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Making tax measures 'prospective' enough

A few issues that the leaders of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) placed before Finance Minister AMA Muhith early this week, need to be considered from a proper perspective and thus, addressed in a practical manner. This is required for the sake of fairness and justice, if...

Signing of FTA with China

Bangladesh appears to be taking one step forward and then two steps backward in signing of a Free Trade Agreement or FTA with China, now the single largest trading partner of the country in terms of both import and export values. The policymakers in Dhaka suddenly postponed a scheduled meeting...

Need to discipline city transport system

The traffic congestion in Dhaka city continues to cost the country billions of dollars and thousands of man-hours. It eats up 3.2 million work-hours per day. Such a situation is hardly witnessed anywhere in the world.In the last 10 years, average traffic speed in Dhaka has dropped from 21 kilometres...

Affordable health care services

HEALTH CARE means maintenance or improvement of health through prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments. Healthcare is delivered by health professionals that include service providers or practitioners providing primary care, secondary care, and tertiary care, as well as in public health.Health care...

Harmfulness of chewing tobacco

MANY AMONG us were and still are under the impression that chewing dry tobacco leaves or Zarda is not as harmful as smoking cigarettes. This is a wrong notion as chewing tobacco is equally harmful for health if not more and a cause of mouth cancer. Chewing tobacco is a...

Shammi Akhtar is no more

SHAMMI AKHTER, one of our most favourite singers, is no more. She was suffering from cancer for last six years. A highly popular playback singer, Shammi Akhtar rendered her voice in more than 300 films. Shammi won the hearts of millions with her melodious voice. She was awarded the National...