Hard lessons from 2025 HSC results
The sharp fall in the 2025 HSC and equivalent examinations pass rate to its lowest level in twenty years, though deeply distressing, seems to have been accepted by both educators and the public with a weary sense of inevitability. The overall pass rate of 58.83 per cent at this critical...
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Why Bangladesh opts out of plurilateral deals
The multilateral trading system, under the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO), has been facing a set of complex challenges in producing an optimal outcome over the last couple of years. Prolonged negotiations on various trade issues without any outcome have already disappointed many of the WTO members. The...
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What is hurting the business climate?
The popular expectation that the present government would take more effective and determined measures than its predecessors to improve the business climate has largely been belied. The latest Business Climate Index (BBX) for FY2024-25, jointly prepared by the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and Policy Exchange Bangladesh (PEB),...
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Not all that is red is blood
Blood, the vital essence of human life, symbolises the highest form of generosity - the act of saving another's life. Yet, this noble deed has been desecrated by unscrupulous syndicates who have turned blood donation into a deadly business. Recent revelations in Bangladesh about mixing saline into collected blood have...
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AI and future of white-collar jobs
The traditional profession in Bangladesh, where obtaining a university education is necessary to secure a well-paid white-collar job, is fast becoming obsolete. It is not so because people lost their jobs abruptly, but it is the quiet, powerful takeover by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The robotization of most white-collar jobs at...
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