Data distortion should be a thing of past
When the country's economy was underperforming as indicated by slowdown in industrial output, import, export, remittance, etc., and so on, the Labour Force Survey report of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) surprisingly painted a rather rosy picture for last year's employment growth. The total number of unemployed in the...
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Declining arable land: A looming threat to food security
According to the Population and Housing Census 2022 prepared by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the total population of the country in an area of 148,460 square kilometres is about 170 million, with a population density of 1,156.84. As high as 68 per cent of them live in rural...
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Virulent hate campaign should stop
Since the fall of Sheikh Hasina on August 5 this year, there has been persistent propaganda against Bangladesh carried out by several Indian politicians, intellectuals, celebrities and media people. Armed with half-truths and distorted facts, they have virtually launched a series of attacks against Bangladesh in various print, electronic and...
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Rethinking business for sustainability
Despite the political shifts in the US, such as Trump's election victory, the reality remains that capitalistic forces continue to exert significant influence. This raises a crucial question about the environment, as corporations often seek countries with low environmental restrictions. Unfortunately, nations like Bangladesh bear the brunt of these decisions,...
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First 'Zeta-class' supercomputer
Japan has recently announced plans to build a new generation of AI technology-based "Zeta-class" supercomputers with extremely high power. Japanese technologists believe that it will be able to work at least 1,000 times faster and more accurately than any powerful supercomputing system currently in use in the world. The country...
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