Economic corridors and Delta Plan: Integration for sustainable development

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has initiated development of two economic corridors in the country. This are-- North-East Corridor to connect the economic hubs mostly along the Dhaka-Sylhet highway, and the South-West Corridor to connect the economic hubs along the Dhaka-Khulna highway. Development of economic corridors is a forward-looking development...

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Expansive technologies, defensive education: Ad-hoc solutions

It was with the 18th century Industrial Revolution that education was brought down to earth from the ivory-tower, that is, to more practical considerations/applications than the chimerical and ideal. Since then the contestation has swayed both ways, at times pushing the pedantic force (scholars), at others the ground troops (professionals)....

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