Informal credit markets prevail in an economy because banks cannot reach all potential customers, especially the poor, mainly ...

Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmeen S Murshid has said Bangladesh is not a poor country but suffering from mismanagement and corruption. “We have abundant resources, but the ...

Workers in Bangladesh face exploitative contracts, poverty wages, and intimidation. As legal protections fall short, the country’s labour laws demand urgent overhaul ...

The new budget must review items on the following checklist for its social programmes: job creation, skills development, ...

India changed the course of South Asian history. By supporting the liberation of East Pakistan, we gave birth to Bangladesh — ...

AS THE global trading system faces rising uncertainty, from tariff hikes to shifting geopolitical alliances, Bangladesh ...

A PERSISTENT high rate of child poverty and a widening gap between child poverty rates between rural and urban areas and ...

Thousands’ of Bangladeshis are stranded without jobs in Malaysia after a hiring freeze forced them to overstay illegally, ...

Last month, 48 animals — including endangered species like Asian black bears (Ursus thibetanus), greater adjutant storks ...

In Bangladesh, an invisible menace is seeping into rivers, soil, and lives. Perfluoro and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – ...