New national agriculture policy
Bangladesh's much vaunted self-sufficiency in foods received a major shock when paddy production in Sylhet's haor areas of the country and also in its northern part was badly affected by floods last year. This happened after uninterrupted good harvests for a few years together in favourable weather. But just a...
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Women empowerment
Women empowerment has long been a popular concept in the discourse on development. These days, scholastic presentations on the role of NGOs in empowering women are in discourses on rural development. One of the most visible aspects of the recent changes in rural livelihoods canters on substantial increase in women's...
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In search of budget balance
As is now so boringly usual, the Annual Development Programme (ADP) has had 3.29 per cent sliced off it with roughly three and a half months left for the current fiscal year (FY). Not surprising, but certainly a cause for concern is that the bulk of this has been necessitated...
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Public toilets for Dhaka women
Getting down from the bus stuck in the years-old traffic jam near Matsya Bhaban, many passengers start walking to their destinations. A lot of them, including office-back women, may have lately noticed a nicely constructed small building. It stands beside the footpath close to Suhrawardy Udyan. It is located a...
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Saving water means saving the planet
THERE is a popular saying in Bangla which if translated in English means "as cheap as water". Therefore, a tendency to waste water has developed in our country over the centuries thinking that since water costs almost nothing we can use it mindlessly. It did not matter much until the...
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