The importance of oceans in human lives can hardly be overemphasised.
The issue of joblessness should be at the centre of the growth strategy.
The philosophical focus of the upcoming budget should be pro-poor and pro-people.
The expansion of animosity and prejudice is rooted in toxic patriarchy.
HDI discussion in Bangladesh should focus on some fundamental issues with policy implications.
Do macroeconomic concepts reflect the realities on the ground?
IMF left Bangladesh without any decision on the release of next tranches of a loan.
On the first day of the Bangla New Year, every nook and corner of Bangladesh is brightened.
Over the past 50 years, Bangladesh has undoubtedly made impressive progress in overall human development as well as on specific human development fronts.
This year, Bangladesh marks the Golden Jubilee of its independence. The whole nation is celebrating this milestone with joy and pride. In 1971,
When we were growing up in the sixties during the time of the Cold War between the USA and the then Soviet Union, we would often hear about a possible
I know of Ferdousi Priyabhashini, but I did not know her. We met a few times in Dhaka either at a seminar or a conference, or at the residence of late National Professor Kabir Chowdhury.
This year, the theme of International Women’s Day is “Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future for Covid-19 World”. When the United Nations chose this theme, the idea was to celebrate and recognise women’s leadership in confronting and tackling the challenges of Covid-19, both inside and outside the household.
So far, the focus of the Covid-19, commonly known as coronavirus, in every country has rightly been on health issues— expanding testing, tracing the infected, how to deal with infection, and combatting deaths. Issues of disaggregated profiling of its various aspects including the diverse socio-economic impacts were put on the back burner.
"Where am I?” is the first question I asked myself after getting out of the car. Bewildered, I looked around. With me, there were three black students from the University of the Western Cape, and the driver of the car was also a young black man.
A person may have multiple identities—he or she may be known by different traits. Just look at me. I am a person with more than one identity.
Today's technological revolution has given rise to a digital economy, which includes the Internet (fixed and mobile broadband), cloud computing, smartphones, smart cities, the Internet of Things and Internet of Everything, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning,
The lack of women's empowerment is a critical form of inequality. And while there are many barriers to empowerment, violence against women and girls (VAW) is both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality.
