Sunita Narain : There is nothing more criminal than the conspiracy of silence. There is also nothing more abject than scientists participating in acquiescence and deceit. Let me explain the cause of my anger. There is a little known region…
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Mobilising business community for sustainable prosperity
Worldwatch Institute : Washington, D.C.-Transnational corporations are now so numerous and in some cases so well capitalized that their global influence now rivals and in many cases exceeds that of governments, according to research published by the Worldwatch Institute. Around…
Deeper into the electric vehicle business
David A Gabel, ENN : GM is already the maker of the Chevrolet Volt, the first wide-selling domestic plug-in hybrid electric vehicle to hit the market. With new CAFE standards put in place by the US Government, and with growing…
Devastating garment fire: Poor governance, CSR to blame
Mostafa Kamal Majumder : The death of yet another 112 workers in Saturday’s devastating fire at the Tazreen factory in Ashulia, Savar, has brought to the fore safety and security of three million garment workers – most of them women…
Ashulia fire : Tazreen Fashions to get Tk 18cr insurance
Tazreen Fashions at Ashulia will get a fire-insurance of Tk 18 crore as a compensation for the devastating blaze that broke out on November 24 killing 112 workers of the readymade garment (RMG) industry. The RMG had a one-year fire-insurance…