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Upashana Salam

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Why children’s voices matter in unlocking their full potential

Parents in Bangladesh generally struggle to acknowledge even teacher-led play as an acceptable teaching tool.
26 February 2025, 15:00 PM
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Making markets work for SDGs

AS Bangladesh is growing at an exponential speed, its markets are expanding in such ways where intervention is necessary, thereby
9 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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UN's BUSINESS CALL TO ACTION / Firms being equipped to build inclusive business models

When we talk about support for the bottom of the economic pyramid, our endeavours might seem somewhat myopic. Financial aid can only help to an extent. As for corporate social responsibility, one might argue it's just another form of charity that is not systematic or sustainable in the grander scheme of things.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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REMEMBERING YASMIN / Lessons we should have learned from her murder

When 14-year-old Yasmin Akhter was reassured by some police officers that they would drop her home after she missed her bus to Dhaka from Dinajpur, she probably didn't think twice about it. Like many of us, she probably believed that she would be safe with these protectors of law.
23 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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May Day / The right to a safe workplace

Safety in workplace is a given for most of us. If you are reading this newspaper, there is a high likelihood that you don't have to worry about the walls crumbling around you or the floor collapsing right beneath your feet.
30 April 2017, 18:00 PM
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Prelude to a spreading nightmare

The recent flash floods in the haor regions exemplify the threat of climate change that looms over Bangladesh. It signifies our
21 April 2017, 18:00 PM
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spotlight / Folkloric Bangladesh

Bangla folk literature has always celebrated a rich tapestry of themes, from heroic religious narratives depicted in ballads and dramas, to the mundane struggles of life reflected in witty proverbs and riddles. These folk tales, many of which have been passed down through generations orally, reflect the diversity of our different ethnic, linguistic and religious groups. This Pahela Baishakh, we invite you on a journey that takes us back to our roots.
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM
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WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY / Rights – as elusive as ever

When buying a product in Bangladesh, apart from the usual concerns about its price and quality, consumers have to worry about whether the product they buy, including life-saving drugs and baby food, can cause actual harm to their health or even be fatal to them.
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Plays in childhood development Daily Star photo.jpg

Why children’s voices matter in unlocking their full potential

Parents in Bangladesh generally struggle to acknowledge even teacher-led play as an acceptable teaching tool.
26 February 2025, 15:00 PM
SDGs.jpg

Making markets work for SDGs

AS Bangladesh is growing at an exponential speed, its markets are expanding in such ways where intervention is necessary, thereby
9 January 2019, 18:00 PM
firms.jpg

Firms being equipped to build inclusive business models

When we talk about support for the bottom of the economic pyramid, our endeavours might seem somewhat myopic. Financial aid can only help to an extent. As for corporate social responsibility, one might argue it's just another form of charity that is not systematic or sustainable in the grander scheme of things.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM
lessons.jpg

Lessons we should have learned from her murder

When 14-year-old Yasmin Akhter was reassured by some police officers that they would drop her home after she missed her bus to Dhaka from Dinajpur, she probably didn't think twice about it. Like many of us, she probably believed that she would be safe with these protectors of law.
23 August 2017, 18:00 PM
color afp.jpg

The right to a safe workplace

Safety in workplace is a given for most of us. If you are reading this newspaper, there is a high likelihood that you don't have to worry about the walls crumbling around you or the floor collapsing right beneath your feet.
30 April 2017, 18:00 PM
early flash flood 1.jpg

Prelude to a spreading nightmare

The recent flash floods in the haor regions exemplify the threat of climate change that looms over Bangladesh. It signifies our
21 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Pohela Boishakh cover

Folkloric Bangladesh

Bangla folk literature has always celebrated a rich tapestry of themes, from heroic religious narratives depicted in ballads and dramas, to the mundane struggles of life reflected in witty proverbs and riddles. These folk tales, many of which have been passed down through generations orally, reflect the diversity of our different ethnic, linguistic and religious groups. This Pahela Baishakh, we invite you on a journey that takes us back to our roots.
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM
consumer rights

Rights – as elusive as ever

When buying a product in Bangladesh, apart from the usual concerns about its price and quality, consumers have to worry about whether the product they buy, including life-saving drugs and baby food, can cause actual harm to their health or even be fatal to them.
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Opinion: A dangerous precedent

In what appears to be yet another show of false bravado and power, a group of Awami League men allegedly assaults a school headmaster, because he refused to endorse their candidate as a teacher of his school.
25 January 2017, 11:57 AM
Maksuda

When our migrant workers are left to die

After her employers in Lebanon cancelled her contract, Bangladeshi worker Maksuda Begum was left in a dire state. She had worked for a Lebanese family as a domestic worker for two years, but after they cancelled her contract for no apparent reason, she was forced to remain there as an undocumented worker.
21 January 2017, 18:00 PM
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Ordinary people doing extraordinary things

There are heroes who make their mark in the world in such dramatic ways that the world feels compelled to notice them. But there are
31 December 2016, 18:00 PM
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Opinion: When stalkers enjoy impunity

None of us can fathom the pain, the helplessness of a father who has been maimed for life for protesting the harassment of his daughters by stalkers, while he learns that the perpetrators are allowed to roam free, threatening further torture to his family if he refuses to back down.
23 November 2016, 10:39 AM
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Are you serious, Pakistan?

In what can only be described as an absurd, uninformed, and demeaning move, the federal government of Pakistan has decided to demand its “outstanding amount” of Rs 15.25 billion from Bangladesh and India.
16 November 2016, 08:08 AM
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Glaring Death Traps

Can we imagine the extent to which we are magnifying the consequences of allowing uninterrupted faulty placements of power and cable lines?
5 November 2016, 11:25 AM
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Isn't it time we stop shooting the messenger?

Recently, a video of two television journalists being attacked by staff of a popular private hospital in Dhaka has been doing the rounds of social media.
1 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Sufia Kamal

A Fierce Champion of Justice

While almost every woman in the country will cite her as their 'ideal', without necessarily knowing or having much idea about her immense contributions and sacrifices for the emancipation of women and marginalised groups, Sufia Kamal's life – one of constant struggles and obstacles – has, to use a glib phrase, been truly inspiring.
19 June 2016, 18:00 PM
WORLD DAY FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK

In sight but out of mind

This year Bangladesh exceeded all expectations, achieving a GDP rate of over 7 percent.
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Mourning the death of visionaries

Today we mourn the loss of some of the brightest minds of our country. We mourn their cruel murder in the hands of a regime that
13 December 2015, 18:00 PM
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Rokeya's unrealised Dream

Feminism is considered an ugly word by many who have a passing acquaintance with it. An open assertion of being a feminist in social
11 December 2015, 18:00 PM

THE QUARTET OF FREEDOM

Four years back, it would probably have been difficult for Tunisians to imagine that a coalition of the country's civil rights groups would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the near future.
13 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Pagination

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