Installed on the boundary wall of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) located at the ever-busy Gulshan-Mohakhali Link road, the illuminating electric signboard reads "Healthcare will leap several steps forward in the Mujib Year". Sadly, the very good initiative of the government has turned out to be nothing but mere propaganda by the health... Continue Reading →
Chandana, a domestic help who works on an ad-hoc basis, rings my mother for assistance of any kind to run her five-member family. She lives in Korail slum but never received any kind of relief since the lockdown to contain Covid-19 began in Dhaka. In a functioning market, cash transfer is likely to be the... Continue Reading →
Every state in the world, whether democratic or authoritarian, has some guiding principles to run its affairs -- we call it a constitution. To make it effective, these guiding principles are backed by certain laws, rules, procedures, institutions, and people who lead them. Likewise, Bangladesh has her constitution of 1972. Article 15 of the constitution... Continue Reading →
It is already known that the world will need to inject USD 7 trillion (and rising) into the economy to recover from the aftershocks of the Covid-19 pandemic. This indicates that a lot of changes are perhaps in the cards in the coming years across the globe. The great depression of 1930 that resulted from... Continue Reading →
Like most other parts of Bandarban, the scenic and rocky beauty of Natun Para will amaze anyone. The area is home for around 60 low-income families who have been living here for quite some time. Most of them are either small grocery shop owners or easy bike pullers or day labourers. As the inhabitants belong... Continue Reading →
Shamsul Alam (55) is a tea stall worker and heads a family of 7 members. He entirely depends on tube well water for drinking purpose. His wife, daughter and daughter in law collect drinking water from a nearby tube well and drink it directly. He considers this safe. He has no understanding of whether this... Continue Reading →
After the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have come as Agenda 2030. As a signatory to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Bangladesh is politically committed to implement and achieve the 39+1 targets of SDGs by 2030. SDG target 6.1 entails that by 2030 all countries in the world will... Continue Reading →
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina did a commendable job when she asked the administration and her party leaders to inquire into the curious case of Gazi Tariq Salman, the now-famed Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Barguna. Soon after her reaction was made public, both the administration and Awami League leaders acted promptly, which ultimately led to... Continue Reading →
Out of eight goals set in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the United Nations, Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in reducing child mortality (Goal 4). Achievement in combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases are also quite satisfactory (Goal 6). Other areas that will probably reach the targeted goal by 2015 include; eradication of extreme... Continue Reading →
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