24th Anniversary of The Daily Star (Part-3)
Unfriendly Dhaka for the forgotten 10 percent
The population of Dhaka is growing by a little over four percent per year and stands in its wider metropolitan area at an
A proposal for improving Dhaka's future transport scenario
Lately Dhaka's transport scenario has been deteriorating visibly under fast growing urbanisation, despite a number of transport
Low cost housing in Bangladesh
Housing is a basic need for civilised living. In a developing country like Bangladesh –housing inadequacies and backlog have been
Dhaka: The city of walls
There are more or less walls in every city, but maybe there are more of them in this city – Dhaka. Whoever – be it the higher,
Challenges of real estate developers
Residence is one of the basic needs of human beings. The right to live in one's own is a fundamental right of people and it is internationally recognised.
Ensuring quality in construction
There is a construction boom going on in the country at the moment. Residential houses are being built, office and factory buildings
Why does infrastructure matter?
Ensuring better infrastructure ranked the top priority in the Dhaka Apparel Summit 2014 to reach USD 50 billion apparel export target by 2021.
Energy pricing dilemma and the culture of subsidy
Proper price and market structure is the key for ensuring the uninterrupted quality supply of any product.
Environmental governance and growth
In the last two decades, the economy of Bangladesh has grown at nearly six percent per annum.
Women's unpaid contribution to economy
Awomen's worth in the society is likely to be recognised once their contribution to the economy in both paid and unpaid works is valued.
Poverty alleviation: Where we go from here?
Bangladesh has earned considerable reputation for achieving remarkable success in reducing poverty not merely in its income/consumption dimension,
Drivers of the rural economy
Since 1988, I have been generating and maintaining a longitudinal data set on the operation of the rural economy in Bangladesh through repeated household surveys in 62 randomly selected villages.