Editorial

Govt has a number of issues to shore up on all fronts

THE death of a minor boy who died after his fellow worker in a factory in Gazipur is reported to have pumped air into his rectum with a compressor on

Govt must help people in economic hardship

PRICES keep increasing or continue to remain high after marking up for weeks, further burdening people, especially the poor and low- and fixed-income groups. The situation appears to be constraining

Govt must sort out Dhaka’s supply water shortage early

SUPPLY water shortage, a summer-time phenomenon in Dhaka, has started taking place in different parts of the capital city. Residents have also complained dirty and stinking water supply in areas

Govt must expedite vaccination for students

THE ministry of education on Thursday announced that in-person classes in all educational institutions from secondary to tertiary levels would resume from February 22 with vaccinated students while unvaccinated students

Unequal recovery between large and small businesses

ABOUT a half of small industries have failed to economically recover from Covid shocks. A business confidence survey of the South Asian Network of Economic Modelling says that 46 per

BCL control of university hall seat distribution must end

IT IS shocking that activists of the Chhatra League, the student of wing of the ruling Awami league, have tortured another first-year student in the University of Dhaka. The victim,

A sustainable growth must be an inclusive growth

AN INCREASE in unemployment amidst the Covid outbreak has become a major concern while unemployment and underemployment have for long been indicators of a jobless development. The International Labour Organisation

Workers in private sector left behind yet again

THE finding of a study that less than 1 per cent of workers of the transport, retail and hotels and restaurants sectors received government assistance during the Covid crisis questions