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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