Dhaka stares down the barrel of water
Once widely abundant, the freshwater for Dhaka dwellers continues to deplete at a dramatic rate and may disappear far below the ground.
11m ago
Groundwater not so uncharted anymore
Groundwater is indeed a huge wealth of Bangladesh, but this ample freshwater resource is now at a serious risk of gradual depletion and contamination.
1y ago
Garment sector sets worst example among industries
The R&D allocation is too meagre for an economy like Bangladesh
1y ago
Farmers kick-start a freshwater machine
Water is everywhere in and around Bangladesh, yet the lack of freshwater is one of its most pressing concerns.
2y ago
No hope for the new poor
Money is not a problem, and the government too intends to support the poor in their dire need. What’s the problem then? The government does not know who to help out!
3y ago
Opinion: Govt shoots a messenger
She wasn’t handcuffed. Yet, she was indeed guarded by hordes of police personnel all the time: from custody to court. Following an overnight stay in custody, she was taken to court with a “guard of dishonour” and then hauled on to a prison van to jail on Tuesday.
3y ago
Opinion: Hiss or boom?
Steam goes off, lid in the handle slides down to be in airtight mode, and pressure starts to mount again within the sealed pot before the next hiss.
3y ago
November 22, 2013
Rafiq A painter first
A dinghy waiting at the poolside and patches of green inside a Gulshan dwelling.
November 22, 2013
House With Soul
Politics in Bangladesh seems to have been possessed by the devil of late. It looks as though both Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia have lost their grip on the goings-on.
November 22, 2013
RAFIQ A painter first
Rafiq Azam wanted to be a painter, just a painter and nothing else. At the age of only seven, he picked up paint and brush to try his hand on a canvass. He tried to capture what was in abundance all around him back then in the early fifties -- a green Bangladesh. In the eyes of the young boy, the land of rivers and six seasons appeared to be a mystic artwork of nature. So, he went on to capture it, pouring lots of green and light in his painting.
November 22, 2013
HOUSE WITH SOUL
In a city of concrete mess, life is not what one wants it to be. Dream, love and passion for life get buried deeply somewhere in the ways of nonstop urbanisation and thoughtless building designing. Zest for life fizzles out just the way greens and waters disappear from this once beautiful city. So, you live a life in Dhaka without loving it.
April 30, 2013
Cheap clothes at cost of life
Shaheena is finally out of the building, but not alive. Rescuers on Sunday made a frantic effort to pull out Shaheena from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza.
October 24, 2012
Beware! It's a black law
The government wishes to get a grip on the unregulated business of the multi-level marketing and illegal banking of cooperative societies.
July 26, 2012
Buyers want wage review
The wages of garment workers should be immediately readjusted in line with inflation and the consumer price index to quell persistent unrest in the industry.
July 26, 2012
Chinese food for thought
An ever-growing China continues to offer a plateful of concern as well as curiosity to the world outside. Concerned, as this reformed communist country shows no respect for human rights, and its socialist market economy is ominously aggressive. Curious, as the strange Chinese system shows no signs of failing.
July 19, 2012
Top RMG buyers worried at unrest
The world's top buyers of Bangladeshi garment products yesterday gathered in Dhaka to share their concerns over persistent labour unrest in the industry and to finalise an SOS message to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Buyers from about 19 leading brands, including Walmart and Gap, appear deeply troubled at the conditions of the garment and textile sectors and the prospects of their business in Bangladesh.
July 11, 2012
China shows the way
Bangladesh can learn a lot from China about tackling corruption and the role a clean government can play in executing a billion dollar-plus project like the Padma bridge. China, poised to become the world's largest economy, gives most of the credit for its amazing run of over 11.5 percent economic growth for a decade to its policy of zero tolerance for corruption.
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