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Labour rights: Where compliance meets adjustment

Against the backdrop of labour turmoil in Ashulia garment industrial belt and its fallout, four global rights groups on January 18 last urged the European Parliament (EP) to review the GSP for Bangladesh. The International Trade Union Confederation, European Trade...

Rising prices of essentials bode bad news for consumers

The prices of gram, sugar, wheat, edible oil, etc., are...

From Russia with love?

Figuratively there has never been much heat in Bangladesh's relations...

Celebrating flowers

A world without flower is simply unimaginable. But why? Flowers...

Stimulating capital market for boosting investment

The capital market of Bangladesh was until recently in the...

Reconstruction of Bangladesh in post-war 1972

The month of March is important for Bangladesh. Every Bangladeshi...

Safe street foods for Dhaka residents

The unusual scene has the rusting and nearly dilapidated street...

Brexit set to open hornet\'s nest

President of European Council Donald Tusk received a communication from...

Saving Bangladesh\'s sugar industry

Recently, the government has taken steps to develop the country's...

Happiness measured by quantity and quality of jobs

In the World Happiness Report 2017, released on March 20,...

From ashes to ashes?

Barely six-years after the Second World War, six countries sat...

Happiness as a 3-letter word?

"Age" may mean everything in the modern materialistic world. Beginning...

A predictable outcome

The news that some of the beneficiaries of the restructured...

\'Deconstruction drive\' pays no dividends to White House

During the election campaign Donald Trump repeatedly claimed "I am...

Here comes the cavalry!

The land and railway ministries have got their basics wrong...

Effective implementation of ADP needed

The implementation of Annual Development Programme (ADP) plays a very...

Six new BTV centres: Expectation and reality

The government has decided to set up complete television centres...

FDI can vitalise capital-shy Bangladesh

For emerging economies, investment works as a lifeline.  Bangladesh enjoys...

Newer markets for jute needed

Bangladesh has planned to launch a campaign to explore newer...

Another Flying Dutchman moment?

Traced back to the late 18th Century, the "Flying Dutchman"...

A reminder, stark and dark

Britain's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson may have used the wrong...

Inequality in education - the biggest challenge

Professor Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum...

From \'antagonism\' to \'collaboration\'

The relationship between the government and the non-governmental organisations (NGOs)...

Terrorism and international security

International security experts carried out intensive discussions in the "Chiefs...

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