Roundtables

Post-COVID-19 youth employment projection in Bangladesh

The Daily Star in association with ActionAid Bangladesh organised an online discussion titled “Post-COVID-19 youth employment projection in Bangladesh” on July 19, 2020. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.
29 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Voluntary National Review 2020 and Youth Perspectives

The Daily Star in association with Citizen’s Platform for SDGs and Plan International Bangladesh organised a virtual policy dialogue titled “Voluntary National Review 2020 and Youth Perspectives” on July 16, 2020. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM

Youth perspective on COVID-19 crisis in Bangladesh: Reflection on National Budget 2020-21

The Daily Star in association with ActionAid Bangladesh organised an online discussion titled “Youth perspective on COVID-19 crisis in Bangladesh: Reflection on national budget 2020-21” on June 24, 2020. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.
19 July 2020, 18:00 PM

COVID-19 effects on urban health

In this discussion, we will try to determine where the urban health situation of Bangladesh currently stands in terms of the COVID-19 situation. We will refer to a rapid assessment on urban health situation in Gazipur, conducted by CARE Bangladesh.
20 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Sustainable solutions to overcome the effects of Coronavirus pandemic on the construction sector

Bangladesh’s construction sector is set to face challenging times because of the coronavirus pandemic as it would slow down the economy, disrupt development activities and put workers out of jobs.
30 May 2020, 18:00 PM

COVID-19 pandemic: Situation of working people, challenges and way forward to future of work

The current situation of COVID-19 pandemic has caused most countries of the world to close their borders. The global supply chain has hence been severely impacted. Now, one main issue is the drastic decrease in remittance from our migrant workers, with a fall of USD 170 million.
20 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Agent banking solutions during coronavirus pandemic

Agent banking is quite a recent addition to banking services but it has already made waves in our community in terms of user number, agent points, and number of transactions.
10 May 2020, 18:00 PM

Digital payment solutions during coronavirus pandemic

Today’s discussion will focus on how we can make the best use of our existing digital payment structure during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
29 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Making finance resilient to the smallholder farmers

We are still a heavily agro-based society and economy. Perhaps the most neglected are those that are feeding this economy – the farmers.
4 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Coronavirus Pandemic: Tasks Ahead

The times are different. The whole world is different. We have never faced a situation like this before. In a sense, we are all confused. As a responsible newspaper, we want to communicate authentic information to the public. The public needs to know what the tasks ahead are.
22 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Progress and Challenges in TB Control Programme

Tuberculosis (TB) is a global public health issue, with Bangladesh being among the 30 high burden TB countries.
9 March 2020, 18:00 PM

#EachforEqual

Although Bangladesh has progressed a lot in terms of women’s empowerment in the past 10 years, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030,
8 March 2020, 18:00 PM

Preventing discrimination and harassment of women at workplace

Millions of women across the world face sexual harassment at work. Even though reports indicate high levels of harassment incidents, more than one in three countries do not have any laws against harassment in the workplace.
6 March 2020, 18:00 PM

End violence against women and girls: Sharing ideas about workplace violence prevention

In Bangladesh, the proliferation of informal work has opened the doors for many women to find work. However, this has its negative sides.
3 January 2020, 18:00 PM

End violence against women and girls: Sharing ideas about workplace violence prevention

In Bangladesh, the proliferation of informal work has opened the doors for many women to find work. However, this has its negative sides.
3 January 2020, 18:00 PM

The challenges faced by women-led SMEs and the way forward

The SMEs operating in Bangladesh are important contributors to the economy’s booming sectors including industry, service and manufacturing.
31 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Construction Hazard: Creating awareness and the role of stakeholders

RFL Pipe & Fittings (a brand of RFL Group) in association with The Daily Star organised a roundtable titled “Construction Hazard: Creating awareness and the role of stakeholders” on December 12, 2019. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.
28 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Prospect of Digital Platforms in Getting Service-Related Information and Providing Feedback

Save the Children has been working all across the globe for the last 100 years to ensure the rights of the children.
6 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Realizing population goals: Translating strategies to actions

Bangladesh Population Policy 2012 has six objectives and 16 strategies, with most strategies having 10-12 sub-texts. Therefore, there are actually 75 strategies.
4 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Triggering digital transformation: Reducing operating cost and expanding customer base

We have been supporting various innovations for the last three to four years. We are now at a stage where many business models are generating useful information about how to help small businesses.
4 December 2019, 18:00 PM