Roundtable

Roundtable
Biotechnology very significant for food security

Prothom Alo Roundtable Biotechnology very significant for food security

In the present global state there is no other way except increasing the production of food in the country. And for that due importance has to be given to agriculture and biotechnology

Editorial

Losing ground in cultural arena: Concerted efforts require for revival

Suggestions have been made to overcome the crisis through education, restoration and decentralisation of cultural activities, sternly preventing the spread of fundamentalism

'We must recover ground lost in our cultural space'

Prothom Alo roundtable 'We must recover ground lost in our cultural space'

The space for culture in the country is steadily declining. Jatra, theatre, the arts, cinema, the innate culture of society were been suffocated by consumerism, conservatism, technology and vested ...

Guests at a roundtable titled ‘Upcoming Budget: Problems and Crisis of Newspaper Industry’, organised by NOAB on Monday.

NOAB roundtable Newspaper industry faces big crisis, burden of tax must be reduced

Newspaper industry is going through a crisis. Per tonne of newsprint paper was sold at USD 570 just about one and a half years ago, it is now being sold at USD 1,050

Fear of violence must be addressed for a better gender budget

Roundtable Fear of violence must be addressed for a better gender budget

35 per cent parents marry their daughters off to protect them from sexual harassment whereas 55 per cent parents do not allow their daughters to take part in any outdoor extracurricular activities ...

Speakers attend the roundtable at a hotel in Chattogram on Sunday

Roundtable Employment of victims of trafficking should be ensured

The youth need to be shown the right track to change the prevailing situation.

Discussants at a roundtable on Bangladesh's economy at Prothom Alo's Karwan Bazar office on 21 May 2022

Prothom Alo Roundtable 'Inflation control should be given top priority'

Though the government has acknowledged the crisis, it has not taken enough initiatives to face the situation, said the discussants

'More to be done for workplace safety'

Roundtable 'More to be done for workplace safety'

Only 14.5 per cent of the injured workers returned to their previous jobs in the garment factories

Drug addicts should be viewed as patients

Roundtable Drug addicts should be viewed as patients

Discussants made the remark at a roundtable, titled ‘Drugs and HIV in Bangladesh: Structural barriers and the way ahead’ organised by Save The Children in Bangladesh and Prothom Alo

Left-behind communities must be empowered

Roundtable Left-behind communities must be empowered

People of other communities must change their attitude towards Dalits, plain-land ethnic minorities, transgender persons, tea garden workers and other left behind communities in the country

'No relationship is sacrosanct'

BIPSS-Dhaka Tribune roundtable 'No relationship is sacrosanct'

Two events in recent times have shaken the world and these are Covid and the conflict in Ukraine, said speakers at a roundtable organized jointly by BIPSS and Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday

Participants pose for a photograph at a roundtable titled ‘Strengthening social protection for the tea garden workers in Sylhet division’, organized jointly by UNICEF, RAPID and Prothom Alo at Karwan Bazar on Tuesday.

'Social protection, education of women and children in tea gardens should be emphasised'

Speakers at a roundtable said a large number of tea garden workers are left out of social protection programmes despite various government initiatives. Children in the tea-garden community remain ...

Michael MacDonald, Chief Digital Officer, Huawei Asia Pacific

Huawei strategizes to get into digital health, smart homes and offices: Michael MacDonald

Michael MacDonald, Chief Digital Officer of Huawei Technologies, said Huawei is to go far beyond smartphones and get into digital health, smart home and office.

Clockwise: Farida Parveen, Nurun Nahar Begum, Liza Talukdar, Faisal Mahmud

Roundtable Child marriage is an obstacle to women’s development

Issues like violence against women and child marriage are creating obstacles for women to move forward, said speakers at a roundtable

Digital Security Act: Active efforts needed to abolish DSA

CGS online dialogue Digital Security Act: Active efforts needed to abolish DSA

Center for Governance Studies (CGS) organised the online discussion on Saturday, calling for an abolition of the Digital Security Act

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