It is very heartening to know that a recent survey by the American National Renewable Energy Laboratory has found the potential of producing wind power in Bangladesh to be quite bright. It arrived at this conclusion after completion of a wind resource mapping for the country. Based on an analysis...
Read moreTwo news stories figured quite prominently in the past week-one on NBR's 'planned crackdown' on foreign nationals dodging taxes, the other on the finance minister's unhappiness at the whooping five billion dollars carted off annually from the country by foreign nationals. There is one apparent link in the news stories....
Read moreA reflected or refracted ray of light may be mellow like the moon borrowing the light of the Sun and being enveloped in soft glow. But in case of 'secondary corruption', a phrase you may coin to characterise a wife's witting or unwitting part in her husband's revealed/detected corruption, there...
Read moreMAY 13 is celebrated in many countries of the world including Bangladesh as the "Mother's day". In the United States, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. In most Arab countries, Mother's Day is always celebrated on March 21, which is the Spring equinox. In the United...
Read moreVERY often we come across reports in newspapers and TV channels about corruption in educational institutions. In one of the recent reports it was alleged that authorities of some well-known institutions took an unusually large amount of money from students as fees for public examinations. Corruption charge was labelled against...
Read moreWHENEVER state dignitaries or VIPs move from one place to another, things in the surrounding areas come to a halt. Although it is done so on security ground, it creates undue pressure on the traffic system and the commuters are stuck in gridlocks. VIPs can move by aircrafts to avoid...
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