That some government agencies here are more prone to putting the cart before the horse is, more or less, a proven fact. Taxpayers' money is often wasted just because of neglect, inefficiency and lack of coordination in putting all the necessary factors in place to make projects and programmes a...
Read moreThe government's rescue plan is failing to stop the encroachment of rivers and wetlands by influential people. With alleged political clout, they are out to grab the country's rivers, canals and wetlands. This, however, demonstrates the lack of bite of the relevant regulations. As a result, environmental degradation, blocking of...
Read moreMoving into a new house, i.e., to a completely strange area, remains filled with excitement. But in a chaotic metropolis like Dhaka, it turns out to be a nightmare to many. The expectations from living in new environs are more often overridden by the ordeals of shifting from one neighbourhood...
Read moreThe tragic death of ten people in a terrible accident near Dhaka on February 26 was yet another proof of the anarchic situation prevailing in the country's highways. It occurred on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Sonargaon not far from Dhaka. The accident bore all the normal, yet troubling, features of...
Read morePeople in the capital undergoing the woes of water-logging in almost every year have already started bracing for the scourge. These days, a brief downpour during pre-monsoon or monsoon days leaves many major and minor roads inundated. Water-logging afflicts scores of low-lying areas. It is only March. The rain-dominant stormy...
Read moreALTHOUGH I am 72 years old, I always feel that I am as young as 35. I believe healthy food alone can not make one healthy, you also need a tension free life style to keep yourself healthy. My healthy eating habits and disciplined life style have been helping me...
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