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NBR-ICAB database for financial reports

The Document Verification System (DVS) software, developed jointly by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), is expected to be a handy tool for the taxmen trying to stop tax evasion by companies submitting fake financials. The software, however, would offer benefit...

Making economy more vibrant

There is no denying the fact that Bangladesh is now confronting some major challenges in steering its economy to a higher growth trajectory. Such challenges are slow implementation of development projects, low investment and sluggish growth of revenue. The challenges were identified many a time in countless meetings of the...

Coming winter-dust dread

"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?" This immortal line by Shelley is filled with the expectation of arrays of happier times after bouts of woes. But the line ironically brings to the mind of many Dhaka readers the three-month-long ordeal they are set to pass through during the...

Educating transgender people

An initiative to provide institutional Islamic education to the transgender Muslims in Dhaka's Kamrangirchar is, undoubtedly, a novel and praiseworthy move. Through this initiative, the process of integrating the discriminated minority group into mainstream society has started. Dawatul Islam Tritio Linger Madrasa, or Islamic Third Gender School, is the first...

Five-star hotel in Bandarban!

A new five-star hotel is likely to be built on the Bandarban'sChimbuk-Thanchi route. However, it is feared that this project may displace hundreds of local people. As the area contains several villages, the government should reconsider the decision of leasing it to a housing company. The ethnic people will suffer...

Creating body to look after mental healthcare issues

Possibly due to social stigma and myths attached to it, mental well-being remains one of the most neglected fields in Bangladesh. Unfortunately, mental illness has now escalated to crisis proportions. We have hospitals and physicians to ensure people's physical well-being, but how many of them are forpeople suffering from mental...