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Good omen at a difficult time

Belying predictions of some local as well as multilateral entities, the remittance inflow during the first quarter (July-September) of the current financial year (FY) has recorded a robust growth---48 per cent---over that of the corresponding period of the immediate past FY. This is, in fact, a silver lining on the...

Digital land management on the cards

The government has approved a Tk 3.37billion project recently in order to prepare a digital database for ensuring a transparent land management system in the country. Presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) endorsed the land digitisation project. Speaking on the...

Fake healers target the capital

Around one-and-half decades back the government slapped a ban on the media adverts extolling quacks and other pseudo medical practitioners. It has been heartening to see the ban taking effect immediately. Years have passed. But no print or electronic media outlets have entertained these advertisements. The prohibition is still in...

Better mobile networks for all

We know that the students, particularly those living in the rural areas, cannot secure a good mobile network for getting internet speed required for attending classes online during the current pandemic since there is hardly any broadband internet services there. As a result, distance learning of a vast majority of...

What's stopping varsity exams?

University campuses have turned into ghost towns. Neither students nor teachers in general look happy with teaching and learning online in view of their discrepancies. Some institutions have to drop online classes as they could not find adequate number of students because they lost their initial enthusiasm in the face...

Enforcement of law to stop rape

No matter what statistics say, incidents of rape showing cruelty and barbarism have apparently increased in recent times. Despite massive social awareness, media reports, and, of course, punishment of some rapists, such incidents are taking place. As it is evident, such crimes are committed by those who are somehow powerful...