National,Front Page
Despite the progress in women empowerment in the country, female entrepreneurs face numerous challenges while starting a new business due to lack of basic entrepreneurial supportive factors, according to women entrepreneurs.Establishment of a supportive environment could play an important role in we...
National,Back Page
Around 4,38,000 Bangladeshi migrants have returned during the Covid-19 pandemic as a result of losing employment as the pandemic hit the world, according to Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) officials. The Covid-19 crisis has exacerbated the challenges faced by mi...
Dhaka city with its estimated population of 21.7 million has been expanding rapidly over the last few years, but in an unplanned and unhealthy way. A lot of plans have been devised to direct the expansion in a systematic way, but to no avail. The situation remains unchanged due to lack of imple...
Chakar School (school on wheels) is an innovative initiative of ‘It’s Humanity Foundation (IHF)’, a social welfare organization that started its journey in 2010 and was established from a passion to help the underprivileged children with their education. The concept of Chakar ...
The government has been initiated various projects to empower women in different sectors including ICT for the last few years. Some of the projects have been implemented and some are still in progress.The district based computer training projects for women have been undertaken in 2002 by Jatiyo Mohi...
Government has been implementing daycare facilities in phases to the children of the RMG sector working mothers for the last few years. The initiative has been taken to provide working mothers reliable and safe places for their children during work hours. The first phase of ‘daycare centr...
Motorbikes are considered a convenient mode of transport to get to one’s destination quickly moving through the exhausting and soul-sucking traffic jam of Dhaka city. However, it has become a common practice of bike riders to ride their bikes on footpath by blatantly violating traffic rules.&n...
Public transport services have resumed amid the ongoing restrictions from May 6, as the government decided to allow bus services to operate within the cities across the country.Although strict instructions and conditions were given regarding the resumption of public transports, most of them are bein...
Another Mother’s Day will be celebrated today, amidst the pandemic for the second consecutive year. This year, International Mother's Day will be celebrated on May 9. International Mother's Day 2021: Celebrated around the world as a day to honour mothers, and motherly bonds within...
Most students in their final year face great uncertainty in planning for their career opportunities due to slow pace of academic activities.Many students said that the coronavirus pandemic has caused a long-term disruption and delay in the education sector in Bangladesh like elsewhere in the world. ...
Experts call on the government to impose a tougher restriction on the movement of public amid the sudden rise in coronavirus infection rates.Experts said that without a well-designed tighter restriction controlling the transmission of the virus could be very difficult and suggest an early action.The...
Private tuition is considered to be one of the conventional ways preferred by university students to earn a little extra money to bear their own expenses and reduce the burden on parents. This extra money is also the only source of income for many people. Sometimes, even fresh graduates who are...
The enforcement of another series of lockdowns has created a sense of déjà vu among the garment workers while they are still trying to recover from the after-effects of last year’s lockdown. The workers are passing their days with uncertainty due to the crises that have been...
Garment workers suffered extensively on the second day of the "strict lockdown" as there were hardly any vehicles plying the streets due to the restrictions imposed by the government to control the spread of coronavirus. Most of the workers had to fend for themselves as the garment fa...
Business,Front Page
Bangladesh and Brazil can accomplish many things together through solidarity, said the Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh, Joao Tabajara de Oliveira Junior.Talking to Bangladesh Post, the diplomat expounded his views on how Bangladesh and Brazil can cooperate with each other in the field of trade an...
The mobile museum on Bangladesh War of Liberation goes into operation to present the authentic history of the independence war before the new generation.Two buses are now running in the capital to provide service of the mobile museum. The movement of the buses is currently limited to a few locations...
Women-only transport services launched over the last few years by the government and the private sector, have been going through difficulties from the onset of the launch.These initiatives, be they public or private, gradually become inactive either due to their insufficient numbers, unavailability,...
Although the garment industry is the major source of export earnings for Bangladesh, its workers are constantly living on the edge. Most of them are living a miserable life due to the minimum wage coupled with the difficulties brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. The readymade garment (RMG) ...
Jute was once the golden fiber in the country’s agricultural-based economy on which the livelihood of rural people relied largely, especially in relation to raw and undiversified produce. However with the passage of time, the economy of Bangladesh has become dependent on industries. Durin...
Daycare center, an option hardly considered in Bangladesh by parents even a few years ago, has become a necessity as number of working mothers are increasing rapidly.To support working parents and help look after their children many day care centres have recently emerged in the city which mostly aim...
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