Making Dhaka roads free of chaos
The overall scenario of the Dhaka roads appears reverting back to square one. The perplexed road users, pedestrians and others just look on helplessly. They have few alternatives to finding themselves condemned to remaining stuck in the pervasive traffic anarchy for an indefinite period. Given the alarming deterioration in Dhaka's...
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Translating 'Golden Bengal' dream into reality
The government has been working hard to make all the villages beautiful in a planned way by ensuring civic amenities alongside protecting biodiversity, the Prime Minister said last week.Witnessing a presentation on Land Acquisition and Biodiversity Preservation Plan at Tungipara in Gopalganj, she said Bangladesh has very little land inhabited...
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The endless tale of haircuts
The other day a lady in her 30s was seen at a Dhaka hair salon placating an inconsolable small boy about his haircut just done by the hairdresser. The helpless mother was insisting that the cut had been what he wanted. The teenage boy looked into the big mirror, and...
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Private practice of government physicians
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced on August 27 that government physicians would be able to see patients as part of their private practice at their hospitals after duty hours. She, however, made it clear that the physicians would not be allowed to carry out private practice elsewhere. We hope, the...
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Bad loans crippling banks
Profitability of the country's banks has declined by around 17 per cent over the past 10 years, due mainly to rise in the volume of non-performing loans (NPLs), according to a Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) report on "Interest Rate and Expansion of Bank Credit". It mentioned that the...
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Corruption: No stopping
We regularly read in newspapers and watch on TV stories on corruption in the government projects. But, unfortunately, the Anti-Corruption Commission is not doing enough to curb corruption. We are dreaming of becoming a developed country but without eradicating corruption, it will hardly be possible for us to go to...
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