Multimodal logistics integration at seaports
Bangladesh's poor global logistics ranking in the World Bank's Logistics Performance Index (LPI) speaks volume for the country's inability to utilise its trade potential and competitiveness. In today's stiffly growing competition in accessing markets abroad, integrated logistics serve as the basis for international trade, providing competitive edge and even global...
Read more
Healthcare is a right, not a commodity
The crisis in Bangladesh's healthcare system is a known fact. It is being felt daily by millions of people who are forced to wait for hours in overcrowded public hospitals, struggle to afford exorbitant fees in private clinics or face the cruel choice between treatment and survival. The state of...
Read more
Looking into poverty-linked suicides
The self-inflicted tragedy that befell a family of four at the Bamunshikhar village in Paba Upazila of Rajshahi tells us about another level of poverty that is hardly discussed in the circles concerned. As reports go, the breadwinner of the family, Minarul Islam (35), saddled with crippling debts and unable...
Read more
Ambulance blocked, newborn dies
An ambulance, which is meant to save lives, was shockingly blocked in Shariatpur costing a newborn its life. How can people be so cruel and inhuman in the name of petty personal interests?Reports say that a Dhaka-bound ambulance carrying the sick child was stopped by a local gang, who demanded...
Read more
Reforming medical service systems
The medical services are provided by the government across the country through upazila health complexes and community clinics, while in cities and metropolitan areas the services are provided through government medical colleges and hospitals. Generally, middle- and lower-income people are the main service receivers from these health complexes and hospitals.During...
Read more
