Mixed signal from manpower export
That Bangladesh workers' migration with employment abroad has seen a drastic decline this year is a cause for serious concern. Compared with 1.30 million in 2023, only 906,355 works left the country with employment registering a fall in overseas migration by 30.8 per cent in the 11months since January this...
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Ensuring safe food for all
Safe and nutritious food is a fundamental human right. According to a report prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations last year, people are suffering from lack of safe food and nutrition across the globe due to both man-made and natural disasters. The adverse impact...
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Adapting to automation
Fear of technology is hardwired in humans, though they could never keep from conducting researches on making machines that are smarter than themselves. It is like being drawn to the forbidden fruit, the fruit of the biblical tree of knowledge. So, there is the fear of a dystopian future of...
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High phone call charge a burden on consumers
In this era, mobile phones have become essential to everyday life. Men, women, and even children rely on mobile phones leading to significant spending across all income levels. People manage these expenses from their limited incomes, and currently, the call rate for every operator exceeds Tk0.60 per minute.Businesses, from villages...
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The deprived tea workers
The tea industry, which plays a vital role in the nation's economy, owes its success to tireless work of hundreds of thousands of workers. However, behind this economic achievement lies a grim story of deprivation and discrimination that continues to define the lives of tea workers.Tea-growing regions such as Sylhet,...
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