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Clipping the wings of river encroachers

The High Court last Sunday, in a most comprehensive landmark judgment, ordered a stringent set of measures against the river grabbers in the country. Demonstrating judicial activism for public good, the court has directed the Election Commission to debar individuals 'accused' of encroaching on rivers from contesting any election including...

Feeding the ten billion

Our current diets are bad for our health and are harming the planet. Two billion people are now overweight or obese. Poor diet is the biggest cause of noncommunicable disease in the world, posing a greater risk of morbidity and mortality than unsafe sex, alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse combined.The...

Is nearshoring a threat to our apparel sector?

A number of the Western apparel marketing companies are likely to reduce their dependence on sourcing countries like Bangladesh for manufacturing readymade garments (RMG) in the coming years. This was reportedly forecast by the US firm McKinsey in its recent study.This appears to be a worrying signal for Bangladesh since...

Showing respect to language martyrs

Each year on February 21st people from all walks of life show their respect to the language martyrs who sacrificed their lives for our mother tongue on February 21, 1952. Their sacrifice had helped us get Bangla as our national language. As a tribute to the martyrs, the Central Shaheed...

Cyber attacks increasing

This email is in reference to an article titled 'Cyber attacks continue to rise in Bangladesh' that was published in the Financial Express on February 06, 2019. The piece informed readers how the incidents of cyber attacks are continuously increasing in different commercial and service-providing outlets of the country despite...