Living wage vs minimum wage
At a time the wage board formed by the government at the insistence of ready-made garment (RMG) factory owners is working on a wage structure for workers, the issue of living wage now comes to the fore. Thanks to a study titled, 'Moving towards living wage in the RMG sector...
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Inclusiveness in a regime of injustice
Professor Rehman Sobhan's passion for a just society is very old. We recall as his former students that in the 1960s when he was a Reader at the Economics Department of the University of Dhaka, he raised his voice and used his pen against the socio-economic disparity impinged on the...
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Agreeable change
Two recently taken decisions provide for beacons of hope filtering through the otherwise murky darkness of things going desperately awry. One of the most controversial tools of democracy-that of pens down or strikes have been so badly used and dealt with as badly, if not worse were brilliantly side-stepped by...
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Reducing traffic congestion
THE phenomenon of public transport of the country, particularly of Dhaka city, has become a nagging problem for the policy makers. As we are being increasingly debilitated by a huge pressure of both the motorised and non- motorized vehicles, we must have a way out of it. The number of...
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Policy support to leather sector
RECENTLY, at a discussion meeting on the leather sector, speakers demanded proper policy support to the sector. I fully agree with them. The Increasing interest of buyers has opened up an opportunity for footwear and leather industries of Bangladesh. The sector has the potential for becoming the second largest foreign...
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