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Downsizing Covid treatment facilities

Noticeably, the number of Covid tests has been well below the requirement and the rate of infection has lately gone down. That is what the statistics published by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) show. Amidst this positive development, the daily fatality figures, however, has been almost static. The...

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Jt efforts needed to diversify exportable products

The government's new export policy got passage two years ago to infuse dynamism into export operations, enhance competitiveness in trade and commerce and thus strengthen the position of the country in the competitive world.A separate and a new chapter on definitions has been incorporated in the new export policy by...

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Easing movement on city footpaths

Of late, the relatively new urban menace of automobile repair corners encroaching on footpath is seen becoming a threat in the making. In earlier stage, the repair works used to be confined to makeshift shops; many calling them mini-garages. These corners continued to transform their character with the passing of...

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Fear of cyber attack

The central bank has reportedly issued a note of caution that there may be attemptsat hacking into the operational system of Bangladeshi banks. Accordingly, some banks have limited their online banking services and imposed some restrictions on electronic transactions.This is not at all surprising, given the recent surge in online...

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State of road discipline

Incidents of road crashes often captured headlines until the outbreak of the coronavirus.The entire transport sector faced a different crisis, like other sectors did, once shutdown was imposed. However, when economic activities have resumed, health rules are allegedly not followed in public transport and some operators charged higher than officially...

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Cutting unnecessary spending

The coronavirus crisis has brought financial difficulties in the lives of the middle class and fixed income groups of people. Interestingly, most of these people, but not the poor, are cutting some unnecessary expenses to adjust their spendingstyle to the present circumstance This means that some of our expenses were...

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Is fighting menace still on agenda?

How drug is destroying our society is known to the parents whose sons and daughters are addicted to illicit drugs. People always advised others to stay away from drugs and there were social and official campaigns to prevent drug addiction. But, the drug trafficking, thanks to increasing demand for narcotic...

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