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Plight of women in public transports

A study conducted by BRAC in collaboration with the BRAC University paints a grim picture of harassment women are subjected to in public transports. The very date of its release, two days before the International Women's Day, adds a special dimension to the plight of women using public transports. Sexual...

Changing fortune of savings tools

The national savings scheme (NSS) instruments have been in the centre of discussion in recent months, mainly for their higher yield rates and consequent abuse of the facility. Economists, bankers and capital market players wanted the government to trim down the yield rates of savings tools. However, their suggestions came...

Birds too have their pageantry

Each one of them is a beauty of exquisite shape and colour. Some parade deep indigo, others violet, still others magenta and a large majority green with a shade of light yellow. No primary colour of red is on display but patches of red in other clamorous colours get conspicuously...

State of women

ALTHOUGH women are currently participating in almost all arenas, odds impeding their progress are yet to be removed. We observed the International Women's Day with a renewed pledge to uphold women's rights against social and economic discrimination. Sadly girls were subjected to stalking and sexual harassment on the same day...

Dust nuisance

DUST in the air has lately become a great hindrance to movement in Dhaka. In the past, it was during the seasons of storm and late winter that people had to endure the menace. The scene has changed. Nowadays except monsoon, people round the year are seen moving through dust-filled...

Nuclear waste disposal of our plant

NOW that the government seems to be ready for the Russian Nuclear Power Plant, the very critical and risky matter of regular waste disposal from this proposed power plant seems to have been accepted by the Atomic Energy Commission and all other concerned authorities as a routine issue. In the...