BANGLADESH remains one of the most vulnerable nations in the world when it comes to the impacts of climate change. Rising sea levels, erratic weather patterns and frequent natural disasters have made the threat both immediate and long-lasting. Despite these...
BANGLADESH lagging far behind in achieving the goal of eliminating child labour by 2025 is worrying. A report on the global status of child labour with updated data on Bangladesh, published on the occasion of World Day against Child Labour and...
THOSE drone attacks on five Russian airfields last week were nothing if not daring. No final report from Moscow yet, but three figures鈥� worth of Ukrainian drones launched from the backs of trucks destroyed some number of strategic bombers in the Russian fleet...
THE challenge of addressing extreme poverty is both urgent and complex. While Bangladesh has made significant strides in poverty reduction since the 1990s, recent economic headwinds, including persistent inflation, global commodity price fluctuations, and post-pandemic recovery pressures, have exposed vulnerabilities of millions living just above or below...
A THICK, dirty fog often settles over Dhaka by late morning. This vast, overcrowded metropolis, now home to over 20 million people, is grappling with a dire environmental emergency. According to the World Bank, in 2019, air pollution, contaminated water, poor sanitation and exposure to lead were responsible for more than 272,000 premature deaths in Bangladesh...
IN A country where electricity flickers, the price of essentials keeps flirting with the absurd and the news cycle changes faster than the weather, who really has the luxury of waiting for courtrooms, lawyers and the ponderous machinery of law? Yes, it is Bangladesh, where mob lynching appears to have emerged as the fastest-growing sector of our informal justice system...
A CLASH that resulted from an incident of the harassment of a group of women at Kendua in Netrakona on June 10 has left a man, in his early forties, dead and five others wounded. Reports have it that a group of women of a family were on their way back home after bathing in a pond beside their house in the afternoon when a group of five young men approached...
A SUDDEN increase in dengue cases, especially outside Dhaka, warrants early and effective intervention. Directorate General of Health Services on June 10 reported a record 288 dengue cases, the highest daily tally so far. What is further worrying is the high infection rate outside Dhaka. More than 95 per cent, or 276 out of the 288 reported cases, came from outlying...
THE people鈥檚 mandate at the general election seven months ago was for 鈥榮ystem change.鈥� The main hope of those who voted overwhelmingly for the National People鈥檚 Power was to improve the economic situation. Those who live in the north and east of the country, where the long civil war took place, voted along with their fellow citizens in other parts of the...
BANGLADESH鈥橲 healthcare system has long grappled with systemic challenges: underfunding, urban-centric services, and a fragmented referral structure. Historically, health sector allocations have hovered around 5 per cent of the national budget, translating to less than 1 per cent of GDP. This chronic underinvestment, compounded by unprecedented corruption...
BANGLADESH, a nation intricately woven into the very fabric of its abundant rivers, is silently grappling with a crisis that demands urgent and decisive action: its woefully outdated land laws. While the current interim government is commendably embarking on a series of reforms, the critical issue of land administration, particularly concerning the constant ebb and flow...
