THE recently concluded Gaza peace summit, sponsored by US president Donald J Trump before a US-Israel-imposed 20-point Gaza peace plan championed by the fragile peace initiative, was signed by the United States, Egypt, Qatar and T眉rkiye, with a couple of other world leaders acting as 鈥榗heerleaders.鈥� This presents a look of an international consensus. However, this...
THIS is unfortunate that food losses post harvest and food waste at consumption account for a third of all the food produced in Bangladesh, as a recent World Bank report says, when insufficient food security forces 12 per cent of the poor to skip meals and about 9 per cent of the poor to pass a day without food, as a recent Power and Participation Research Centre...
FOR the last two years, my social media algorithm has been relentlessly dominated by Gaza, particularly by the voices of ordinary Gazans, displaying a blend of emotions that centres on two core principles: grief and defiance.
AFTER spending considerable time working within Bangladesh鈥檚 e-commerce industry, one thing has become abundantly clear: the sector remains far from realising its potential. There is vast room for development, but also a pressing need for learning and structural reform.
THE drug crisis is not merely a legal question; it is a social wound that eats away at the heart of a nation. Addiction destroys families, silences futures, and drains the spirit of whole communities. For many years, Portugal knew that pain all too well. By the end of the...
CLIMATE change is no longer a distant prospect, it is unfolding around us. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, floods, cyclones and droughts are already transforming lives across Bangladesh. Yet amid the rush to respond, one group remains consistently...
PUBLIC policy and governance stand as the twin pillars of a modern state鈥檚 development journey. In developing countries, the effectiveness of policy formulation and the quality of governance determine not only how efficiently resources are allocated but also...
THIS is alarming that the central library of Jagannath University, a space envisioned for research, intellectual growth and academic inquiry, has now turned into a breeding ground for seekers of public jobs. What should have been a sanctuary for...
THE government鈥檚 approval of major amendments to the labour law is a welcome step towards addressing gaps and improving industrial relations. 聽The amendments approved by the council of advisers on October 23 include enhanced...
THE age of frictionless globalisation has run its course. For three decades, nations built prosperity on the idea that markets, not politics, would guide the world鈥檚 future. That illusion has faded. What鈥檚 taking shape now is a far more complicated order 鈥� one defined not by efficiency or shared gain but by leverage, competition, and strategic restraint. Beneath it all lies...
THE education system, conventionally regarded as the foundational pillar of the nation, now stands fragile and neglected. Consequently, the teachers, architects of this system, have been relegated to a class characterised by deprivation and lack of rights. In stark opposition to the legitimate, distressed pleas of this profession, the state has manifested a leviathan character...
