Reasons behind price hike during Ramadan
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), the country's apex trade body, has complained that extortion is largely responsible for price rise during Ramadan. It is a serious allegation not because it is made in a view-exchange meeting with the Home Minister at his office but because...
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Tasks ahead as UAE reopens job market
It is indeed a good news that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has finally withdrawn a six-year ban on manpower recruitment from Bangladesh. The oil-rich Gulf country had imposed the ban following widespread malpractices allegedly being done by a section of local manpower brokers in connivance with their overseas agents...
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Rajib gone, not his severed hand
The uproar sparked by a severed hand of Rajib Hossaain in a terrible accident and his eventual death on April 17 reminds many of another tragic death in Dhaka. It also involved reckless driving, here a truck, on one fateful morning in the mid-1980s.The victim was Sabiqunnahar, a student at...
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Questionable road safety in the country
The unfortunate incident of Rajib's death who lost his hand due to collision between two buses trying to overtake each other has brought to the fore the pitiable state of road safety in the country. It has left us wondering about what is going to happen next. Drivers still drive...
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Vanishing bamboo
Few of us know that bamboo belongs to the family of grass. However, it is well known that the rice we eat as a staple comes from a plant, which is a distant relative of the wild grass family. This fact is palatable. But imagining tall, hard bamboos as grass...
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Unruly student leader
A director of a coaching centre in Chittagong was assaulted repeatedly by a leader of the student wing of the ruling party. The video scene went viral after getting caught in the CCTV camera. The incident is reflective of a sorry state of affair in our country and a blatant...
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