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Casualties from road accidents during festival

The numbers of road accidents and casualties from those during the Eid-ul-Azha vacation have been fewer than those during the Eid-ul-Fitr this year. Against 232 road accidents over a period of 12 days during Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, there were 146 road accidents during the same period between August 6 and 17....

Plugging the leather loopholes

The leather industry of Bangladesh has not been able to keep pace with the preferences of world market during the past few years. The entrepreneurs are not optimistic about the immediate future as well. The recent slide in the prices of rawhides only demonstrates the seriousness of the situation. In...

Protecting arable land from extinction

At least 69,000 hectares of agricultural land have been shrinking annually due to speedy industrialisation, unplanned urbanisation and increase in rural settlements. Such a situation is pushing the country's food security at risk. A recent report on the loss of agricultural land indicated a regular and increasingly declining trend in...

Excessive mobile phone use harmful

Many of us may have been aware that excessive use of mobile phone has serious negative effects on our body and mind but we perhaps don't care about the consequences that are yet to be seen. We don't sleep until late night and use mobile phone for browsing social media...

Foodies, too, need to be aware

Dhaka has been famous for its delicious foods and is increasingly being a hub of varieties of both local and exotic foods. Simultaneously, thanks to consumption of junk foods, there is increasing number of people, especially youth, with obesity. Another problem in buying food items from kitchen markets and also...

Take care of your kidneys

Every year, the world observes Kidney Day to create awareness among the people about importance of keeping the kidney safe and healthy. Physicians say, if we are aware of risks of kidney diseases, we can prevent 60 per cent of the kidney-related problems. Prevention is always better than cure and...

Guidelines to prevent TBML on the anvil

Bangladesh's banking industry is coping with changing trade scenarios taking newer approaches, channels, products and challenges. The regulatory provisions for international trade facilitation in the country expedite greater involvement of the trade services departments with greater risks and greater opportunities to earn.Like many countries around the globe, Bangladesh is said...