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Ensuring quality primary education

That girls have outperformed boys in the highest Grade Point Average (GPA-5) in the Primary School Certificate (PSC) and Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinations this year augurs well for the nation's effort at bridging gender inequality not only in basic education but also in other areas. Parents too have reasons...

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Why is this arbitrary water tariff hike?

Most consumers, both residential and commercial, in Dhaka city got a shock on receiving their water bill for the month of November last. It was inflated by 17 per cent. The Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) had increased the water tariff by more than 12 per cent in July...

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Behind spectacular PSC, JSC results

This is perhaps for the first time the examinees of village schools have fared better than their counterparts in cities in any public examinations. Not a single examinee appearing from 17 upazilas failed in the Primary School Certificate (PSC) exam. Then examinees of equivalent Madrasha education from 105 upazilas earned...

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Eradicating child labour

AROUND 5.0 million children, aged between five and 14 years work as labourers in our country. We need to address this issue on an urgent basis as many promising lives are being wasted in the process. Many of these boys and girls could have been worthwhile products of our country...

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Waking up in early morning

It is needless to say that early rising offers us a lot of health benefits. First of all if we get up early in the morning, we have a long day ahead of us that helps us complete a good number of jobs. In this way, it helps us become...

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Tight security on New Year eve

IT was nice to see that the law enforcing agencies took all-out measures to prevent any unwanted incidents taking place in our Dhaka city on the eve of the New Year. Every one celebrated the New Year happily without any involvement of unruly and rowdy elements. No unauthorized entry was ...

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