Focus should be on job creation
Rising unemployment means the economy concerned is not doing well. Then, unemployment is not just about a figure. The individuals or families whose members are without work know how it hurts. From that point of view, the recently published report on the country's unemployment rate at 4.63 per cent during...
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Reassessing current state of arsenic mitigation
The presence of arsenic in groundwater across almost all regions of Bangladesh is not a recent discovery. In fact, it has been more than two and a half decades since the alarming levels of arsenic contamination were first detected in the country's groundwater sources. A comprehensive assessment at the time...
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Dual income, shared burden
Dhaka has emerged as one of the South Asia's most expensive cities, posing serious financial challenges for newly married couples. With rising inflation, soaring rents, and modest entry-level salaries, managing household expenses on a single income has become nearly impossible. In this context, women's employment is not just beneficial, it...
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When protest becomes a source of nuisance
For the past ten months, since the formation of the interim government, citizens have faced a nearly daily ordeal of traffic paralysis. While organisers claim to schedule such events on weekends to limit disruption, the reality tells a different story. Protests have become a daily source of gridlock, public suffering,...
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