ADR potential and realisation
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has enormous potential to resolve social, economic, professional and commercial conflicts. Compared to its potentiality its usage has been negligible. The ADR's merits are manifold: It is cost-effective, time-saving, prompt and conclusive. Above all, it helps resolve disputes amicably. The country has been familiar with the...
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Combating dust pollution in Dhaka
The January 30 announcement of a drive by DSCC (Dhaka South City Corporation) to fight the menace of Dhaka's dust by spraying water is a timely step. So it seems. The dry season has already set in. Acting in response to a High Court order to keep Dhaka free of...
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Monetary policy left wanting
The monetary policy for the second half of the fiscal year has been declared as cautionary without specifying who or what it cautions against. Policies that are unable to handle bad loans are as good as having no policies and it doesn't read well that in 2015 alone close to...
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Laptops at Tk 25,000
Yesterday, while reading the newspaper I came across the title of an article which mentioned that there are laptops being sold at prices as low as Tk 25,000 in Bangladesh now. I was intrigued. I began to read the article and found that there are at least seven such laptops...
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The release of Jaha Alam
Finally, after spending three years in prison, Jaha Alam has been released. Alam and his family have suffered untold sufferings. A poor jute mill worker, Jaha Alam has languished in jail since February 2016. His situation came to light after the story was reported by newspapers. Alam was mistakenly arrested...
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Violence against women and children increasing
I was shocked to read about the killing of a girl by a teacher in Rangamati. The murderer had killed the girl who was studying in class three after he had failed to rape her. In fact, the incidents of killings, rape, torture and other forms of violence against women...
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