Helping victims of climate change
Traditionally, the worst victims of natural calamities like storms, floods, tidal surges, downpours and droughts have been the poor. As usual, being increasingly exposed to the extreme climate-change-induced vagaries of weather, the poor have been experiencing even greater damage to their lives and properties than before. But the existing official...
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Export potential of synthetic leather footwear
As China moves away from synthetic products and in to high-tech industries, Bangladesh footwear industry could occupy a large portion of the vacancy left in the synthetic leather market, the global worth of which was US$84.1 billion in 2020. This market is expected to increase exponentially to $174.7 billion by...
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Does Dhaka need metro?
Dhaka will see its metro rail by the end of 2028, provided everything goes according to the plan. It is, however, unlikely, as experiences show that this kind of complex infrastructure project will not be able to meet the deadline. Moreover, it is unnecessary to stress on finishing the work...
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Addressing rural school dropout
Today's children are our tomorrow's future. So, we need to bring them up in a way that they can become human resources. For this, they must have formal education in their childhood. However, dropping out from educational institutions has been a problem all over the country for a long time....
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Beware of light pollution
According to the 2016 World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness, 83 per cent of the world's population lives under light-polluted skies. As many as 99 per cent people in the USA and Europe cannot enjoy natural nights. Light should be used where it is needed. Unnecessary lighting causes harm...
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