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Corruption: Public enemy number one

Corruption is so widespread in society and the administration that it has been accepted by the public as a fact life. Notwithstanding this, what a recent household survey conducted by the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) on corruption in the government's different service-oriented organs has come up with is in a...

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Devising energy policy judiciously

Energy Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury was candid when he recently told the press that it was better not to reduce the price of fuel oil as the international energy market is very unpredictable. The move made Monday (August 29) last week by the government was indeed a rarity in a country...

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Counselling for tortured students

The authorities of public universities have utterly failed to protect their students, especially the newcomers in dormitories, from the torture and humiliation at the hands of leaders of the leading student wing. The leaders and selected activists of the student organ have virtually developed shadow administration in the hostels and...

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Medical college for Munshiganj

The government has reportedly made a decision in principal that it would establish one medical college hospital in every district. We welcome this move since Bangladesh badly needs more physicians. The current doctor-patient ratio in the country is only 5.26 per 10,000 people, which places Bangladesh at the second position...

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Place of worship for Hindu students at Dhaka College

Dhaka College is well known to everyone as one of the leading educational institutions of Bangladesh. It was Dhaka College that once made Dhaka the heart of English education in East Bengal. Even now, it is one of the best colleges in Dhaka city. Here, students of different religious faiths...

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What is nostalgia?

Nostalgia is our reflection of cherished memories. Nostalgic memories typically involve family members, close friends, or loving partners. Smell, touch and music have all proven to evoke nostalgia and researchers at the University of Southampton have discovered that nostalgia is linked to the physical feeling of warmth. In a study,...

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