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Revisiting social safety net programme

How well-directed are the government's social safety net programmes is an oft-repeated question. In a country like Bangladesh with varying levels of poverty and disadvantages afflicting the masses, it is too much to ask for a cure-all solution with government...

Diversity in growing fruit and veg  

Both the electronic and print media nowadays focus on the...

Pandemic is not over, so are scams

The everyday scenes on the streets, markets and other places...

Dispute resolutions through mediation

There are definite advantages of mediation over arbitration and litigation...

The unholy alliance  

The natural tendency of things is to slide from order...

Fight against corruption and crime  

The world or underworld of crimes is at its best...

Improving BRTC services proves illusive  

The state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has been limping...

Seeing through nature's extinctions

Around two decades ago, ecologists presented a weird picture of...

Amending SSNP beneficiary lists

In the national budget for the current financial year (2020-21),...

Policy reforms to help boost private investment  

The government's target to raise private investment to 24.2 per...

In pursuit of green energy option  

There was a time when the common complaint against the...

Facing the sixth great extinction  

As cataclysmic wildfire rages in Florida and President Trump refuses...

Reorienting global resilience

The cover-story of the September issue of 'Finance & Development'...

Greater thrust on skill development needed    

More often than not, cheap labour was believed to fetch...

Inferior digital items, online classes  

A middle-aged petty businessman purchased a smart phone, his first...

Is bus route plan for Dhaka dead?

Dhaka city, according to the World Traffic Index-2020, is ranked...

Facilitating massive exploration drive for oil

The coronavirus pandemic has forced the government to shelve the...

War against the pandemic

Already into the seventh month of our struggle with the...

To open or not to open primary schools  

Although no decision has been taken yet to open primary...

Streamlining Public Procurement

A sound public procurement system contributes directly to the proper...

Meeting the challenges facing plastic industry  

It took rather too long for the government to finalise...

Online exams, parents' response  

The period of the last July-August witnessed the full-scale beginning...

Fixing rational consultation, diagnostic fees

The government, to a great extent, does have a laissez-faire...

Joint efforts crucial to diversify exportable products

The government's new export policy got passage two years ago...

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