Development Activities in Bangladesh
#Perspective / New era for zoo animals in Bangladesh: Rangpur and National Zoos’ modern makeover
The authorities have laid out plans for the Rangpur Zoo of Rangpur district and the Bangladesh National Zoo at the capital’s Mirpur. Talks are being held to remodel both the zoos not as places of captivity but as sanctuaries, where animals can roam around freely. The zoos are to become a safe haven where the concept of ‘viewing’ animals shifts to ‘encountering’ them.
Opinion / Bangladesh's SDG performance: A changed approach can help us get ahead
Despite moderate performance in several SDGs, Bangladesh faces major challenges in actually achieving them.
Who can help utilise our development budget?
It has been observed that monitoring & evaluation functions within ministries and their departments are poorly understood, under-funded, and underutilised.
Another abject failure in ADP implementation
Despite repeated promises to better utilise the allocated funds for development, this fiscal year’s spending so far has been the lowest in eight years.
Mahfuz Anam writes: What is the state of Awami League as a political party?
This election year, the question that will inevitably come to the fore is of how successful AL has been in keeping its promises.
“End Russia-Ukraine war, allow people to live better lives”
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (October 27, 2022) said urged the global community to end the Russia-Ukraine war, withdraw sanctions and allow people, who have nothing to do with the war, to have a shot at a better life.
‘Louha tribhuj’ and the political economy of development
A political economy lens is needed to understand the current situation of Bangladesh.
UN rights chief’s visit: Conflicting expectations and a hope for positive change
UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.
A pandemic of ill-conceived projects
Establish accountability to tackle habitual time-cost overruns in government projects
The fault in our idea of progress
Puzzling positive developments in our economic indicators, which hardly delineate the real socioeconomic conditions of the people in Bangladesh, are not new phenomena.
How can project delays be avoided?
Does the endless suffering of people, or the constant wastage of their money, mean nothing?
‘We are servants of the state, not bureaucracy’
Engineers today protested the directive of public administration ministry -- empowering Deputy Commissioners to oversee development projects at the district level.
Local NGOs for leadership role thru’ equal partnership with intl’ orgs
Local non-government organisations (LNGOs) have expressed interest in leadership role through equal partnership with the international NGOs in development activities in the country.
