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Accidents spoiling joys of festivals

No crowd-pulling event or occasion is an unmixed blessing. The two greatest Muslim festivals, Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Azha naturally trigger the heaviest rush in any year in this highly populous country. So, these occasions are not without their pitfalls -particularly on roads and highways, the capacity of which gets under severe...

For a lower lending rate in the economy

Now that the Prime Minister herself wants an interest rate below double digit, there is hope that things will move in a positive direction. Bangladesh economy has for quite long interest rates higher than other comparable economies in the world. But the policymakers, especially the regulator Bangladesh Bank, has not...

Preparing for prospective changes in future job market

Unemployment situation in Bangladesh still remains a challenging task for the government. The country has failed to create adequate jobs despite higher economic growth in recent years. A modest growth of 7.11 per cent was registered during the last fiscal year. Despite such a growth claim by the government, the...

On 2018 World Refugee Day

The World Refugee Day is observed every year on June 20. On this day this year, people all around the world expressed solidarity with millions of refugees, including one million Rohingya refugees here. It's a shame to see that families are being forced to flee their motherland in their desperate...

Vulnerability of Rohingya children

Almost 200,000 Rohingya refugees, more than 50 per cent of them being children, are currently vulnerable to monsoon calamities like torrential rain and landslide in Cox's Bazar, reveals a recent report by UNICEF Bangladesh.Most of the makeshift shelters are built either on the hilltop or alongside hillslopes. Cox's Bazar is...

Kidney disease - a health concern

The number of kidney patients is rising alarmingly across the globe. One in every seven is suffering from kidney disease in Bangladesh and around 50,000 people die every year. We know "prevention is better than cure", but we don't practise it in our life. Around 10 per cent of the...