Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure rises to 73pc: study

The out-of pocket (OOP) healthcare expenditure in the country rose to 73 percent in 2021 while it was 68.5 percent in 2020, according to the Bangladesh National Health account. "Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure is one of the most noteworthy payment strategies for healthcare in Bangladesh and the share of OOP expenditure has

European arms imports nearly double over Ukraine: study

Weapons imports to Europe nearly doubled over the past five years, partly due to the war in Ukraine, while exports from Russia halved, researchers said on Monday. Ukraine has become the world's fourth largest arms importer, while France has replaced Russia as the world's second largest exporter behind the United States. Arms

Study in India Expo begins in city Monday

Study in India Expo 2023 begins at Jamuna Future Park in the city on Sunday, a press release said Saturday. The expo organised by Affairs Exhibitions & Media Pvt. Ltd will be held on July 10 and 11 in the capital. The expo held on July 7 and 8 at the Peninsula

Should everyone run after BCS?

After passing the four-year honors, one can apply for the BCS examination, if there is less than second class in the educational life, it is not possible to apply for the BCS examination. Due to this limber condition of participating in the exam, the number of applicants for each BCS

63.51pc women face online abuse in Bangladesh: Study

Around 63.51% of women respondents reported facing online violence, which was 50.19% last year, according to a study commissioned by ActionAid Bangladesh in 2022. This means around 64 out of 100 women have to face online harassment and violence in the country. The findings of the study were revealed in

Study on state of wildlife habitat completed

The government has completed a feasibility study recently to determine the current state of habitat connectivity through camera trapping, ensuring possible wildlife corridors. The Wildlife Compensation Rules, 2021 have been formulated to resolve the confrontation between wildlife and human beings. Md Shahab Uddin, minister for the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate

61.5pc urban youth suffer moderate to severe stress

More than sixty percent of the urban adolescents in Bangladesh are suffering from moderate to severe levels of stress, a study has found. The physical and mental health of adolescents in the country was already in a precarious state even before coronavirus broke out; the situation in the last two years

Beauty parlor workers paid poorly: Study

Beauty-parlour workers are among the poorly paid labourers in the country who have to work for more than 10 hours a day without any overtime salary, according to a study. It said a beauty-parlour worker, on average, earns only Tk 8,789 per month for lack of a minimum wage board which

Education of 37m Bangladeshi children disrupted by Covid

Education of 37 million children in Bangladesh has been disrupted due to school closures since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, according to a report by UNICEF and UNESCO. The report titled "Situation Analysis on the Effects and Responses to COVID-19 on the Education Sector in Asia" (SitAn