Climate change: Meaningful action elusive

Divisions among the governments in favour of real actions to address the issue of global climate change have been putting obstructions to work out effective action plans to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. This division has surfaced at the 24th Conference of Parties (COP24) under the United Nations Framework...

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Trump's trade deal deadline, but what is the deal?

After a week of total confusion among President Trump and his policy advisers, Robert Lighthizer, US Trade Representative, made a categorical statement that trade negotiations with China need to reach a successful conclusion by March 01, or tariffs would be imposed. He emphasised this was a "hard deadline''; after which...

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Making use of our demographic dividend

Analysts have drawn attention to a significant aspect in our national paradigm - the shortage of skilled workers. This issue came up at a seminar organised recently by a private think tank in Dhaka.This issue arose during discussions related to the readymade garments (RMG) industry. Experts pointed out that Bangladesh's...

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