Ariful Islam Mithu

Underlying problems such as school dropouts need to be addressed first before taking a legal route to stop child labour. Photo: Reuters
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‘Child labour in a country like Bangladesh is primarily a development issue, not so much of enforcement’

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Facebook and Bangladeshi politicians: A new tide in mass political communication?

Dr Manzoor Ahmed. TBS TBS Sketch.
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‘We need a two-to-three-year recovery plan before returning to a regular class routine’

:Wholesalers as well as retail shop owners withdrew edible oil from the market in the hope of more profit. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
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'If the govt can control 25% of the market, the influence of big importers will be reduced' 

Though the highways are being widened, the quality of the journey deteriorates as the day passes. Photo: Collected
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'More lanes will not solve the problem, we need to improve the operational condition of highways'

Farhadul Islam is one of the 15 core snake rescuers of the voluntary organisation Snake Rescue Team Bangladesh. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
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How a snake-bite turned a boy into a snake rescuer

Missed Call: Why outsourcing call centres never took off
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Missed Call: Why outsourcing call centres never took off

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People are exploring ways to invest money. Commodity exchange can fill the void 

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Rate of MFS fraud victims is higher among the highly educated

We need to look at skills development at the national level. Migrant workers think that all of their problems will be solved if they can go abroad. But that is not the case. Photo: Mumit M
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3,000 migrant workers return in body bags per year: 'Pre-travel orientation can cut down deaths by 10-15%'

Abdus Sattar, one of the two founders of Baly Keds enterprise, sitting at his office in the Baly Complex in Uttara. Photo: Noor-a-Alam
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The rise and fall of Baly Keds

TCB’s operation is much lower than required level
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TCB’s operation is much lower than required level

Zakia Akhter Chowdhury. Sketch: TBS
Pioneering Women

Zakia Chowdhury: Tale of Bangladesh’s first female secretary