Higher growth a must to raise income status
3 August 2015
THE recent reclassification of Bangladesh to a lower middle income country (LMIC) has been a highlight in its long voyage towards economic development. But what does it really imply? Is it reason enough for us to relax for the time being?
3 August 2015
Number of Bangladeshi female migrant workers on the rise
28 July 2015
The number of Bangladeshi female migrant workers has been on the rise even though migration of Bangladeshi workers has declined by 30 percent in 2014, compared to that of 2012.
28 July 2015
Jaywalkers top railway deaths
23 July 2015
The Daily Star has found out in a research that 50 percent of train accidents are because of unaware jaywalkers.
23 July 2015
Road Accidents / Jaywalkers at high risk on Dhaka streets
29 June 2015
It was 12:30pm and six-year-old Upoma had just heard the school bell ring. She could not wait to go home that day and attend to her kitten. Her father
29 June 2015
Jaywalkers at high death risk
29 June 2015
The Daily Star finds that jaywalkers account for 40% of all reported road accident deaths in Dhaka.
29 June 2015
Study finds under-20 girls most vulnerable to rape in Bangladesh
15 June 2015
When nine-year-old Asma Khatoon (not her real name) was coming home from school by herself on a regular afternoon, she did not know what lay ahead.
15 June 2015
82pc rape victims are under 20
15 June 2015
A study by The Daily Star has discovered that 82 percent of the rape victims are under the age of 20. Fifty two percent of girls or women are raped by an individual male,37 percent are gang-raped and 11 percent faced rape attempts.
15 June 2015
Lightning strikes most in May in Bangladesh
What is five times hotter than the surface of the sun and is capable of killing a person in a split second? It's lightning.
22 May 2015
Hurdles to investment
One of the key determinants behind this growth rate has been the accumulation of capital (i.e., investment). The regulatory environment for business in a country can have a direct impact on this...
19 May 2015
Growth rates and instability
AN interesting trend can be observed when one takes a look at the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rates of the country during the past few years. If GDP growth rates are plotted according to year, it has a resemblance to a wave, containing a peak and a trough. The dips in the economic growth rates can be seen during election years where rates start to decline in the years preceding the election years.
13 February 2015