The paradox of growth and inequality

The term "economic development" typically refers to the improvement in various indicators such as literacy rate, life expectancy, poverty rate, etc. In respect of all the indicators, Bangladesh economy is developing. Present literacy rate of the country is 61.5 per cent, life expectancy is 72 years which is higher than...

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Educating Myanmar's youngest refugees

Sofia Begum is a case study in the power of hope. Three months ago, armed vigilantes attacked the six-year-old's village in Myanmar's Rakhine State. Sofia saw neighbours killed, an uncle wounded by gunfire, and her home razed.Miraculously, Sofia, her parents, and two younger brothers survived. After an arduous four-day journey...

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Export: Strengths & weaknesses

Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau (BEPB) has updated country's export earning on an upbeat note. It has a clear pattern to it rather than a patchy score-card of spurts here and there. That should make the combined task of consolidation, sustenance and progress that much easier.The other way of looking at...

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