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Pushing pharmaceutical export frontier

The pharmaceutical sector faces a redefining and reinventing moment. Protected by the Drug Control Ordinance, 1982 which banned the sale of imported pharmaceutical products and aided by an intellectual rights waiver enabling local industry to offer generic life-saving medicines at affordable prices, the country's pharmaceutical sector gets to meet 97...

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Road anarchy: Painful phase of nonchalance

Notwithstanding the recent campaigns by law enforcers to bring discipline to the country's roads and highways, little improvement in the scenario could be noticed. To speak pithily, there have been no changes in the anarchic traffic movement which prevailed earlier. The roads continue to be haunted by deaths and injuries,...

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Introduction of pensions in Bangladesh: Points to ponder

The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) is mulling the introduction of pensions for private sector employees. This will be a novelty for the country and a significant step. The field of pensions is intricate and highly regulated. Policy makers need to thrash out the issues in full public view. Two forms...

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Fire at Suhrawardy hospital and doctors' humanitarian job

A devastating fire broke out in the Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital last Thursday evening. It took the fire fighters about two and a half hours to tame the fire. There was no serious damage. When the fire engulfed the hospital, there were as many as 1,200 patients including those from...

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Tobacco farming on government hospital land

A daily recently reported about tobacco farming on a hospital land. A good portion of land belonging to government-run Leprosy Hospital in Nilphamari has been used for growing tobacco for years. This is a serious issue, more so because tobacco farming on hospital land is obviously hazardous to hospital patients....

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Waste management in Dhaka

Dhaka has been rated as the one of the worst polluted cities of the world. It has become more challenging to lead a healthy life here in this city.The people of the city face hassles regarding their trashes. Trashes are one of the major reasons for various kinds of pollutions...

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