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Poor health facilities in districts, upazilas

It is nothing surprising that patients from different parts of the country are crowding the large government and private health facilities in Dhaka for better treatment. Patients belonging to poor and low-income families make their bid to get admitted to public hospitals and the middleclass and affluent sections to private...

Banks: Viability of merger

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced her government's plan to merge 10 state banks into four entities. The move came as India's public sector banks are hamstrung by bad loans, poor governance and a few loan scams. The latest move, thus, is seen as an inevitable one under...

Business with ill motive of exploitation

The rape of a university girl in an office-cum-residence at Shyamoli in the capital has once again brought to the fore the psychic disorder society is suffering from. More and more people seem to be driven by an extra bit of sexual predatoriness and are resorting to evil designs and...

Development, just reactive

Most parts of Dhaka city have been plagued by what are called development works. Every day, commuters suffering in tailback express their anger while talking to each other, cursing the authorities. The Dhaka University is also affected. Its students are afraid that the campus, located in central part of the...

Another migrants' destination unsafe!

South Africa, a growing country since the apartheid era is over, was becoming a popular destination for many Bangladesh people who wanted to seek opportunities abroad. Going there, some made good fortunes by this time. However, we feel sad to hear that Bangladeshis or foreigners are often killed in South...

Hassle with currency notes

When I went to deposit some money with a bank recently, the cashier refused to accept worn-out currency notes. I referred to a Bangladesh Bank order in this regard but to no avail. I was told by friends later that many banks did not accept torn and worn out notes...