Breaking News
Ignoring protocol, Hasina welcomes Bhutan PM at airport
Covid-19: Bangladesh witnesses 2,487 new cases, 34 more deaths
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: 94 new cases in 24 hrs; 6 more die
Young woman dies with corona symptoms in Rangpur hospital
Two physicians among four new corona positive cases: IEDCR
Skip to content
  • Home
  • News
    • Nation
    • World News
    • Districts
    • Metro
    • Accidents
  • Business
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Trade
    • Industry
    • Finance
    • Manpower
    • Tourism
  • Governance
    • Democracy
    • Politics
    • Courts law
    • Military
    • Election
    • Police
    • Economy
      • Manpower
      • Employment
      • Tax
      • Stocks
      • Development
      • poverty
    • Int’l relations
      • Diplomacy
      • Human rights
      • Strategic
  • Environment
    • Natural
      • Land
      • Water
      • Air
      • Pollution
    • Biodiversity
      • Agriculture
      • Forestry
      • Fishery
      • Genetics
      • Wildlife
    • Energy
      • Conventional
      • Renewable
    • Climate
      • Adaptation
      • Mitigation
      • Global warming
      • Disasters
      • Talks
      • Treaties
  • Green corner
    • Editorials
    • Columns
    • Perspectives
    • Readers’ corner
    • Op-Ed
    • Think green
    • Opinion
    • Campus
    • Books
    • Laboratory
  • Feature
    • Health
      • Services
      • Medicine
      • Surgery
      • HIV/AIDS
    • Science
      • ICT Horizon
      • Telecom
      • Technology
      • Innovations
    • Femina
    • Life
    • Words of faith
    • Society
    • Family
    • Population
    • Heritage
  • Entertainment
    • Art & culture
    • Literature
    • Celebrity
    • Timeout
    • Fashion
    • Food & nutrition
    • Recipe
    • Festivals
  • Sports
    • Cricket
    • Football
    • Tennis
    • Other Sports
  • Home
  • News
    • Nation
    • World News
    • Districts
    • Metro
    • Accidents
  • Business
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Trade
    • Industry
    • Finance
    • Manpower
    • Tourism
  • Governance
    • Democracy
    • Politics
    • Courts law
    • Military
    • Election
    • Police
    • Economy
      • Manpower
      • Employment
      • Tax
      • Stocks
      • Development
      • poverty
    • Int’l relations
      • Diplomacy
      • Human rights
      • Strategic
  • Environment
    • Natural
      • Land
      • Water
      • Air
      • Pollution
    • Biodiversity
      • Agriculture
      • Forestry
      • Fishery
      • Genetics
      • Wildlife
    • Energy
      • Conventional
      • Renewable
    • Climate
      • Adaptation
      • Mitigation
      • Global warming
      • Disasters
      • Talks
      • Treaties
  • Green corner
    • Editorials
    • Columns
    • Perspectives
    • Readers’ corner
    • Op-Ed
    • Think green
    • Opinion
    • Campus
    • Books
    • Laboratory
  • Feature
    • Health
      • Services
      • Medicine
      • Surgery
      • HIV/AIDS
    • Science
      • ICT Horizon
      • Telecom
      • Technology
      • Innovations
    • Femina
    • Life
    • Words of faith
    • Society
    • Family
    • Population
    • Heritage
  • Entertainment
    • Art & culture
    • Literature
    • Celebrity
    • Timeout
    • Fashion
    • Food & nutrition
    • Recipe
    • Festivals
  • Sports
    • Cricket
    • Football
    • Tennis
    • Other Sports
  • Home
  • Governance
  • Inequality

Category: Inequality

Inequality, COVID-19 and the Plight of the Young

March 18, 2021 editorColumns, Inequality

By Jan Lundius STOCKHOLM / ROME, Mar 16 2021 (IPS) – Inequality characterizes the world we live in, predisposing how we act and think. We perceive our existence as composed of dichotomies – men and women, young and old, black…

and, Covid-19, health, inequality, of the Young, Opinion, Society, the Plight

Equal pay must for a world of dignity, justice for all: UN

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020 Lutfun NaharHuman rights, Inequality, Lead News

The United Nations is marking the first-ever International Equal Pay Day on Friday drawing attention to the gender pay gap and the systemic inequalities it is rooted in.

Equal pay, Human rights, inequality, justice for all, Lead news, UN, world of dignity

The digital divide widens amid global COVID-19 lockdown

May 10, 2020 editorICT Horizon, Inequality

By Samira Sadeque UNITED NATIONS, May 8 2020 (IPS) – The digital divide has become more pronounced than ever amid the global coronavirus lockdown, but experts are concerned that in the current circumstances this divide, where over 46 percent of…

amid, Covid-19, Global, ICT Horizon, lockdown, The digital divide, widens

Black Americans bearing the brunt of coronavirus recession

May 10, 2020 editorEconomy, Inequality, Op-Ed

May 10 2020 (IPS) – As the COVID-19 pandemic worsened in April, many Americans were shocked by the extent that black Americans were being disproportionately impacted: higher infection rates, more deaths and greater job loss.

Americans, bearing, black, Coronavirus, economy, of, Recession, the brunt

World’s 22 richest men’s wealth more than all African women

March 4, 2020 editorFemina, Inequality, Op-Ed

By Anna Tonelli NEW YORK, Mar 3 2020 (IPS) – This International Women’s Day, 25 years after we first heard it declared that “women’s rights are human rights” at the historic Beijing 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, we need…

22 richest men's, all African women, inequality, More than, wealth, world’s

Top 10 rich people worth more than 85 poorest countries GDP

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 editorEconomy, Inequality

Data gathered and calculated by Learnbonds.com indicates that the world’s top ten richest people have a combined wealth more than the bottom 85 poorest countries based on GDP. According to the data, the top ten richest people have cumulative wealth…

85, economy, GDP, inequality, More than, poorest countries', rich people, Top 10, worth

Billionaires beware

January 9, 2020 editorColumns, Inequality, poverty

By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Sydney and Kualalumpur, Jan 7 2020 (IPS) – The latest November 2019 UBS/PwC Billionaires Report counted 2,101 billionaires globally, or 589 more than five years before. Earlier, Farhad Manjoo had seriously recommended, ‘Abolish…

beware, Billionaires’, economy, inequality

Meeting you’ve never heard of — & challenge on inequality

October 10, 2019 editorInequality, Op-Ed, poverty

By Ben Phillips Mexico City, Oct 9 2019 (IPS) – Last month 195 world leaders once again met in New York for big speeches and grand events. But on inequality, when all is said and done, more has been said…

&, challenge, economy, heard of, inequality, Meeting, never, on, the, you’ve

Stop corruption to reduce inequality, economists urge

September 8, 2019 Lutfun NaharBangladesh, Inequality, Lead News

Dhaka, Sept 7 (UNB) – Speakers at a seminar here on Saturday laid emphasis on stopping corruption and highhandedness of the middlemen for reducing inequality in the society. Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) arranged the seminar at the auditorium of Institution…

economists urge, Stop corruption, to reduce inequality

BD Minorities demand equal per capital allocation in budget

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 Lutfun NaharBudget, Inequality, Last update

Dhaka, June 23 (UNB)- Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad, an umbrella platform for the country’s religious minorities, on Sunday urged the government to allocate the budget equally on a per capita basis between both the majority and minority groups…

BD Minorities, demand, equal, in budget, per capital allocation

Budget to disparately increase living cost of low-income people

June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 editorBudget, Inequality, Last update, Politics, poverty

Dhaka, June 23 – Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on Sunday said the proposed measures in the budget for 2019-20 fiscal year(FY) are likely to disproportionately increase the cost of living for low- and medium- income groups compared to the…

Bangladesh, Budget to, disparately, increase, living cost, of low-income, People

Mixed reaction on budget from ruling alliance

June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 editorBudget, Inequality, Last update, Politics, Tax

Dhaka, June 14 – The leaders of Awami League-led 14-party alliance have given mixed reaction over the proposed budget for 2019-20 fiscal year. Some alliance leaders said the proposed budget will not fulfill the expectation of the mass people of…

Bangladesh, from, mixed, on budget, reaction, ruling alliance

Budget not reflects ruling party’s polls manifesto: CPD

June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 editorBudget, Governance, Inequality, Tax

Dhaka, June 14 – The proposed national budget has not reflected the pledges of the ruling party Awami League’s election manifesto as it would go in favour of the people who are beneficiary of economic misrule instead of the larger…

Bangladesh, Budget, CPD, does not, Manifesto, polls, reflect, ruling party’s

Social imbalances in the EU

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 editorEmployment, Inequality, Op-Ed, Society

by Sylvia Schmidt Despite the economic recovery of recent years, persistent social imbalances—such as those affecting women and young people—must be taken into account in the debate on Europe’s future. In the wake of the European Parliament elections, this autumn…

economy, imbalances, in, Social, the EU

Big data and its enclosure of the commons

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 editorICT Horizon, Inequality, Op-Ed

by Ekkehard Ernst Digital dystopias are overdone but inequality is rising. The answer lies in treating data as a commons and Big Data as a collective-action problem. The fear of the machine is back. Dystopian views of a world without…

Class analyst: Global income inequality

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 editorColumns, Inequality, Life, poverty

By Chris Wellisz Washington DC, May 24 2019 (IPS) – As a child growing up in Communist Yugoslavia, Branko Milanovic witnessed the protests of 1968, when students occupied the campus of the University of Belgrade and hoisted banners reading “Down…

Class analyst, economy, Global, income, inequality

The world made promise to women, Girls; we must fulfill them

May 25, 2019May 25, 2019 editorColumns, Femina, Inequality

By Monica Juma NAIROBI, Kenya, May 24 2019 (IPS) – In 1994 the International Conference and Population and Development (ICPD) was hosted in Cairo by the Government of Egypt. Twenty-five years later, Kenya is ready to convene the ICPD “Nairobi…

fulfill, Girls, Human rights, inequality, made promise, the World, them, to women, we must

Authoritarianism, social inequalities a prelude to conflict

May 18, 2019May 18, 2019 Lutfun NaharColumns, Conflicts, Inequality, Society

STOCKHOLM, May 17 2019 (IPS) – I want to talk about peacebuilding and inclusive peace. My main point is that peace begins in the minds of people, and people, communities, societies must be allowed to participate in peace for it to…

Column, Conflict, inequality, Society
Justice done

Child trafficking victim wins £85,000 over attempted rape

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 editorCourts law, Crime, Inequality, Migration, poverty

A Vietnamese boy has been awarded £85,000 in compensation from the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice after he was illegally detained at Morton Hall immigration center and sexually assaulted. Known as H, the boy had been trafficked by…

000, attempted rape, child, Human rights, over, trafficking, victim, wins £85

G7 must support feminist aid agenda to tackle inequality

May 12, 2019May 12, 2019 Lutfun NaharFemina, Inequality, Int’l relations

Dhaka, May 12 (UNB) – G7 development aid must prioritise the needs of women and girls if they are to tackle poverty and economic inequality, said Oxfam on Sunday. The Group of Seven (G7) is a group consisting of Canada,…

feminist aid agenda, G7 must support, to tackle inequality

Unequal Europe—collating the data

May 10, 2019May 10, 2019 Lutfun NaharColumns, Economy, Inequality

Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a website collating the sources of data on inequality across the European Union and exploring evidence-based policy prescriptions? Now there is. Why is human labour remunerated so differently? Do opportunities in life have…

collating, Europe, the data, Unequal

Inequality: From redistribution to predistribution & beyond?

May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 editorEconomy, Inequality, Op-Ed

by Liam Kennedy Soaring income inequality inevitably raises discussion of more progressive taxation. But a more fundamental focus on the ownership of capital is needed. ‘Taxes, taxes, taxes … All the rest is bullsh*t in my opinion.’ The now much-travelled…

and beyond, economy, From redistribution, inequality, Op-Ed, to predistribution

UN’s empty promises to world’s indigenous peoples

April 20, 2019May 13, 2019 Lutfun NaharHuman rights, Inequality, Op-Ed

PHOENIX, Arizona, Apr 19 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations, as in so many other areas, gives lip service in support of Indigenous issues while lacking the political will and enforcement power over individual member states to comply with the protection…

empty, indigenous, peoples, promises, to world’s, UN’s

Emissions inequality—a gulf between global rich and poor

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Lutfun NaharClimate, Columns, Inequality

The American congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently shook up environmental politics by releasing a broad outline of a Green New Deal—a plan to make the US a carbon-neutral economy in the next ten years, while reducing both poverty and inequality. Lauded by…

a gulf between, Emissions inequality, global rich and poor

Japan’s gender gap

April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 Lutfun NaharFemina, Inequality, Op-Ed, Society

CHICAGO, Illinois, Mar 27 2019 (IPS) – Japan is not making progress in gender equality, at least relative to the rest of the world. Despite the Japanese government’s attempts in recent years to pass legislation promoting the economic activity of women,…

Gender gap, Gender inequality, Japan

Bridging the gaps for the disabled

March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 Lutfun NaharDevelopment, Human rights, Inequality

UNITED NATIONS, Mar 29 2019 (IPS) – People with disabilities are being left behind, and steps must be taken to ensure their inclusion in the world of education and work. Approximately 15 percent of the world’s population, or an estimated one…

Bridging the gaps, for the disabled

‘Nothing for us, without us’

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 editorDevelopment, Human rights, Inequality, Manpower, Op-Ed, Society

By Justus Wanzala Makuleni, Kenya, Feb 18 2019 (IPS) – Julia Mutua is a resident of Kalawa ward in the semi-arid Makueni County in Eastern Kenya and a member of a women’s farmers group that runs a poultry project. “Women…

for US, nothing, without us

United Nations: Global FDI flows fell by 19% last year

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 NaimIndustry, Inequality, Last update

Geneva, 22 Jan (Kanaga Raja) – United Nations, Global FDI flows, fell by 19%. last year. In its latest Investment Trends Monitor (Issue 31 of Jan United Nations, Global FDI flows, fell by 19%. last yearly 2019), UNCTAD said the…

fell by 19%. last year, Global FDI flows, united nations

Brexit, Trump and ‘yellow vests’

January 24, 2019 Lutfun NaharEconomy, Inequality, Op-Ed, Politics

Sixty years ago, the sociologist WG Runciman published an influential study of attitudes to ’relative deprivation’ in 20th century England. Runciman sought to explain why at crucial periods in the past century, notably after the first world war and in…

Brexit, Trump and ‘yellow vests’

Billionaire gains grew $2.5 bn a day in 2018 – poorest lost

January 21, 2019 Lutfun NaharEconomy, Inequality, Int’l relations, Lead News

Billionaire fortunes increased by 12 percent last year – or $2.5 billion a day – while the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity saw their wealth decline by 11 percent, reveals a new report from…

Billionaire gains, grew $2.5 bn a day, in 2018, poorest lost

Posts navigation

1 2 Next

Recent Posts

  • Rain forces DPL’s postponement for two days
  • Selection intrigue surrounds England-New Zealand opener
  • Inter Milan’s Arturo Vidal in hospital after positive Covid test
  • Osaka crisis sends French Open reeling as Djokovic, Nadal begin title bids
  • Criticism, jokes as Copa America moved to Brazil over Covid
March 2023
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
« Jun    

Columns

The Climate X Factor

In quest for a good death

Royal Title on Meghan’s Book

Russia’s Sputnik Diplomacy

16 Resources for Eating Seasonally Around the World

Op-Ed

Nepal is the New COVID-19 Hotspot: The Cure is Citizen Engagement

Amidst so-called civilized society

When the Sky poured acid

Climate Crisis: Elephants in the Room are Getting Nastier

Myanmar Military And Its Crimes against Children?

Editorils

We salute Bangabandhu on his birth centenary

Biden embodies confidence of Americans and world at large

Division, exclusion discarded with ideas of unity, inclusion

Why some medicines do not work?

Stoppage of briefing on coronavirus situation unexpected

GreenWatch Dhaka blog

We salute Bangabandhu on his birth centenary

Biden embodies confidence of Americans and world at large

Glorious days: Sensational interview of man living with AIDS

Division, exclusion discarded with ideas of unity, inclusion

Glorious days: Campaign blocking waste import had life risks

Lifestyle

Hugging sent into isolation

December 30, 2020

‘Insomnia linked to various types of mental illness’

November 30, 2020

Exercise in one arm brings benefits to both: Research

October 24, 2020

Key neuron for sleep regulation identified

September 9, 2020

Editor: MOSTAFA KAMAL MAJUMDER

Published by: The editor on behalf of GreenWatch Dhaka.
Publications from – 4/D, Rupayan Lotus, 13 Topkhana Road, Dhaka – 1000.

Editorial Office:
H-157, R-7, Journalist R/A,
Block-F,Mirpur-11, Dhaka-1216.
Contacts: infogreenwatchbd@gmail.com, editorgreenwatchdhaka@gmail.com, columngreenwatchdhaka@gmail.com;
Cell: 01929334864, 01713 180002,
Phone/Fax: 8802 9034593.
GPO Box – 2559, Dhaka -1000.

Recent Post

  • Rain forces DPL’s postponement for two days
  • Selection intrigue surrounds England-New Zealand opener
  • Inter Milan’s Arturo Vidal in hospital after positive Covid test
Copyright © All rights reserved.
Magazine Point by Axle Themes