BANGLADESH stands at a crossroads where rising tides, swelling cities and environmental pressures converge with a new imperative: green infrastructure. From the Sundarbans鈥� mangrove shield to park-starved urban wards, nature-based solutions and climate-conscious design are shifting from policy documents to real-world projects. For a country where nearly...
As the world observes World Development Information Day today, the occasion serves not as a celebration but as a profound summons to action. Established by the UN in 1972, its mandate is stark: to 鈥榙raw the attention of the world to development problems.鈥� This year, the day coincides with the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, themed 鈥楤uilding Our Future...
BANGLADESH鈥橲 2025 Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examination results have delivered a quiet but seismic shock to the country鈥檚 higher education system. Only about 58.8 per cent of students passed this year, down sharply from 77.8 per cent in 2024 and 78.6 per cent in 2023...
I AM rarely surprised by anything Trump says anymore. There is no lie too transparent to stop him 鈥� remember 鈥榮unny鈥檞hen it was overcast? Or his absurdly erroneous claims that he 鈥榚nded seven wars,鈥� including conflicts between Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Egypt and...
THE recent suicide of Swarnamoyee Biswas, a female journalist at the online media outlet Dhaka Stream, after accusing her section chief Altaf Shahnewaz of sexual harassment, has sparked a storm of outrage. Swarnamoyee worked there as a graphics designer. Her complaint against Altaf Shahnewaz, alleging sexual harassment and workplace bullying, was not...
THE digital age has provided us with more information than any other time in history. News, video and images reach us in seconds. But along with this abundance comes a new crisis: how do we know what鈥檚 real? With artificial intelligence that can churn out human-like text, resize and create voices, and create deepfake videos capable of fooling the sharpest of eyes...
While training and development has fir long been treated as a clich茅, in the parlance of management literature, the terms have not lost their lustre yet in terms of market demand and supply chain of skilled labour between the potential sending and receiving countries of expatriate workers. Even this time of Industrial Revolution 4.0, some businesses such as...
THE industrial revolution stands as the most significant turning point in human history since the domestication of animals and plants. The first industrial revolution, spanning from 1760 to 1840, began in Great Britain, which emerged as its harbinger. This period marked the introduction of mechanical textile production, the steam engine, and the factory system across...
IT IS the first day of the term and there they sit, my unwitting charges, with fingers hover like hesitant falcons over the fresh carnage of grammar exercises. To them, I am no ordinary teacher. I am the guardian of their exams fates, deciding if their essays will sing or stumble, if they unravel a poem鈥檚 secrets or merely skim its surface. But they are unaware of the peril...
THE global call for sustainable food systems resonates powerfully through this year鈥檚 World Food Day theme: 鈥楬and in hand for better foods and a better future.鈥� Nowhere is this message more relevant than in Bangladesh鈥檚 livestock sector, a critical yet climate-vulnerable industry standing at the crossroads of opportunity and risk. The sector sustains millions of rural...
LYING on the lower reaches of the Ganges Delta and encircled by four rivers, the Buriganga, the Turag, the Dhaleswari and the Shitalakshya, Dhaka was once a splendid panorama of beauty. It was not only a serene and comfortable place to live but also ideally positioned for trade, administration and cultural exchange. As the provincial capital and commercial centre...
EVERY day, 66 lives are lost on Bangladesh鈥檚 roads. The number is not just a statistic. It is a collective national tragedy unfolding with disturbing regularity. Families are torn apart, children are orphaned and the country鈥檚 human capital continues to erode silently under the crushing weight of road crashes. The sheer scale of the carnage reveals a crisis that has long escaped serious political attention, despite its devastating human and economic consequences...
THE cells of all living organisms carry within them a microscopic blueprint of life, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA. This genetic material stores and regulates essential information governing cell growth, development, structure, maintenance and disease. Human DNA, comprising around 3.2 billion sequences of four chemical bases 鈥� adenine, guanine, cytosine and...
FOREIGN direct investment refers to investments made by foreign individuals or companies in the business or productive sectors of another country. Such investment allows the foreign investor to gain ownership, control, or significant influence over the management and operations of the business. Broadly, foreign investors can enter Bangladesh in...
GEOGRAPHICAL indications are a form of intellectual property that recognise products originating from specific regions, linking their distinctive qualities, reputation, or physical characteristics to those areas. In Bangladesh, GIs are not merely a tool for safeguarding heritage items; they play a vital role in supporting livelihoods in rural areas and enhancing the...
