June 2026 - Page 5 of 8 - The Oniket Bulletin

The Deprivation of Indigenous Peoples and the Imperfections of Bangladesh’s Judicial System

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Naima Onamika Commissioning Editor, The Oniket Bulletin The indigenous peoples of Bangladesh form an essential part of the country’s history, culture, and social diversity. More than fifty indigenous communities, including the Chakma, Marma, Tripura, Garo, Santal, and Mro, together represent a population of several million. Although these communities are spread across the Chittagong Hill Tracts,…

Law & Local Governance

The Essential Legal and Social Reforms Bangladesh Needs to End Rape and Child Abuse

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Tanzina Fardoush Oniket Research Group Bangladesh has a crisis it does not discuss loudly enough. Rape and child sexual abuse are not rare aberrations in the social order. They are pervasive, systemic, and deeply rooted in the combined failures of law, culture, and governance. Despite legislative activity in recent years, the conviction rate for rape…

Law & Local Governance

Reforming Copyright Law for the Age of AI

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Desk Report Oniket Research Group Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant possibility for Bangladesh’s creative and digital economy. It is already here, producing text, images, music, and software with astonishing speed and diminishing human involvement. This unprecedented capability poses a fundamental legal challenge: can Bangladesh’s copyright framework, designed around the premise of human creativity,…

Law & Local Governance

Why Top Global Brands Avoid Bangladesh?

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Ayon Sabbir Alam Freelance Consultant – Business & Policy Bangladesh manufactures garments for some of the world’s most recognisable brands, yet it cannot persuade those same global corporations to set up shop within its own borders. Moreover, Apple, Amazon, McDonald’s, Mercedes Benz, Microsoft, and Starbucks are conspicuous by their absence from the country’s consumer landscape,…

Trade, Commerce & Industry

When Financial Statements Lose Credibility: Why Audit Reform Must Become a Governance Priority in Bangladesh

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Iftekhar Rahman Verdant Global The Governance Risk Hidden Inside the Numbers Corruption is not always visible as a bribe, an illicit payment or an unexplained transfer of public funds. It can also appear in subtler forms: a loan repeatedly rescheduled without genuine recovery, an inadequately disclosed related-party exposure, an asset valuation that is not challenged,…

Trade, Commerce & Industry

Infant Mortality in Bangladesh and the Human Development Index

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Naima Onamika Commissioning Editor – The Oniket Bulletin Since independence, Bangladesh has earned international recognition for several development achievements, among which the reduction of infant and newborn mortality stands out as one of the most remarkable. Once considered one of the world’s poorest nations, the country has made substantial progress over the past few decades…

Health

From Generics to Global: Bangladesh’s Pharmaceutical Sector at the Crossroads

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Farah Zahir Editor, Oniket Research Group Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical industry has travelled an extraordinary path, evolving from a modest domestic supplier into a regional powerhouse that delivers affordable generics to millions at home and across the developing world. Yet as the country moves deeper into the 2020s, the sector finds itself at a decisive inflection point….

Health

Educational Certification and Private Schools in Bangladesh

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Farah Zahir Editor, Oniket Research Group Bangladesh’s private school sector educates a substantial portion of the country’s children, from English-medium institutions catering to urban elites to thousands of small private establishments serving communities where government schools are overcrowded or underperforming. Yet this sector operates in a regulatory environment where the qualifications of those doing the…

Education

Adult Literacy in Bangladesh: Statistical Progress and Real Skills Crisis

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Naima Onamika Commissioning Editor – The Oniket Bulletin Bangladesh has long been regarded as a notable example of development success. Since independence in 1971, the country has transformed from a war-torn and low-income nation into a lower middle-income economy. It has achieved significant progress in health, education, and economic development indicators. One of the most…

Education

Shorter Public Exams and School Learning in Bangladesh

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Barna Ahmed Burghfield St. Mary’s School, UK Bangladesh is contemplating a significant restructuring of its public examination system. Proposals to reduce the number of subjects examined at the Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary Certificate levels and to compress the examination schedule have been put forward as measures to ease student stress and minimise disruption…

Education