-
FIVE YEARS OF RANA PLAZA COLLAPSE
On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of Rana Plaza collapse, the roundtable was organised to discuss the current state of the RMG industry, workers' rights and livelihood in light of the SDGs, factory safety,
-
IFI'S ENERGY INVESTMENT IN BANGLADESH
Oxfam and The Daily Star jointly organised a roundtable titled “IFI's Energy Investment in Bangladesh: Opportunities and Challenges for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 7 and Paris Climate Goal” on May 21, 2018. Here we publish a summary of the discussions.
-
Resilient Infrastructure: For the Blue Economy
To reach the status of a developed country, Bangladesh has to put special emphasis on developing necessary infrastructure. The
-
How to overcome the biggest workforce challenge in insurance industry through empowerment of professional development
Professional Advancement Bangladesh Limited (PABL), Chartered Insurance Institute (UK), Green Delta Insurance Company Ltd (GDIC) and The Daily Star jointly organized a roundtable titled “How to overcome the biggest workforce challenge in insurance industry
-
AGRI-BUSINESS FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Katalyst in partnership with The Daily Star organised a roundtable titled “Agri-business for inclusive growth: Prospects and
-
GIRLS ON BEAUTY
Recently Dove and The Daily Star organised a roundtable titled “The 2017 Dove Global Girls Beauty and Confidence Report”. Here we publish a summary of the discussions.
-
RETHINK RESILIENCE: Women- Driving Force in Building Urban Resilience
The Daily Star and CARE Bangladesh jointly organized a roundtable titled “Rethink Resilience: Women-Driving Force in Building
-
Every Newborn Must Be Saved
A roundtable meeting titled 'Every newborn must be saved' was organized by Prothom Alo on February 6, 2018. This special supplement provides a summary of the speeches of the discussants who participated in the meeting.
-
Reading Skills in Mother Tongue: Foundation of Quality Education
Prothom Alo in association with USAID (United States Agency for International Development) and Save the Children, Bangladesh
-
Dignifying Life Through Palliative Care
Ayat Skills Development Centre was initiated with the commitment to contribute to youth development in the
-
Ethics and Values in Education
Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) and The Daily Star jointly organised a roundtable titled “Ethics and Values in Education” on
-
A-Card: Smallholders' Access to Finance through Bank
Prothom Alo in cooperation with CARE Bangladesh and Dhaka Ahsania Mission organised a roundtable titled “A-Card: Smallholders'
-
Child-Sensitive Urban Planning
Speculatively, in this era of rapid urbanisation, a third of our current population are children and it is anticipated that by 2030 60 percent of our total population of different urban areas will be comprised of children.
-
Review of Earthquake Contingency Plan of Dhaka City Corporation
Syed Matiul Ahsan, Deputy Director, Humanitarian Sector, Save the Children and Moderator
-
Mega projects need expert management
As Bangladesh is going for mega infrastructure projects worth billions of dollars, their management is becoming
-
Volunteers for Tackling Urban Disasters
Bangladeshi people are generally very compassionate. We saw how common people came forward to rescue Rana Plaza victims, even
-
Skills and Employment for Persons with Disabilities
Prothom Alo organized a roundtable titled “Skills and Employment for Persons with Disabilities: Linking Supply and Demand” in
-
Home Safe Home: Reducing Exposure, Reducing Displacement
Christian Aid and Shifting the Power organised a roundtable titled “Home Safe Home: Reducing Exposure, Reducing Displacement” on October 11, 2017. Here we publish a summary of the discussions.
-
Prospects and challenges of building skills for disadvantaged youth
The Daily Star and Swisscontact organised a roundtable titled “Building skills for disadvantaged youth: Opportunities and challenges in
-
Green initiative goes slow, lacks support
Bangladesh needs to promote the use of improved cooking stoves as they save fuel, cut carbon emission and give a
-
Ensuring construction safety in Bangladesh
Ensuring construction safety in Bangladesh
-
Raising awareness about lung complications
I welcome everyone for taking part in the noble task of raising awareness about lung complications. But, a question
-
Rohingya issue and concerns for Bangladesh
Bangladesh is facing new challenges that has humanitarian, diplomatic and security dimensions. It's very shocking that Myanmar is on total denial mode.The ferocity of the atrocity on the people is unbelievable. So far the responses from India and China have been very disappointing.
-
Old age allowance a right, not charity
On July 9, 2017 National Forum for Social Protection (NFSP) and Manusher Jonno Foundation with the support of the Department for International Development (DFID) Bangladesh organised a roundtable on field level observations and proposals on the old age allowance programme. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.
-
A good job – unfinished?
The Daily Star and WaterAid in association with BRAC University and Lancaster University organised a roundtable titled “A good
-
Financing inclusive and equitable growth
FINANCING INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE GROWTH
-
Bangladesh and UN Peacekeeping challenges & prospects
MAHFUZ ANAM, EDITOR & PUBLISHER, THE DAILY STAR
-
Women's Economic Empowerment
Honorable State Minister for Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki opened the inaugural
-
Social Security for Dalits and Marginalised People
Prothom Alo and the National Forum for Social Protection organised a roundtable titled “National Social Security Strategy: Inclusion of Dalits and Marginalised Communities” on March 30, 2017. The programme was supported by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) and DFID.
-
Early Flood Warning Saves Lives
Recently Practical Action and The Daily Star with the support of Zurich Foundation organised a roundtable titled ''Flood Early Warning System: Prospects and Challenges”. Here we publish a summary of the discussions.
