Over 271,000 people in Bangladesh died from air pollution-related causes in 2023, according to a new global report.
It still feels like yesterday. It was a March evening in 2017. I stood outside the labour room -- anxious, restless, and counting the seconds.
Month after month, similar figures emerge, followed by assurances that things will change. Yet, the headlines barely differ.
They carry the nation’s most vital responsibility: shaping young minds and laying the foundation for future generations.
Bangladesh’s eastern coast, a key zone for development activities, is sinking faster than the central and western coasts amid rising sea levels, posing threats to infrastructure, vast swathes of farmland and the livelihoods of millions of people, warns a new study.
As of yesterday, 188 people had died and 44,693, had been hospitalised.
The global lender introduced a new condition for the next instalment of its $5.5 billion loan package
Nearly one in five Bangladeshis aged seven and above remains illiterate, despite Tk 4,000 crore being spent on literacy programmes over the past 34 years.
Over 271,000 people in Bangladesh died from air pollution-related causes in 2023, according to a new global report.
It still feels like yesterday. It was a March evening in 2017. I stood outside the labour room -- anxious, restless, and counting the seconds.
Month after month, similar figures emerge, followed by assurances that things will change. Yet, the headlines barely differ.
They carry the nation’s most vital responsibility: shaping young minds and laying the foundation for future generations.
Bangladesh’s eastern coast, a key zone for development activities, is sinking faster than the central and western coasts amid rising sea levels, posing threats to infrastructure, vast swathes of farmland and the livelihoods of millions of people, warns a new study.
As of yesterday, 188 people had died and 44,693, had been hospitalised.
The global lender introduced a new condition for the next instalment of its $5.5 billion loan package
Nearly one in five Bangladeshis aged seven and above remains illiterate, despite Tk 4,000 crore being spent on literacy programmes over the past 34 years.
Bangladesh now has the highest non-performing loan (NPL) ratio in Asia, with defaults surging to 20.2 percent of total loans in 2024, according to a new Asian Development Bank report.
In a setback for the country’s primary education system, the school dropout rate saw a sudden rise last year after a steady decline over 14 years, according to a government report.
