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Ensure accountability for rising medicine prices
Ensure accountability for rising medicine prices
Digitalization will fail, unless...
If there is anything everyone supports, it’s digitalization of government. It’s seen as the panacea for all our ills: tax avoidance, corruption, inefficient agriculture, ...You name a problem, that is the answer, or at least part of the answer. We’ve been trying for over two decades but with meager returns.
Lessons from Bangladesh’s tussle with Adani Power
“Did you hear that Adani is refusing to supply Bangladesh with electricity?” a friend asked me recently. I knew it was a loaded question, my friend being a nationalist. “You recall wehad no power because we couldn’t pay for shiploads of fuel and coal just a few years back?” I asked back.
Marine pollution: An alarming threat for South Asian littoral states
Marine pollution on land and in oceans is currently a pressing environmental issue around the globe. The accumulation of waste causes severe, irreversible impacts and consequences on marine life, ecosystems, and the environment due to the lack of good waste collection, treatment, and management systems.
State of South Asian geopolitics in global competition
The geopolitical landscape in South Asia is shaped by the strategic rivalries and alliances among global and regional powers. China’s growing influence in the region, through economic and political ties with countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, is being countered by the United States, which seeks to minimize Beijing’s presence and control. At the heart of this complex geopolitical web is Bangladesh, a country with immense strategic value due to its geographical location and growing population. The political uncertainty in Bangladesh, including the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government due to external pressures from the US, adds another layer of complexity to the region's evolving dynamics.
Sri Lanka whitewash Bangladesh 2-0 in Test
Sri Lanka have boosted their chances of reaching next year’s ICC World Test Championship final with an emphatic 192-run victory over Bangladesh in the second Test in Chattogram.
Sri Lanka in driver's seat on Day 1
Bangladesh fielders missed two catches and one run-out in the first session of the second and final Test of the series against Sri Lanka starting today (Saturday). The Lankans scored 314 runs for 4 wickets in 90 overs at the end of day 1 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram.
Shakib returns for second Test
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has returned to Bangladesh's Test squad for the second Test against Sri Lanka.
Hridoy replaces injured Mushfiq for first Sri Lanka test
Towhid Hriday has been called up to the national Test team squad for the first time. He will replace injured Mushfiqur Rahim in the first test series against Sri Lanka.
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