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Combating growing incidents of mugging

After a relative lull, the muggers are back on the streets of the capital city with full vengeance. This time they are found to be more brutal than before as they are killing people in their bids to snatch money and other valuables from pedestrians and rickshaw passengers in particular....

Solving traffic chaos before it's too late

With the country's general elections knocking at the doors, the city is bracing for possible activities that may very often turn violent on the roads between the rival party activists. Demonstrations, rallies have already begun to occur on the streets which are leading to traffic mayhem. Needless to say, such...

Beyond diplomatic parley

One of the oft-repeated statement when someone assumes a new position is a request for the staff under them to work with 'honesty and dedication'. Umm -- yes but isn't that a pre-requisite of any employee? For the uninitiated such as this scribe such statements trigger quite the opposite reaction:...

Modification required for HSC syllabus

The syllabus for students of business studies group at the Higher Secondary School (HSC) level needs to be modified as there is no general mathematics course. But as they will go ahead for higher studies like BBA or BBS, they will come across the subject of mathematics in Mathematics in...

Environmental Performance Index

AN embarrassing news item was recently published in the media that Bangladesh is ranked the second worst country in curbing environmental pollution, according to an Environmental Performance Index (EPI), a bi-annual report prepared by the researchers of Yale and Columbia University in collaboration with the World Economic Forum (WEF). During...

Using social media effectively

WHETHER we accept it or not, social media has become an inseparable part of our daily life, at least for people living in urban areas. Prior to 2007, the teenagers and adults alike were used to engage themselves in diverse indoor and outdoor games during their free time. Nowadays they...