development
Are ministers not complicit in time, cost overruns?
Why singularly blame bureaucrats and project directors for cost and time overruns?
Why do policymakers care so little about pollution?
Each day of inaction translates to more lives lost
Development NGOs: Arm of the state or part of civil society?
Just don’t expect too much from development NGOs in shifting the needle on the dial.
Who can help utilise our development budget?
It has been observed that monitoring & evaluation functions within ministries and their departments are poorly understood, under-funded, and underutilised.
More trees fall victim to development
Jahangirnagar University must protect its green campus
The debt supercycle comes to China
Could the debt woes of Country Garden, the behemoth Chinese real-estate developer now facing billions of dollars in losses, augur the cycle’s next turn?
Stability without democracy can't sustain growth
Ironically, under the shadow of stability, the quality of economics and politics has been compromised
‘Women, Gender and Development': Rocky ride along the evolutionary scale
Nazmunnessa Mahtab has written a quite all-encompassing book on women and gender issues.
Book Review / Are there any lessons for Bangladesh in Ashoka Mody's ‘India Is Broken’?
Both countries have had a single-minded focus on GDP growth, with not enough attention to jobs, climate, the distribution effects and the destructive impact of crony capitalism.
Dhaka, a victim of poor governance
If government officials were held responsible and accountable for every incident, things would have been corrected much earlier.
Who will defend our public property defenders?
Over the past month, journalists and activists have been subjected to an amplified scale of threats, intimidation, and incarceration at the hands of powerful group.
The ‘War on Trees’ is winning
Unlike the “War on Terror,” a script written and executed by US President George W Bush, the “War on Trees” has been far more successful.
The cold doesn't kill people. Bad policies do.
It seems grossly inappropriate that in a country on its way to achieving middle-income status, there are still people dying from poverty.
Tales of a development sector doyen
The book doesn’t only become a memoir of the writer’s life as a development worker, but also a tribute to the late Sir Abed and his magnanimity as a human being and a visionary.
UN rights chief’s visit: Conflicting expectations and a hope for positive change
UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.
Mega projects won’t negatively impact economy: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ruled out the possibility of any negative impact on the country’s economy due to the implementation of the mega projects as these were undertaken following proper assessments.
None gagged from speaking on TV: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called for taking effective initiatives to ensure that international commitments are appropriately met for the implementation of the UN-adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
A not-so-smart proposal for an offshore smart city
In an unprecedented move, the parliamentary standing committee on housing and public works ministry has directly recommended a major development project—to build an offshore smart city claiming land from the Bay of Bengal—directly to the prime minister.
Shishurai Shob: Let’s create a child-sensitive society
Shishurai Shob is a voluntary initiative, which aims to contribute to creating a child sensitive society by developing awareness and capacity of all concerned adults across all socio-economic groups.
