Day: May 9, 2023

Bangladesh’s tourism potentials have largely remained unutilised. The Bangladesh Tourism Council took many plans and strategies in the past to make the tourism sector a major source of foreign currency earnings, but it conspicuously failed to do so either for mismanagement of the plans, or as in some cases, these plans could not even take-off. Now, before the nation is the target of achieving sustainable developed goals (SDGs) and the achievement of SDGs by 2030 would be incomplete unless Bangladesh...

The government has directed to prevent hoarding and illegal rice businesses as the procurement for Boro began across the country is set to initiate. The four-month-long procurement will continue till August 31. Agricultural Ministry officials are also directed not to harass the farmers who want to sell their rice to the government. In yesteryears, we also observed the same types of assurances but the marginal farmers had not received any support, rather government-blessed traders and hoarders capitalised on the facilities...

Dr. Azeem ibrahim :Despite escaping a genocide, the Rohingya refugees living in camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, continue to face violence and insecurity. In recent months, there have been reports of increasing tensions and clashes between different groups within the camps, as well as incidents of robbery and sexual assault. Violence in Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar is becoming much more frequent, from clashes erupting over a dispute about the distribution of aid to stabbing incidents in the Nayapara...

Muhammad Muzahidul Islam :North Korea has recently launched a new missile called the Hwasong-18. The test had triggered a brief evacuation order on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido before it fell into the waters east of the Korean Peninsula. It was North Korea’s first solid-fuel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) test. Analysts could argue that the test demonstrated the advanced and powerful weaponry of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Is it, however, any good for the people of North...