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Poverty and Rural Development in Bangladesh and Ethiopia: A Comparative Analysis

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Bangladesh and Ethiopia are often cited together in development literature as two of the more instructive cases in recent decades, countries that achieved meaningful poverty reduction through periods of sustained growth, only to see that progress slow or reverse under the weight of external shocks and structural weaknesses. Drawing on recent World Bank assessments, this…

Agriculture

Environmental Degradation in the Hills and the Crisis of Regional Harmony

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The dumping of municipal and medical waste across mountain streams and agricultural land in Lemuzhiri, Bandarban, is more than an environmental disaster. It is deeply connected to local governance, citizens’ rights, public health, livelihoods, and social harmony in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The lives and livelihoods, culture, and religious practices of indigenous hill communities are…

Sustainability & Urban Planning

Sports Economy in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh has emerged as one of the most passionate cricketing nations on the planet, and the economic dimensions of that passion are becoming impossible to ignore. From a modest cricketing outpost that only gained test status in 2000, the country now commands a sports market estimated at roughly 40 to 43.5 million dollars annually, with…

Economy & Policy Governance

Building Institutions of Trust: The Role of the Ministry of Information, the Press Council, and Independent Bodies in Strengthening News Quality in Bangladesh

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Bangladesh’s private television sector has grown quickly, but as the preceding discussion makes clear, growth in reach has not been matched by growth in institutional safeguards for accuracy and independence. Fixing this gap is not primarily a matter of individual journalists trying harder. It is a matter of institutions, government and independent alike, building frameworks…

Politics, Democracy & Citizen Rights

Bangladesh’s Printed Literature Market Faces a Reckoning It Can No Longer Delay

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The purpose of this article is to examine the growing structural challenges facing Bangladesh’s book publishing industry and to assess how its weaknesses increasingly resemble those affecting the country’s newspaper sector. A recent Oniket Bulletin analysis, “The Printed Press at a Crossroad,” described editorial newspapers battling collapsing circulation, vanishing advertising revenue and an eroding sense…

Media, Publishing & Digital Dissemination

The Political Capture of Civil Society: NGOs, Party Loyalty, and Regional Imbalance in Bangladesh

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Non-governmental organizations were meant to fill the gaps that the state could not reach: rural credit, agricultural extension, maternal health, disaster relief. In Bangladesh, over the past two decades, this mission has repeatedly bent toward a different purpose, that of rewarding politically loyal communities and neglecting or punishing those associated with the opposition. The result…

Humanity, Social Welfare, Human Rights & Happiness

Telecommunication Infrastructure in Bangladesh: Two Decades of Missed Government Action and Reforms That Cannot Wait

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Growth and the Gaps Over the past two decades, Bangladesh has witnessed a remarkable expansion in telecommunication access. Mobile subscriptions surged from fewer than two million in 2005 to over 188 million by 2024, and internet penetration rose from approximately 25.6 per cent in 2018 to 44.5 per cent by 2024. The launch of 4G…

Science, Technology & Innovation

Legal Recognition, But Where Is the Protection? A Comparative Analysis of Sex Work Governance in Bangladesh and India

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For decades, the legal status of sex work in Bangladesh and India has been marked by a fundamental contradiction. Neither country directly criminalises consensual sex work among adults, but various activities associated with sex work, including procuring, operating brothels, public solicitation, exploitation, and trafficking, are treated as offences under the law. As a result, sex…

Law & Local Governance

Internet, Isolation, and Intoxication: A Comparative Look at Youth Vulnerability in India and Bangladesh

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As digital connectivity deepens across South Asia, a troubling pattern is emerging in parallel across two of the region’s most populous nations. A recent investigation in The Oniket Bulletin, “Drug Problem Among Youth and Women in Bangladesh,” serves as the main reference for this analysis, documenting how substance abuse in Bangladesh has evolved from a…

Health

Income Inequality and the Erosion of Rights: Bangladesh and India Against the UNSDG Benchmark

August 6, 2026August 29, 2026 editor No Comments

Income inequality is rarely a simple economic metric. When wealth concentrates heavily among elites, it shapes who can exercise basic rights. India and Bangladesh are often mentioned as South Asia’s growth success stories; yet both show a familiar paradox: rapid expansion of national income has not translated into a proportionate improvement in how that income…

Politics, Democracy & Citizen Rights