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Refinancing scheme for cinema halls

The extension of the timeframe by the Bangladesh Bank (BB) for banks to join the Tk 10 billion refinancing scheme for renovating and modernising cinema halls is welcome news. Expressly, the programme is aimed at bringing cinema audience back to the halls, many of which have been declared abandoned or...

How concerning is bird flu?

A recent report published in the British multidisciplinary science journal, Nature, says that a variant of bird flu virus, H5N1, that can spread from mammal to mammal also poses risk to both humans and wild animals. At an American mink farm in Spain, the outbreak of H5N1 occurred in October...

Rivers are in their death throes

Quite a few pictures of the river Buriganga carried in different newspapers over the past weeks paint a nightmarish sight of Dhaka City's lifeline. In one such picture, the colour of water is so jet-black that anyone can mistake it for tar in a large cauldron but for the boat...

Rein in broiler chicken price

Broiler chicken used to be an affordable source of protein in Bangladesh. But it is now out-of-reach for many people. The price of broiler chicken set Tk 260 a kilogram benchmark in Dhaka city. The price of Sonali variety of chicken has also increased by Tk 50-60 and the item...

Save dolphins of Sundarbans

There are around 10,000 Irrawaddy dolphins in the whole world. Of them, some 8,000 reside in the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh has declared five areas of the Sundarbans as dolphin sanctuaries. They are Dangmari, Chandpai, Dudhmukhi, Bhadra and part of Shibsa river. However, the Dangmari, Bhadra...

Local dialects should be respected

Bangladesh is rich with many dialects of Bangla. But, people sometimes feel ashamed of using their own dialects, thinking it is wrong to be used in urban societies. Belittling, insulting and making negative remarks about others' local dialects are also common among us. Decades ago, our Language Movement heroes paid...