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- Indexed articles, last 90 days
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- Sep 18, 2026
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- Aug 14, 2026
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Without structural fixes, the one-crore job promise will remain hollow (opens the original)
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Every government since 1990 has learned the same lesson the hard way: promising jobs is easy, creating them is not. In its 2026 election manifesto, BNP had pledged to create one crore jobs for educated youth within 18 months of taking office. However, instead of employment-generating facilities, the last several months have often seen closures. According to a recent report by the Industrial Police, due to severe gas and electricity crises, several factories across the country’s major industrial
Shipbreaking need not be deadly, but weak enforcement is making it so (opens the original)
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Few industries in Bangladesh depend as completely on human labour as shipbreaking. Every tonne of steel the sector yields is cut, carried, and hauled by hand. Yet, accident records suggest an industry that treats this labour as expendable. The recent incident that took place inside the LNG carrier MT Rasi at Ferdous Steel Ship Recycling Industries in Sitakunda, on August 14, led to the death of 10 workers. A preliminary investigation report, submitted to the Ministry of Industries on August 19,
Should essential services like fuel and electricity be left to private hands? (opens the original)
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In 1976, Ziaur Rahman, then Chief Martial Law Administrator, established the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) by ordinance, bringing fuel marketing and distribution under one state roof. A year later, as president, he established the Rural Electrification Board (REB) to carry power into Bangladeshi villages, where it did not exist. There’s an irony here. Zia is remembered mainly as the man who reversed Mujib-era nationalisation, returning jute mills, textile mills and dozens of other enter
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