Rethinking family planning programmes

Bangladesh is one of the largest densely populated countries in the world and is facing an increasing trend of population growth. However, the rate of growth of population has declined over the last few decades; in the recent years it remains static which is a matter of great concern. The...

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Industry 4.0 -- threat to development?

In a recent publication on Future of Work, The Economist has sparked a note of alarm saying, "The effect of today's technology on tomorrow's jobs will be immense-and no country is ready for it." A series of articles have been published across the world depicting the fear from technology. In...

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Chaotic wheels and public misery

Number of motor vehicles is fast increasing on Dhaka roads. It is a common scenario in any growing economy. But the worrying thing is that disproportionate increase of motor vehicles is responsible for traffic chaos thanks to wrong planning and lack of basic governance.The latest statistics, released by the Bangladesh...

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