August 12, 2020

70% of migrants returning to Bangladesh struggle to find employment: IOM

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 12 Aug 2020 Approximately 70 percent of surveyed migrants, who returned from abroad between February and June, are unemployed, according […]
August 12, 2020

Without urgent action, Covid-19’s impact on education, training will be lasting: ILO

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 12 Aug 2020 The Covid-19 crisis is having a devastating effect on the education and training of young people and […]
August 12, 2020

Nearly 20 lakh Dhaka residents could be Covid-19 positive, 78% asymptomatic: study

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 12 Aug 2020 Around nine percent — nearly 20 lakh — of Dhaka city dwellers could be Covid-19 positive with […]
August 11, 2020

Govt may scrap PEC, JSC exams

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 12 August 2020 The government is considering cancelling this year’s Primary Education Completion, Junior School Certificate and equivalent exams due […]
August 11, 2020

Pandemic doubles extreme poverty

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 12 August 2020 The recent nationwide closure of all economic activities for two-and-a-half months has doubled extreme poverty in Bangladesh, […]
August 11, 2020

Decent GDP growth amid extraordinary circumstances

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 12 August 2020 In the end, the final data from state-run Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) shows the economy grew […]
August 11, 2020

Chinese firm to invest $300m to set up plasma fractionation plant

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 12 August 2020 The good news on the economic front has started to roll in once again, with the latest […]
August 11, 2020

Nearly one in 10 infected in city

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 12 August 2020 Nine percent of the Dhaka city dwellers have already been infected with coronavirus and 78 percent of […]
August 11, 2020

Study, Research Abroad: Pandemic leaves them hanging

Published in: The Daily Star Date: 12 August 2020 Thousands of students who got admission and scholarship at different universities abroad are in deep trouble due […]