While the country is nearing the eradication of extreme poverty and undergoing robust economic advancement, it needs to remodel its outdated poverty measurement method in order to uncover the real picture of poverty, as suggested by eminent economist Wahiduddin Mahmud at a recent launch of two books on poverty and inequality.

Bangladesh Post Office's digital financial service platform Nagad has sent shockwaves through the mobile financial service (MFS) sector, which, till date, had been dominated by private sector players.

It's unthinkable that dozens of people are employed without any pay at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital for years (ranging from at least five to 15 years).

While we are all for endeavours to clamp down on the onslaught of drugs that have had devastating consequences for our youth, imposing a death penalty for carrying...

We appreciate the candour with which a senior official of Bangladesh Bank (BB) spoke about the problems affecting our banking sector at a seminar organised by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) on October 22.

According to news reports in various papers published yesterday, at least seven dead bodies were recovered from Narayanganj and Uttara on Sunday. Four of the bodies were found in Araihazar of Narayanganj, one in Bhulta, Narayanganj, and two in Uttara.

Thanks to the rise of the #MeToo movement, issues related to sexual harassment and sexual assault, especially at the workplace, have received much-needed attention in recent times.

According to the findings of multiple Bangladesh Bank investigations, Janata Bank has been granting undue favour to yet another big borrower breaking all sorts of banking rules. The borrower, Thermax, was granted these privileges despite paying only a fraction of its previous dues which now stand at a staggering Tk 1,230 crore.

Admittedly, filling up manpower void is more easily said than done, particularly when that workforce consists primarily of technical hands.

The government's explanation that the newly formed Oikyafront was denied permission to hold its first-ever rally in Sylhet due to security concerns, without letting the public know what exactly the concerns are, doesn't hold water. How come it is always the opposition that isn't allowed to exercise its political rights on some flimsy grounds? And whatever concerns the police might have, it is the duty of the agencies to ensure and provide security on such occasions.

Atwo-day conference is scheduled to be held next January on the government-proposed Delta Plan 2100 by two leading green NGOs with the purpose of getting diverse views of various stakeholders on the pros and cons of this mega plan. The government approved the plan last September through the Ecnec. The Delta plan stipulates that 2.5 percent of the GDP will be spent every year on projects. We are looking at an expenditure of up to USD 30 billion by 2030.

The picture of Lamia, an 11-year-old domestic worker, with a bruised face and injury marks all over her body, published in this daily yesterday, is a sad example of how little we have done to ensure that our children have a harassment and torture-free childhood.

According to the count of a leading Bangla daily, so far 5,354 lives have been lost to road crashes this year which comes to about 601 people dying every day. And this is excluding the number of people killed yesterday or today.

In a report published in this newspaper on Wednesday, we reported how toxic gas emitted from a brick kiln in Faridpur Sadar upazila is damaging ripe paddy on nearly 10 acres of land. The emissions from the kiln, which started operation in 2017, have burned paddy fields and reduced the yield of paddy according to locals. Yet, despite complaints from farmers to the DC and the environment department, little has been done, and the owner of the kiln has been able to continue with its operation.

In the latest edition of Geneva-based World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Competitive Index (GCI), Bangladesh has slipped a notch and has been ranked 103rd out of 140 economies covered. This year the GCI was prepared using a new methodology and applied globally. Last year, the country ranked 99 out of 137 countries (using the old method). This year three new countries have been added to the Index. We have scored badly in nine out of the 12 indicators and the two poorest scores were in business dynamism and product market development.

Abdul Gani road is a very important road in Dhaka. It leads to the Secretariat, the seat of the bureaucracy (along with a number of other important government buildings) and also heads to a very busy junction of the city.

The prevalence of the dowry system continues to baffle rights activists and policymakers.

As per a report published in a leading Bangla daily, we find that the financial burden of education and healthcare is increasingly becoming unsustainable.

We are dismayed that one of the election commissioners was forced to walk out of an election preparatory meeting because he was not allowed to voice his proposals regarding how to hold a free,

The news of question paper leak of Dhaka University's “Gha” unit admission exam is very disappointing. According to newspaper reports, some admission seekers got the question paper of the said unit via WhatsApp and other instant messaging apps prior to the exam, which was held on October 12, 2018.