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The elusive safe water

A recent World Bank (WB) report on the state of water safety in the country has presented a terrible portrayal. In spite of a few such studies in the past by different organisations, this one stands out with its notes of alarm. Among its many findings, the WB highlights one...

Unlocking blue economy potentials

Following the settlement of maritime disputes with Myanmar in December 2013 and that with India in July 2014, the government did flaunt it as an accomplishment-albeit a political one, with a sense of indulgence than was sensibly expected. Already quite a few years have passed, and there is hardly anything...

Dealing with the drop in women's overseas jobs?

This paper carried a news item on Sunday etching, we presume, a frown at the forehead, especially of those in charge of overseas employment of Bangladeshi workers and their welfare in workplace. Although in recent times, we have gotten used to hearing the news of returnee women workers filing past...

Leadership training will empower female RMG workers

For four decades, the garment industry has powered Bangladesh's economy and put more people to work than any other sector. Eighty-five per cent of Bangladesh's workforce in readymade garment factories are women. There is no doubt that women in Bangladesh have earned a degree of autonomy and financial independence from...

Extortion in broad daylight

My office is in Motijheel. After getting dropped by the bus around 10:00am near Bijoynagar, I have to cross the road and walk some distance to my office building.For the last couple of days, I have had to be extra alert. On at least three occasions in the past one...