Dhaka is the largest and fastest-growing urban centre in Bangladesh with a population density of 44,500 square kilometres. One-tenth of the country’s population and a third of its urban population live in this city. According to the Dhaka Structural Plan 2016-2035, its population will reach 22.79 million by 2035. Ensuring
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The corona budget
Nobody was expecting anything new and the budget was not disappointing that way. It’s a budget of convenience and beyond the numbers is about Bangladesh trying to cope with an emergency. People have stopped looking at budgetary allocations and it's probably only economists and politicians who bother. And they bother
Budget FY22: Bring new poor under social safety net
Will schools be closed forever?
Corona virus and the global political conflict
Narcotics is an ignored economics issue
No negligence to biodiversity conservation
If we want to ensure sustainable development of our country, environmental protection is a must. And if biodiversity is not conserved, the balance of the environment may be threatened. Hopefully, the United Nations has declared 2021-2030 as a decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Therefore, in order to prevent disasters and epidemics,
Walton launches scholarship project for students
Walton, a Bangladeshi super brand has launched crores of taka worth scholarship project for the students on Sunday. The company announced it at an inaugural ceremony arranged at its corporate office maintaining proper health care guidelines and social distancing. Under this project, Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited’s Laptop Department will provide students with
The death of a DU student and a new drug
The national initiative to solve drug addiction problem in Bangladesh is far less than its severity. A large number of people across the country are victims of terrible addiction. A police investigation has recently revealed a new type of deadly drugs in the recent death incident of Dhaka University student
China’s AI and Western anxiety
China’s tech advances may well end up ending the conventional Western notions of “freedom and democracy” in the world. Leading Western tech leaders are concerned that the emergence of an AI-powered bloc led by China could completely dominate this century’s geopolitics. US opinion makers and leaders may know that no