It may seem a distressing comparison. But given the present not-so-comfortable state of the education sector, the observation warrants focus. It puts two types of schools side by side --- one showing 109 institutions with zero-pass in the last SSC exams. All of them are listed as being entitled to...
Read moreNow that the national budget is doing the rounds into thinking quarters, the fact remains that understanding the implications is not always free from speculations. This is because the budget proposals are too reliant on ifs and possibilities that often do not translate into viable realities. Curiously, every year, soon...
Read moreThere are three menacing aspects to the environmental challenge that we are manifestly embedded with-thanks to deposits of non-bio-degradable plastic -polythene wastes. The first aspect is the magnitude of the accumulation: Through the world's ten river basins 800 thousand (80 lakh) metric tonnes of polythene wastes pass to the Ocean...
Read moreIt was certainly a wonderful performance by the Bangladesh women cricket team on Sunday, June 10, when they beat six-time champion India by three wickets to win the Asia cup! It is the first trophy for Bangladesh, for both men and women categories. Credit goes to Bangladeshi bowlers whose tight...
Read moreWith just a few days left for Eid ul-fitr, most people are preparing to embark on the journey from cities to their village homes in different parts of the country. They are, however, dreading the traffic congestion on the roads, which has become a mainstay over the past few years....
Read moreMore than 10,000 people die in road accidents and the number injured is twice or thrice more in Bangladesh every year. In Europe, paramedics and ambulances turn up at the scene of a road accident to pick up the injured and rush them to hospital within 15 minutes of the...
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