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Celebration of Eid-ul-Azha

Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest Muslim festival after Eid-ul-Fitr, will be celebrated on Wednesday, August 22. Like in every year, Bangladesh is taking final preparations to join the Muslim world's Eid celebration observed in solemn gaiety. The festival falls on the 10th day in the month of Zilhaj in the Hijri...

The socio-economic impacts of Eid-ul-Azha

The festival of Eid-ul-Azha and all the different activities related with the festival have a tremendous impact on the socio-economic conditions of the country. Eid-ul-Azha corresponds with Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca by the financially able Muslims. This year, around 110,000 pilgrims from Bangladesh have gone to Saudi Arabia to perform...

Introducing feeder bus service

With rapid urbanisation, one way to make public transportation system more efficient is the introduction of feeder bus service in a big city like Dhaka. Policymakers need to think about feeder bus service while they plan to fix the problem of public transport in the capital city.Generally, feeder bus service...

Safety should be priority for Eid revellers

Every year during Eid-ul Azha, homebound travellers suffer due to traffic congestion partially caused by wayside makeshift markets for sacrificial animals.One can only hope that this will not be the case this year. I hope that the law enforcers will ensure that cattle traders do not block roads and create...

Eid travelling on the rise

Eid is almost here. Already many travel-bugs of the country have packed their bags and are ready to embark on their journeys to inbound and outbound destinations. It seems that an increasing number of Bangladeshis, from the middle and upper income households, are becoming more adventurous as they are willing...

BTRC should allow one second pulse rate

Uniform mobile call rates have increased the cost of mobile subscribers -- especially for those in rural areas. Now they are being forced to pay nearly double of what they used to pay.Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) fixed a flat rate of Tk 0.45 a minute as minimum charge for...

Turkey's currency crisis intensifying

The currency crisis in Turkey has been deepening as Lira is losing its value against US dollars. Lira has lost at best 35 per cent against US dollar this year which, experts predict, can jeopardise the economic stability of the foreign loan-based Turkish economy.The crisis continues as the USA has...