Phasing out auto-rickshaw
The longevity or useful life -- technical term is economic life -- of the 13,000 CNG-driven auto-rickshaws imported in the year 2000 is long over. Actually, they had to be disposed of two years ago but in the face of protests from owners and drivers, the authorities extended the permission...
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Poverty ascent and descent
Poverty can be both persistent and short-lived. The former may be adducible to structural reasons while the latter to temporary factors. Persistent or long-term poverty implies a state of poverty that persists for a long period of time, say, for years. It is like a poverty trap. It is mainly...
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Spade trump?
The fiddling around with interest rates may have just annoyed the one person that banks and the regulator should have stayed clear of. The Prime Minister has warned that if interest rates for loans go into double digits, stern measures will be taken. The Bangladesh Bank Governor now has to...
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Bangladesh lost another see-saw final
DINESH KARTIK dashed the last hopes for Bangladesh to clinch the title of Nidahas trophy. When he came to the crease, India required 34 off 12 balls. What unfolded over the next few minutes was an incredible finish that took the match away from Bangladesh. Karthik - phenomenally cool at...
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Summer and importance of taking enough Water
SUMMER is already on and soon we will see mercury going up much higher. Drinking plenty of water is now a necessity. Many of us do not drink enough water every day and intake of lesser water creates many health complications for them. We only know that water is life...
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Correction (20-032018)
The first two sentences of the fourth paragraph of the article titled 'ADR and the perception of lawyers', published in the March 18, 2018 issue of the FE (on Page-6), should actually read as: "As I have argued elsewhere that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, in Bangladesh, there is not...
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