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Jute needs planned R&D

From the various initiatives taken in the jute sector, it appears that the government is yet to firm up pragmatic and effective policies for revamping this highly potential sector. The last in the series of the plans is creation of a Tk 100 billion fund to facilitate low-cost loan for...

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Plastic recycling and waste management

Plastic products, no doubt, constitute one of the most flourishing sectors of global economy. Given the reservations posed mainly by their harmful effects on human health-- as latest scientific studies have been warning the consumers worldwide-- plastic is thriving all over. There are efforts, reportedly, towards cutting down the ill-effects;...

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Delay in digitalizing land registration

Among the government's commitments for digitalization of services, perhaps the most popular one relates to the agenda of digitalizing the country's land registration system. All because, anyone visiting a land office to receive registration services has to endure corruption, let alone hassles. So the people eagerly await digitalization of the...

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Brazil in quarterfinals

Supporters of Brazil were happy to see their favourite team breeze past Mexico with a score of 2-0 and reach the quarterfinal stage. In their quarter final match, they will face Belgium, which also won a scintillating match against Japan with a score of 3-2. The match between Japan and...

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'We are all Rohingya'

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank Group President Jim Young Kim visited Rohingya communities and humanitarian workers in Cox's Bazar district on Monday in a bid to boost donor support and pressurise Myanmar to create the right conditions for repatriation of the Rohingyas. Antonio Guterres emphasised the...

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Saving female migrant workers

I was devastated after reading about the ordeals faced by female migrant workers of our country, while working in the Middle East, in the dailies over the past few weeks. In order to change their lot and the financial state of their families, these women had gone to the Middle...

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