Work as a team to compete globally, Yunus urges business leaders
Seeking support for building a new Bangladesh, chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged the businesspeople to come forward and work together as...
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Unresolved Adivasi questions and state reforms
AT LAMA upazila in Bandarban, different companies have been active for a long time in their attempts to grab jum lands and hill ecosystems to establish rubber gardens. One such hill is called 鈥榮oroi hung鈥� 鈥� soroi hill 鈥� in the Mro language. The Lama Rubber Industries Limited exists on 400 acres of forcefully grabbed jum land and hill forest of soroi hung...
Community Bank Bangladesh contributes Tk 30 lakh to CA鈥檚 relief fund for flood victims
Community Bank Bangladesh PLC contributed Tk 30 lakh to Bangladesh interim government chief advisor鈥檚 relief and welfare fund on Tuesday in a bid to stand by the flood-affected people under its corporate social responsibility programme, says a press release.
鈥楤usiness is business鈥� at bustling China-Africa summit
Hundreds of African political and business leaders filed into China鈥檚 Great Hall of the People on Thursday eager to forge new partnerships, sign contracts and make industry connections...
People returning to damaged homesteads on broken roads
The flood affected people in eastern, south-eastern and north-eastern Bangladesh are continuing to suffer as roads, other infrastructures and homesteads are severely damaged in the flood...
UIU stands beside the flood-affected people
The United International University students distributed food and essential items to flood-affected people of Burichang in Cumilla on Wednesday...
Hundreds of villages flooded, six lakh people stranded in Lakshmipur
Around six lakh people have been stranded in Lakshmipur as hundreds of low-lying villages, including four municipal towns of the district have been affected by the unprecedented floods, disrupting daily life, said locals.
Adviser from persons with disability demanded
The Bangladesh Pratibandhi Kalyan Samity and the National Alliance of Disabled Peoples鈥� Organisations on Monday demanded the inclusion of an adviser representing the persons with disabilities in the interim government...
Constitutional recognition of nat鈥檒 minorities sought
Students and youths from ethnic minority communities rallied on Friday, demanding constitutional recognition and protection of the rights of ethnic minorities in the country...
Appointment of Supradip Chakma as adviser opposed
A group of national minority people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts on Friday protested at the appointment of the CHT Development Board chairman Supradip Chakma as adviser to the newly formed interim government...
Thai opposition party relaunches under new name, leader
Thailand鈥檚 main opposition party relaunched on Friday with a new name and leader, after its old version won the popular vote in last year鈥檚 elections but was forced by a court to disband this week...
Low-income people hit hard amid curfew
People from low-income group, including rickshaw pullers and day labourers, in the capital are grappling with a scarcity of work amid the countrywide curfew imposed from midnight past Friday after at least 112 people were killed across the country in July 16鈥�19 in the movement over quota reform in government jobs...
The sentencing of the Hindujas
IN HIS seminal work on modern slavery, Kevin Bales does away with certain, antiquated concepts. In its insidious, older form, one focused on the concept of natal alienation, slaves were chattels and assets, outrightly owned. Each slave system was distinct and protean, if marked by certain universal features...
Specific budget for marginalised people stressed
Speakers, including economists, emphasised the importance of allocating a dedicated budget to support marginalised populations, such as rural women and ethnic minorities, during a discussion on Tuesday...
Proposed budget doesn鈥檛 address woes of ordinary people
POOR allocation for sectors such as social safety, education, health and agriculture as proposed in the budget for the 2024鈥�25 financial year is concerning. The proposed budget would hit the disadvantaged hardest. Economists at a discussion that the Citizen鈥檚 Platform for SDGs organised...
Justified govt spending needed to reduce tax burden on people: MCCI
The government should ensure that its project expenditures are justified and beneficial to the economy, which will help reduce the tax burden on people, according to the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI)...
Sylhet flood-hit people may suffer longer
Sufferings of the flood-hit people in the country鈥檚 north-east Sylhet region are likely to persist for a few more days as the water is receding at a snail鈥檚 pace in the affected areas...
World鈥檚 richest have never been so wealthy: study
The world has never had so many rich people and their investments in soaring stock markets have made them wealthier than ever recorded, according to a study published on Wednesday...
People with disabilities demand Tk 5,000 monthly allowance
The Aggrieved Disabled Civil Society, a platform for disability rights organisations, has submitted a memorandum to prime minister Sheikh Hasina with a 11-point charter of demands, including raising the monthly allowance to Tk 5,000 from Tk 850 in the forthcoming budget...
Blanket arrest, harassment of Bawm people must stop
THE blanket arrest of Bawm people and their harassment in Bandarban as part of a joint security operation for their suspected involvement in the Kuki-Chin National Front, said to be responsible for attacks on banks and security facilities...
Release of Bawm people demanded
Speakers, including academics, on Monday demanded release of detained 鈥榠nnocent鈥� ethnic individuals from the Bawm community in Bandarban and withdrawal of cases against them...
Peru govt under fire after describing transsexuality as 'mental disorder'
The Peruvian government is under fire from LGBTQ+ groups which called a protest for Friday against a new decree listing transsexualism as a 鈥榤ental disorder.鈥�
Lanka: free and fair elections
ELECTIONS provide a unique situation where people become equal regardless of their class or ethnic and religious identity. This offers space to rival politicians to address their unmet needs. The government has commenced several development initiatives..
US SC weighs ban on homeless people sleeping outside
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday on whether cities can ban homeless people from sleeping outside, as the country grapples with increasing rates of...
UPDF protests against arresting Tripuras as KNF suspects
United People鈥檚 Democratic Front on Wednesday denounced a statement of the Inter Services Public Relations for branding eight ethnic Tripura youths as members of ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front following...
Ban on asbestos import, use demanded for health safety
Environment activists at a press conference on Monday urged the government to impose ban on asbestos import, marketing and its use in the country to protect...
China conducts military 鈥榗ombat patrols鈥� in South China Sea
China conducted military 鈥榗ombat patrols鈥� on Sunday in the disputed South China Sea, its army said, the same day as joint drills by the Philippines, the United States, Japan and Australia....