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  The growth of e-commerce during the pandemic in Bangladesh

  Abir Hasan | Updated at 12:00am on August 23, 2020

  The ongoing pandemic has locked the entire world inside homes but that does not mean the demands have gone from the market. Merely the shoppers...

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  Sex, gender and sexuality: still tabooed

  Muhammad Kamruzzamann | Updated at 12:00am on August 16, 2020

  In Bangladesh, sex and sexuality is a taboo topic thus deliberate ‘othering’ of different sexual identities are institutionalised. Text books of Bangladeshi adolescents are full...

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  The word freedom is not ours

  Afsana Alam | Updated at 12:00am on August 09, 2020

  Freedom means equality and justice. Freedom is creating a fearless society to ensure the right to speak, to raise voice, to express the inner feelings....

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  The experience of the pandemic and the Marma community

  Mongsai Marma Nimong | Updated at 12:00am on August 09, 2020

  In the context of COVID-19 outbreak, Mongsai Marma Nimong shares the stories of previous outbreak and the ways Marma community had tackled it historically

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  COVID-19 impact on climate change: a silver-lining to an obvious dark side

  Shafiatul Kubra Mim | Updated at 07:33am on July 26, 2020

  Rich countries have responded to the COVID-19 crisis with all the economic and administrative might indicating all-out response is a matter of political will and...

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  Agriculture sector at distress

  Abir Hasan | Updated at 12:00am on July 26, 2020

  Abir Hasan talks about the COVID-19, its effects on the agriculture of Bangladesh and lack of specific plans and policies in the national budget to...

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  Economic migration during the COVID-19

  AR Tahseen Jahan, Quazi Afsain Haque and All-Marufi Rahaman Sajon | Updated at 12:00am on July 19, 2020

  Rural people were lured into urban economy with promises of better pay and lifestyle, in most cases, that remains an illusion. The pull factor, gradually...

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  The debacle of house rents and the government’s role

  Shawkat Ali | Updated at 12:00am on July 19, 2020

  Media reports have shown that thousands of families are leaving Dhaka in a desperate attempt to cut down on the costs during the crisis period....

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  Literature beyond books: confession of a Bangladeshi kid from the 1990s

  Abdullah Al Muktadir | Updated at 12:00am on July 12, 2020

  The world of knowledge is a socio-psycho-cultural hierarchy where books belong to a ‘higher’ source of knowledge, thoughts and wisdom whereas texts from all other...

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  Chinese foreign policies: strategies of modern imperialism

  MD Talebur Islam Rupom | Updated at 10:25pm on July 08, 2020

  MD Talebur Islam Rupom talks about how China is strengthening their modern imperialism through policies even during the time of COVID-19