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Clearing urban mess

Accepted that the founding of Dhaka City more than 400 years ago did not follow an urban plan, but there is no point carrying on with the legacy in the new millennium. That the issue of structural plan started receiving attention only in the late 90's of the past century...

Stock market puzzles

The indices of two stock exchanges in Dhaka and Chittagong went up 29 and 80 points respectively amidst choppy trading on last Thursday (Feb.08, 2018) one of the eventful days in Bangladesh politics. On the day former prime minister and chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Begum Khaleda Zia...

Seating-service or no seating-service bus?

There is no such thing as seating-service bus in the city. No bus company has obtained licence as such. But then there are buses on the body of which is displayed in bold letters 'seating service'. Quite a number of companies operate such seating-service buses. But if the primary criterion...

Risky blood transfusion must stop

A recent media report on risky blood transfusion has raised serious concerns among patients and their relatives. It was alleged in the report that the government hospitals around the country are carrying out blood transfusion without proper tests. This is an awful phenomenon and it looks like that the system...

Question-paper leakers throw challenge

LOOKS like those behind question-paper leaks are quite powerful as they have thrown a challenge to the government. Sadly the government is not being able to counter the challenge and the crime is going on unabated. It is a frightful situation that has cast a gloom over the entire education...

Unusual delay in L/C payment

IT is often found that most of our banks do not release payment against letter of credit (L/C) in due time as a result of which business activities get slowed down. As business people cannot be sure about the time of receiving payment against L/C from the local banks, the...