Month: October 2021

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English language What the papers say

New report: Lost education puts children’s future at risk

Key report says 37 million children in Bangladesh lost education due to Covid-19 school closures.

Banks struggles to disburse loans to small businesses under second stimulus package.

EU to support renewable energy in Bangladesh including regional hydropower generation and energy connectivity.

Safe Back to School campaign prioritises extremely poor families and schools in remote areas.

Bangladesh still lags far behind competitor countries in agricultural productivity.

A weekly round up of articles about work, employment, social security, business and the economy. Here is the news for the week ending:

October 28st, 2021

This week’s round up comes from:

The Daily Star

This week in Bangladesh…

Recovering lost education
It is time to get back to school and recover our children’s lost education (original image by Ahmed Hasan/Unsplash)
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Green energy to soar with new Bangladesh solar power plants

Bangladesh corporate giant is constructing first solar power plant to supply the electricity grid as green energy soars to a new scale

Employment and earnings are recovering and reversing the economic set backs under the pandemic.

Millions of children remain at risk of early marriages due to social and economic conditions caused by the pandemic.

Bangladesh launches its home-grown ease of doing business index and sees Chattogram as the best division for business.

United Nations and Government of Bangladesh finally in broad agreement on relocation of Rohingya people to low lying island in Bay of Bengal.

A weekly round up of articles about work, employment, social security, business and the economy. Here is the news for the week ending:

October 14th, 2021

This week’s round up comes from:

The Daily Star and The Business Standard

This week in Bangladesh…

green energy from solar power
Green energy reaches industrial scale in Bangladesh with new 230-megawatt solar energy plants (original image by Tanjir Ahmed Chowdhury/Unsplash)
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Social Inclusion is the Best Way to Eliminate Poverty

Social inclusion has declined during the pandemic says a new joint report from the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies and the University of Bath

Government has approved re-opening classes in-person for university students.

Nine firms will invest $55 million to set up units in hi-tech industrial parks

China will no longer build new coal-based power projects in Bangladesh.

A weekly round up of articles about work, employment, social security, business and the economy. Here is the news for the week ending:

September 30th, 2021

This week’s round up comes from:

The Daily Star and The Dhaka Tribune

This week in Bangladesh…

social inclusion
Extreme poverty is concentrated in southern parts of Bangladesh such as Bandarban (original image by Rashed Kabir/Unsplash)
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