Although the so-called battery-run rickshaws have long been singled out as culprits behind recurring accidents, some fatal, they continue to ply the Dhaka streets with their typical defiance. They have naturally drawn the ire of the road safety movement activists since they began operating in the capital. The government on...
Read moreIn the national budget for the current financial year (2020-21), the government has earmarked allocation of Tk 7.4 billion in addition to the usual one under its social safety net programme (SSNP). The amount is meant to help more than 1.1 million Covid-19 hit senior citizens, distressed widows and persons...
Read moreForced into long five to six months' confinement, if most people start fidgeting about and looking for an excuse to get over the monotony and boredom with gay abandon in any recreational site, they cannot be blamed. Now that the tourist spots including sea beaches of Cox's Bazar and Kuakata...
Read moreWe've witnessed the state of our health and other public service delivery that has been exposed after the coronavirus pandemic hit the country. Many including senior and educated people have started raising question how the nation could achieve the cherished development. While we've not taken proper lessons from two models...
Read moreStudents are being deprived of classes while opening educational institutions is not a safe option, as policymakers believe. It's also true that all institutions and students cannot afford to join online classes. There are complaints about slow speed of internet and power outage. Amidst all such realities time is running...
Read moreWhat a similarity in opposite directions! When we read reports that India slapped a ban on export of onion, prices in Bangladesh surged immediately. Once trucks carrying Indian onion started coming towards Bangladesh, prices started coming down immediately. So, demand and supply on the ground didn't matter in determining the...
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