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Strengthening social protection

The revelation that Bangladesh spends the lowest share in a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on social protection among the South and South-western Asian nations is certainly uncomfortable. If viewed from a different perspective -- Human Development Index to be precise -- this can be somewhat encouraging as well. The...

Suitable loan disbursement process for small businesses

So, finally, what had been a cause for concern has come true. The government's stimulus package has seen little success in reaching out to small businesses. The case in reference here is Tk 200 billion soft loan package for micro, small, medium enterprises (MSMEs) including cottage industries, announced by the...

Reinventing joys of youths to beat depression

Assembly before classes is an exception to schooling these days. Students hardly see on-campus debate on contemporary issues. Playful joys have already disappeared from the lives of growing children even in rural Bangladesh.What are the replacements? No, the youths of the current generation are not blessed with too many soothing...

Uncertainty over university admission process

The coronavirus crisis is causing a knock-on effect on the university admission process. Thousands of other Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinees have been given automatic promotion this year but most of them are facing uncertainty over whether the universities would take enrollment test online or offline, or whether it will...

Confidence, not complacence

There is much celebration in the IMF's projection that Bangladesh has exceeded India in per capita GDP, although slightly - Bangladesh's US$1,887 as against India's US$1,877. This shows Bangladesh's encouraging achievement and the Bangladeshis have reasons to feel confident about the country's social sector progress. However, we need to be...

No end to border killing

The rise in the number of killing of Bangladeshi nationals along the border by India's Border Security Force remains a matter of great concern for years. What is more worrying is the fact that India terms these murders as 'minor incidents'. Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami, at a...