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RMG factories: To open or not to open

Amid confusion for well over a week about opening or continuing to shutter the garment factories, it was finally officially decided not to open. Ever since the corona pandemic began to trigger the panic of contamination in big assemblies, the...

Asian Covid-19 statistics: A riddle?  

The novel coronavirus continues to be a mystery. Frantic efforts...

Signing of FTAs with trading partners essential

Signing of the much-needed free trade agreements (FTAs) with the...

Pros and cons of model based projections  

On April 8, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that...

No mystery behind meeting corona challenge  

A popular conception is that coronavirus pandemic has been wreaking...

Ethical basis of pandemic measures

Pandemics like the one caused by novel coronavirus pose significant...

Central bank's package for farm sector

The central bank is set to create a large bail-out...

Youths' great role in national crises  

In times of pervasive woes and bad news, heartening scenes...

Dengue and Covid-19: A deadly combination  

With the deadly coronavirus reaching every corner of the country,...

Joint efforts needed to diversify exportable products

Export is the lifeline of the Bangladesh economy, though excessive...

Bangladesh may fare better than many others  

The world is passing through an unprecedented crisis on account...

Rising up to harvesting challenge  

The allocation of Tk 50 billion for farmers euphemistically called...

Search for Covid-19 cure

An invisible assassin is stalking the entire globe causing mayhem,...

Fraternities during times of pandemic  

During catastrophes, natural and man-made, scores of human qualities and...

To resume or not to resume  

The government may have to extend the lockdown until the...

Microcredit for survival of the poor

When Bangladesh's microfinance sector came into being in the 1970s,...

Demographics and economic wellbeing  

'Finance and Development', a widely circulated quarterly journal of the...

Difficult for small businesses to bounce back

In a state of full or partial lockdown, the idea...

Attending classes on TV screen

The importance of school classes being telecast on BTV two...

Saving lives, protecting livelihoods

'Saving lives and protecting livelihoods ought to go hand in...

Saving rivers is a quest for our survival  

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina approved a master plan recently to...

Demography-driven transformation

Other things remaining the same, it is assumed that the...

Coordinated food distribution maintaining social distance

Pictures of distribution of victuals among the needy continue to...

Of viruses, virology and novel corona  

Lying somewhere between the living and non-living, the organic and...

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