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Galloping onion price

Volatility of market is a common phenomenon in this country. At times there may be unavoidable genuine reasons behind market jitteriness but in most cases over the past decades, barring a few years after the country's independence, abnormal price hikes defy rational explanation. Last year's unrestrained skyrocketing of onion price...

Reorienting global resilience

The cover-story of the September issue of 'Finance & Development' - the prestigious quarterly journal of International Monetary Fund (IMF) has attracted the attention of many. Titled 'Resilience: Healing the Fractures', it examines the very structure of the global economy toward a future that is more resilient, implying a more...

Creating jobs for the unemployed youths

Youth unemployment in Bangladesh may be more than double this year if the country takes six more months to contain the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused economic output and demand to fall drastically.According to a new study on the effect of the pandemic, the youth unemployment rate will go up...

Mosque tragedy, other cases of gross negligence

The tragedy in a Narayangani mosque that cost more than 30 lives has reminded us of the situation in gas distribution system. There are allegations of corruption in the sector, in which both officers and clients are involved. It's unfortunate that people who are responsible for maintaining safety of public...

Attracting FDI

When Bangladesh is seeking foreign direct investment (FDI), Japan has planned to relocate its industries from China to countries like Bangladesh and India. We know, India is ahead in 'ease of doing business index'. Despite such challenges, Bangladesh has strong prospect of attracting FDI, including grabbing the share of planned...

Challenges facing the youth

Many businesses have collapsed during the Covid-19 pandemic. While senior members of families are suffering as a result of income erosion, the younger ones are facing uncertainties due to lack of opportunities. When the youths are supposed to realize their future leadership role, they are facing an unprecedented crisis and...

Risks in public transports

Apart from violation of social distancing rule while commuting, some of the most serious issues in the transport sector are not coming to the notice of all, mainly because of the hue and cry over coronavirus pandemic. We've forgotten the reports of explosion of gas cylinders, though public transportsstill carry...

Plight of river-erosion victims

Despite loss of arable lands and properties in river erosion almost every year, the issue is not being dealt with seriously. This year, too, during the flooding, river erosion damaged properties and made many people homeless. In some cases, victims of river erosion are like refugees of civil war-torn counties.Bangladesh...