Bangladesh needs to reform its trade policy to boost exports
Bangladesh wants to diversify its exports, and its trade regime is arranged to discourage exactly that. The incentives facing a manufacturer still point towards the domestic market, and until that changes, diversification will remain a stated goal rather than an outcome.
The elderly deserve dignity, not just care or support
The language of elderly care tends towards provision: medicines, allowances, a bed somewhere. What is usually missing from it is dignity, and dignity is not a by-product of care. It is a separate requirement, and it is the one most often left out.
The Radda attack shows the dangers of rising parallel power
Shortly after midnight on September 25, more than 200 masked men arrived at the Radda MCH-FP Centre in Mirpur-1. By morning the equipment was gone and the structures had been pulled down with heavy machinery. A cooperative's signboard went up on the cleared site.
Time to fix the anthrax vaccination strategy
Bangladesh's anthrax vaccination programme is aimed at cattle. This year's outbreaks have come largely from goats. That mismatch explains much of why the disease keeps returning.
How long must Ramu wait for justice?
Fourteen years after the attacks on Buddhist communities in Ramu, not one person has been convicted, arrested or jailed. That sentence is the whole of the case for why this remains urgent.
Attack on UPL is an attack on free speech
On Monday, two men entered the University Press Limited outlet at Banglabazar in Dhaka posing as customers, objected to the sale of "Oshomapto Attojiboni", and claimed the book had been banned. It had not. They then took two UPL employees to a police outpost and locked the outlet.
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