Morning Brief

Dhaka's public toilets: A miserable example of indifference for years

Many Dhaka residents have stopped using toilets outside their homes and known places due to hygiene concerns and mismanagement, and the number is growing. 

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File photo Public toilets Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

When will Bangladesh's economy reach the $1tn milestone?

In the post-Covid era, while many developed countries are weighed down by the global economic crisis triggered by the Ukraine war, Bangladesh has maintained an average growth of 6.4% despite facing challenges. 

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Reserves to go beyond $36bn by June

The country's economy is making a turnaround and the economy is gaining momentum, riding as it is on export earnings and remittances.

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The Bangladesh Bank Headquarters In Motijheel Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Democracy and the path to illiberalism

One has worries about the future of democracy these days. Where once pluralism, based as it was on political liberalism, was a given, today it is the rise of illiberalism which is concerning. 

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'PM Hasina should get Nobel prize for hosting Rohingyas'

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina should get the Nobel prize for her humanitarian and responsible policy in hosting the Rohingyas, the speakers said during a discussion Wednesday.

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PM Ardern shocks New Zealand, says she is stepping down

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday made a shock announcement she had "no more in the tank" to continue leading the country and would step down no later than early February and not seek re-election.

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How Marufa bowled out barriers to become a rising pacer

Helping parents on household matters including farm work was what Marufa Akter used to do a few years ago in her village in Nilphamari.

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Marufa Akter

‘Let me see my husband one last time'

Nupur Begum was desparate to see the body of her husband one last time as law enforcers allegedly forced her to sign a blank paper at Bason police station.

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