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Trade wars are huge threats to food security

International trade has proven to be a critical mechanism for growth and development. It helps build stronger value chains, mitigate conflict and provides access to higher quality and quantities of goods and services. It has also provided consumers with access...

Looking to city roads free of chaos  

Nearly one and half years have passed since the school...

Moving the land reform agenda forward

Land is undeniably the foundation of any country's economic development,...

Money transfer through mobile phones

Various surveys in Bangladesh show that over four-fifths of rural...

Determining the emotional and commercial  

Human organ donation is a highly sensitive issue. Deciding the...

Why AI will not abolish work

The diffusion of artificial intelligence (AI) across the economy has...

Apparel export - cash incentive not a big facilitator  

The recent announcement of additional cash incentive for the export-oriented...

ATM booths for buying safe water  

As the metropolitan Dhaka's population continues to rise unabated, a...

ADP execution --- weaknesses aplenty

Plenty of things, it seems, are not right as far...

Widening employment opportunities for youth  

Frustration is growing among the country's prospective jobseekers as the...

Health and nutrition system  

Of late, health and nutrition status of populations, especially in...

An uncaring economic system  

The Oxfam report on global inequality published only days before...

Sustainability of the growth matters most  

Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to surpass...

The real consequences of fake medicines  

Niger's government is sounding the alarm about bogus meningitis vaccines...

In need of a plastic hub

Plastic industry, unlike most other industries, invites arguments both for...

Why nations need elections  

The 1970 general election in the then Pakistan had, indisputably,...

Of 'pleasure trips' and dev project vehicles  

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) has reportedly placed before...

ADR helps people get justice speedily

Disputes arise in all organisations. Dealing with a dispute constructively...

Crop diversification  

Rice, a crop predominantly influencing Bangladeshi diet seems to have...

Stemming violence against children  

The brutal torture an eighth grade student from Sunderganj, Gaibandha...

The end of the free-market paradigm  

The 2020s will be the decade when the idea that...

Strategising workers' migration

The past year experienced a rough patch for overseas jobseekers...

Graduation to the bullet train era  

The plan for cutting the Dhaka-Chattogram railway travel time down...

Making forex bonds popular  

Bangladesh bond market, where the government remains the key player,...

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