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Line of Credit to cash-strapped farmers

The Tk 3.0 billion worth of fresh refinance money for agriculture announced by the Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Tuesday is, as expected, a welcome piece of news for the country's farmers. At the moment they are fighting on two fronts -- the Covid-19 on the one hand, and natural calamities...

Giving the Afghans a chance

After the Taliban formed what they said their caretaker government on September 07, the US and its European allies could not be happy for justifiable reasons. For the recognition of any Taliban-led government by the Western powers was made conditional on meeting certain criteria by the former. The criteria included,...

Counselling for public bus drivers, helpers

How many drivers of the country's public buses have the minimum training? The answer in short is, no specific number is available. What is confirmed is that most of the drivers don't have the necessary training on traffic rules and regulations, road safety measures and passenger care. Different media reports...

Appointment of medical technologists

Medical technologists are integral to today's medical treatment. But a number of posts of medical technologists are vacant in different public hospitals. So, patients are not getting required services. They are rushing to private diagnostic centers and paying abnormally high charges. Doctors, nurses and medical technologists complement each others for...

International cooperation in flood management

Numerous rivers crisscross Bangladesh. There are also canals and haors. So, whenever the monsoon winds cause heavy rainfall, floods are unavoidable. Again, more than 40 rivers are trans-boundary rivers shared by Bangladesh and India. Higher flow of water from upstream revivers in India to downstream rivers in Bangladesh during the...

Future of automobile industry in Bangladesh

The automobile industry in Bangladesh is not big. According to an estimate, the size of the industry is approximately US$100 million or Tk 8,500 million. The industry is, however, growing gradually in the country. The demand for cars is always there and it is increasing now. But due to higher...

Makeshift shops on footpaths

Many footpaths in Dhaka are illegally occupied by makeshift shops. The vendors place their products here and there on footpaths. So it becomes impossible to walk properly. The problem is not new. Everybody is aware of the problem. But there is no effective step to address the problem. We don't...