Massive fires have gutted several plastic factories in old Dhaka and a slum of about 3,000 shanties in Mirpur on Wednesday and Friday respectively. The types of the two fire incidents are fundamentally different. The old part of Dhaka City is literally sitting on powder kegs -one that waits for...
Read moreThe global movement to recognise the rights of the 370 million indigenous peoples over the last few decades has not been in vain. The movements were generally met with lukewarm response from many countries. They showed reluctance to recognise the cultures and traditions of their respective indigenous peoples. In such...
Read moreThe role of youths in the advancement of a nation is perhaps more pronounced these than ever before. However, despite constitutional guarantees and impressive economic growth and development, Bangladeshi youths face formidable challenges in accessing quality education, employment as well as equal opportunities.In recent years, the United Nations (UN) has...
Read moreWorld governments are not doing enough to stop armed groups from committing mass rape, torture and other war crimes, Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said on Tuesday (August 13).Maurer said that 70 years after their adoption, the Geneva Conventions were being breached and...
Read moreRemittances are being used for various purposes of nation building. Its inflow, as a Bangladesh Bank (BB) release said, was $1.75 billion in the first 10 days of August ahead of during Eid-ul-Azha, which is the highest ever amount in a single month. In July, the country received $1.6 billion,...
Read moreThe amount spent on welfare of the rich is four times higher than the money allocated for protection of the poor in Bangladesh, reported a Bangla newspaper based on the Asian Development's The Social Protection Index: Assessing Results for Asia and the Pacific. Evaluating the social protection programmes and spending...
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