We need data protection regimes as much as we need data

A report estimates that Google gets over 3.5 billion searches daily and internet users generate about 2.5 quintillion bytes of data each day.
26 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Remembering Bangladesh’s curriculum guru Prof MA Jabbar

Bangladesh has completed three full cycles of the primary and secondary (grades 1-12) curriculum development and revision process, which began in 1976.
26 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Will vaccine nationalism lead to the exclusion of Rohingya refugees?

The World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted “leaving no one behind” and “equitable access to vaccines” as the basic principles for Covid-19 vaccination around the world. GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, has also set up “equitable and sustainable use of vaccines” and “leaving no one behind” as the core of their high-level strategy for worldwide immunisation.
26 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Can tertiary colleges in Bangladesh be rescued?

As reported by a national daily and some electronic media of late, the current administration is contemplating ceasing operations of around 300 private colleges for higher studies across the country.
25 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Financial success must be accompanied by environmental stewardship and social justice

Many of the investments made in Bangladesh, especially in the manufacturing sector, have contributed to impressive growth in GDP over the last decade, but have presented the threat of locking the country into an unsustainable development path.
25 January 2021, 18:00 PM

We must work together for adaptation and resilience to climate change

As the world works to recover from the devastating impacts of Covid-19, we must look at how we build back sustainably.
25 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Surviving a pandemic alone is powerful, not pitiful

During a global pandemic, living alone may sound terrifying to some and liberating to others. I would say there is no straightforward answer. It can certainly get overwhelming at times, but I have found it can also be beautiful, courageous and empowering.
24 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Will the BCS examinations continue to possess our students?

During this pandemic, many of our universities, both general and technical, have set the target of completing undergraduate final examinations before January 31.
24 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh the preferred option in an uncertain world

Among the main characteristics which brands look for when entering a sourcing destination are political stability. Stability brings confidence and certainty and allows brands and retailers to plan long-term.
24 January 2021, 18:00 PM

The Year of the Renminbi?

When the billionaire investor Ray Dalio recently predicted that the Chinese renminbi will become a global reserve currency, the world took notice.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Covid-19 and SDG 13: Countering Climate Change

In a “stag hunt” game, multiple hunters must cooperate each other to successfully encircle and hunt a stag.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM

A blueprint for school reopening and learning recovery

In 2018, the UN General Assembly proclaimed January 24 as International Day of Education to celebrate the role of education for peace and development.
23 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Nothing to learn from East Asia?

Covid-19 infection and death rates in the Western world and many developing countries in Asia and Latin America have long overtaken East Asia since the second quarter of 2020.
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Kashinath Roy: A teacher, poet and mentor of extraordinary stature

My teacher Professor Kashinath Roy (1947—2021)—poet, short story writer, essayist—died on January 17, at 74. Or did he die?
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Biden’s balm of normalcy soothes US

America’s quadrennial celebration of peaceful transition of power is one of its more hallowed traditions.
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Is BCS creating a mismatch and imbalance in the job sector?

It is 8.30 in the morning. Suman, a fourth-year student of one of the well-reputed universities of Bangladesh, walks towards the central library of his university.
21 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Aquaculture 4.0 and the Bangladesh perspective

Anyone who studied Bengali literature at some point in their life must know about “Titash Ekti Nadir Naam”, the magnum opus of the writer Adwaita Mallabarman who drew a poignant picture of the uncertain life of fishermen.
21 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Why we need a national strategy to prevent drowning

Globally, drowning is the second leading cause of injury-related deaths among children and also the third leading cause of accidental deaths.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Factory closure and its indirect impacts on local economy

When a reasonably large factory is closed down, either by the government or by a private entrepreneur, the immediate consequence of it that comes to mind is the loss of jobs.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Plularism and politics

Pluralism contends that the modern liberal state is too complex for any single group, class or organisation to dominate society.
19 January 2021, 18:00 PM