Where firm actions are needed on a priority basis
That the country's financial sector is in troubled waters does hardly need any elaboration. The issue for consideration here is whether such troubles are transient in nature or represent sector-specific systemic problem, both of which are, however, not unique for any particular country. Transient troubles call for a therapeutic treatment;...
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Let the promise come true
It is now spring time. The residents of Dhaka have no reasons to worry about water-logging as the sky is crystal clear most of the days. The situation has been so during the winter months.The residents also should have no reasons to worry about next monsoon if they have faith...
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Neglected potato may cause a backlash
It looked more like a commodity bartered system when a potato hoarder asked his neighbours to bring milk and take away the most popular vegetable he stored in a cold storage. The news died down without causing a furore. The incident highlighted the fact that at some point there was...
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Rohingya refugee crisis: An open letter to leaders
AS of December last year, an estimated 655,000 to 700,000 Rohingya people fled to Bangladesh to avoid the persecution of the Myanmar army. There were more than 300,000 Rohingyas already living in Bangladesh who had to flee their homeland in the earlier wave of violence over the last three decades....
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