readymade garment (RMG), which accounts for 84 per cent of export earnings. However, growth of exports of RMG products and a few other items, showed a declining trend in the first three months of this financial year,...

Pollution of plastic

Despite occasional awareness about harmful effects of rampant use of plastic materials, we often see their dumping in open space polluting our environment. Poor boys and girls are seen collecting plastic bottles, bags, and other packaging materials from streets and roadside areas. These are smashed and recycled by factories. Unfortunately,...