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Sandy Sunamganj needs attention!

Onrush of sands and pebbles from the Indian state of Meghalaya has been a common monsoon phenomenon, quarrying and landslides going with it. It appears, Sunamganj district is at the receiving end of the fallout. This year, with the trail of devastations gone through by villages in the Tahirpur district,...

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Getting Covid-time dropouts back to classes

Most people feared a grim impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on school attendance. Accordingly, the situation now being witnessed following the reopening of schools across the country has turned out to be a matter of grave concern. Several newspapers have published reports on the attendance of students of primary, secondary...

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Busting factories of spurious cosmetics

Those who go to salons and beauty parlours for facial, hairdo or coiffure, spa etcetera may have reasons to be highly concerned. An intelligence agency of the country has busted an unlicensed factory that has long been clandestinely producing and supplying cosmetics and toiletries under reputed brands to parlours. Located...

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Protecting rare Nilgai cubs

The piece of news is interesting. There is only one female Nilgai in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park in Sreepur of Gazipur district. Last month, it has given birth to two cubs. The rare male and female Nilgai were brought to the Safari two years ago. These were caught at...

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Increase in child marriage is alarming

Child marriage is not a new thing in Bangladesh. It was, however, gradually reduced over the last two decades. Different efforts by the government and awareness building helped improve the situation. But the situation was yet to reach a fully satisfactory level. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic reversed the course. Newspaper...

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Evaly fraud: who is responsible?

The arrest of e-commerce house Evaly's CEO Mohammad Rassel and his wife Shamima Nasrin finally exposed the fraudulent activities. The RAB arrested the couple for embezzling the money of thousands of consumers. According to different media reports, Evaly embezzled at least Tk 10 billion from consumers using fraudulence in the...

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