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78 per cent of prime-age working women who were out of the labour force two years ago in a survey by the Ministry of Manpower cited “family responsibilities” as their main reason for not working, compared to 9.6 per cent of men.
Gender equality is not just a ‘women’s issue’

Nabilah Husna, Communications manager at AWARE/Channel NewsAsia According to a survey of 809 teenage boys that AWARE published last year, nine in 10 teenage boys reported facing pressures to be “manly” through experiences of harassment, bullying, teasing, social exclu ...বিস্তারিত

There is research to support the concept of “hyperpersonal” relationships, or ones that are developed more intensely and quickly online compared to offline.
How to get away with fraud: the successful techniques of scamming

Cassandra Cross/The Conversation, Australia It is easy for those of us who have ignored emails from Nigerian princes or refused to transfer money on behalf of an online love interest to scroll past stories about scams, thinking it could never be us. But so far this year, ...বিস্তারিত

Let’s save Dhaka and learn to blame ourself

A.S.M Riad Arif, SARRC Silver Jubilee Scholar, South Asian University, New Delhi : According to the recent Global index by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Dhaka is now the 2nd least Liveable city of the world. And this again gives us an opportunity to Laugh louder and bl ...বিস্তারিত

Kofi Annan: A champion of peace and development

Muhammad Ali Bukhari from Toronto: The news of Kofi Annan’s death reached to me as a great shock through our Toronto’s 24 hours TV news channel and accordingly I made two posts in my Twitter and Facebook accounts: ‘The first ever African Secretary-General of the Unite ...বিস্তারিত

Opponents of the agreement did not pay attention to the sick and hungry people in Gaza.
Seeking ‘humanity’ in the Gaza truce agreement

Dr Essam Yousef/Middle East Montior Once again, the dust of fruitless political thinking and the “demagoguery” that plagued the Palestinian cause from the very beginning have surfaced to deny Gaza the right to get a fresh start and revert to life, after it was transfo ...বিস্তারিত

Living, learning, inspiring

Monzur Morshed Patwary/BRAC Asma Jannat and Munni Aktar, two classmates from Cox’s Bazaar, had to drop out of school when they were in class 8. Their families could no longer afford to keep them in school. What they faced later is a story that is all too common in South ...বিস্তারিত

Bringing back discipline to banking sector a must

Dr Muhammad Abdul Mazid, Former Chairman, National Board of Revenue (NBR) : Banking business in the country will be difficult if discipline cannot be brought back. The banking sector face a hard time unless some reforms are made to it. Many people are taking away money fro ...বিস্তারিত

Rule of law is found wanting in the country

Prof Dr Ajoy Roy, Physicist, Educationist:  The quota reformists are being targeted and becoming of victims of torture. They are also being apprehended from wherever they are found. Even the female students are not spared. Why the arrestees are denied bail? This is not ri ...বিস্তারিত

The "Asian men" the documentary focused on were specifically those of the Kashmiri, or "Mirpuri", diaspora in Bradford.
The story of British Pakistani men, told by a native informant

Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan/ Al jazeera BBC's 'Lost Boys?' is a lazy reproduction of racist, culturally essentialist stereotypes approved by an 'insider'. Two nights ago I found myself gripped by BBC Two's new, "Lost Boys? What's Going Wrong for Asian Men?" presented by Me ...বিস্তারিত

The factory pays Tk 240 a day for preparation of 10,000 bidi. She could lock around 1,000 bidi shells a day.
Abject poverty forces children to work in bidi factories

BSS Taking the burden of her five-member family expenses on her tiny shoulder, 10-year Rokhsana works at a bidi factory in Lalmonirhat leaving her out of education, a basic right of children. Living in Kalmatirpara of Lalmonirhat district, she has been preparing bidi sh ...বিস্তারিত

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