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Water-logging in smaller cities

With the onset of the monsoon, the now-perennial scourge of water-logging has begun staging a comeback. Earlier, the disruptive monsoon fallout would remain limited to the capital Dhaka before spreading to the nearby smaller cities of Narayanganj and Gazipur. Even the virtually attached Tongi and Keraniganj are not spared these...

Designing need-based education

'Employers find graduates unappealing' screamed the headline of the front-page lead story of this paper's July 06 issue. What the news report in question highlighted was the large gap between subjects taught at the tertiary level of education and the skills in demand in the domestic job market. The issue...

Poor state of railway maintenance

A pictorial report carried on railway tracks and bridges in a leading Bangla contemporary on July 6 last is a powerful testament to the awful state of maintenance of the system. This has been further corroborated by another picture on railway tracks carried in another vernacular contemporary the same day....

Uptrend of remittance inflow

Remittance is the life-blood of our national economy and the contribution of remittance inflow is increasing significantly. Remittance is being used for many purposes of nation-building and gross domestic product (GDP) growth.An encouraging report was recently released by the Bangladesh Bank (BB) that the flow of remittances grew by 9.65...

Restricting rickshaw movement on Dhaka streets

I think banning rickshaws on some roads will be helpful to reduce traffic jam. On July 07, I came to my office with relative ease as I found no usual traffic jam due to the absence of rickshaws in Badda area. My colleague also came to office by bus and...