Mon, 25 Nov 2024, 06:19 pm
Editorial

A sustainable growth must be an inclusive growth

AN INCREASE in unemployment amidst the Covid outbreak has become a major concern while unemployment and underemployment have for long been indicators of a jobless development. The International Labour Organisation

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Workers in private sector left behind yet again

THE finding of a study that less than 1 per cent of workers of the transport, retail and hotels and restaurants sectors received government assistance during the Covid crisis questions

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Strict Covid screening at border crossing a must

IT IS commendable that the government has taken immediate steps to verify Covid certificates at different land borders following the detection of three individuals with false negative certificates. In the

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Govt must build capacity to fight erosion

AN INCREASED level of erosion in coastal towns, forests and islands is an issue of grave concern. When such erosion is a direct impact of climate change, Bangladesh, ranked among

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Declining water quality threat to public health

A RECENT study reports that the declining water quality caused by an unregulated use of pesticide and other forms of pollution is becoming a major public health concern. The study

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Policy support needed for bicycle industry for more benefits

THERE has been a minimum policy support for the bicycle industry despite proven export potential. The local demand for bicycles, as the Bicycle Merchant Assembling and Importers’ Association says, is

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Dhaka must boldly take up border killing issue with Delhi

INDIA’S Border Security Force killed four Bangladeshis in the past 10 days, showing high-handedness on part of India authorities and a poor handling of the issue by Bangladesh. The Indian

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Farm mechanisation craving for investment

It is heartening to know that government has taken up a project regarding agricultural machinery distribution to farmers. This project is expected to create a large market for agricultural machinery

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Refusal to sign CoP26 forest declaration unbecoming

THIS is worrying that Bangladesh, one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change, has not signed the global pledge to end and reverse deforestation by 2030 at the ongoing

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Mulling underground LNG storage: A time befitting understanding

It is heartening to know that, because of the volatile LNG price in the global market, the government is now mulling over an underground LNG storage at abandoned Sangu gas

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