Population
How countries prepare for population growth and decline
Around the world, diverse initiatives are being introduced to manage population changes.
World population about to hit 8 billion later this week
According to United Nations (UN) projections, the world population is going to hit 8 billion on November 15.
Bangladesh needs independent census evaluation
For a census to be successful, three things need to be looked at: how the data was collected, how it was compiled, and whether it was published or not.
Nine times that books told us why overpopulation is scary
Despite the decelerating growth rate and with the country's population currently standing at 16.51 crore as opposed to just 14 crore in 2011—merely 10 years ago—overcrowding is still a massive cause of headache for most of us.
Rich become richer, poor get poorer
The poor's share in the national income eroded further in the past six years, with the richer segment of the population having bigger stakes.
Congested Dhaka city needs more space
Development of the eastern part of Dhaka would help reduce population density and traffic congestion in the entire city, allowing it to
WORLD POPULATION DAY / Rethinking the population problem
With the knowledge that Bangladesh's population - which was about 75 million in 1971 - now stands bloated to more than 160 million, all crammed into ...
Getting the best out of a youthful nation
Sakib Khan's family has six members. The parents and two sons, aged between 20 and 55 years, earn a livelihood, while the two daughters aged below 15 attend school.
PROJECT SYNDICATE / The Migration Superpowers
We have entered the age of migration. If all the people who live outside the country of their birth united to form their own – a republic of the rootless – it would be the fifth-largest country in the world, with a population of more than 240 million people.
Bangladesh’s urban population rising fast
Bangladesh is set to see 50 percent urban population in the next four decades as people are increasingly migrating to the urban areas for livelihoods, education or as fallouts of climate change.
China's one-child policy reversal cautiously welcomed
Chinese state media have welcomed the news China is reforming its decades-old one-child policy, with one editorial saying it "echoes the people's will".
Extreme poverty 'to fall below 10%': World Bank
For the first time less than 10% of the world's population will be living in extreme poverty by the end of 2015, says World Bank.
Why Delhi buys water on the black market
20 percent of Delhi population have no access to piped water and have to be supplied by water tankers, but difference between demand and supply is over 750 million litres a day.
India to be highest populous county by 2050
India records a population of 127,42,39,769, which is growing at a rate of 1.6 per cent a year, and could make the country the most populous in the world by 2050
Population, Prosperity and Public Policy
Man in Bangladesh, the nation as a whole,” as a wise man once put it, “is the principal resource of Bangladesh.”
