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Making up for production shortfall of salt

If the news that salt production in the country this year has fallen short of target is disquieting, subsequent development surrounding marketing of the item may be even more disquieting in the months to come. Production season of this daily essential has come to an end and business manoeuvring and...

Consolidating the status of Bangladesh as a developing country

Bangladesh needs to do more - especially at the policy levels - for a strong presence in the club of developing countries. Sometimes, policy-level actions thwart development efforts. The last two decades were the decades of transformation for the country's economy in terms of achieving a greater degree of economic...

Let Railway be the prime transport mode

Against the backdrop of unprecedented chaos on the country's roads and highways, the need for the railway to become the prime transport mode is being increasingly felt. The commuters are now willing to travel by trains, but the popular mode of transport is shed its age-old inertia.There is no denying...

The ongoing drive against drugs

THE ongoing drive by the law enforcement agencies against drugs has already started producing results. Several drug peddlers were killed in course of the drive and illegal sale of narcotics across the country has gone down remarkably. It is undoubtedly a significant move by the law enforcing agencies. But it...

Promoting awareness about lightning strikes

The number of deaths from lightning bolts are on the rise in our country. Already this year's toll till May has exceeded the number till May of the past year according to the different reports published in the media. A leading Bengali daily has reported that at least 112 people...

Bangladeshi wins Emerging Young Leaders Award

AFTER being honoured by the US state department with the Emerging Young Leaders Award, Tanzil Ferdous, the 24-year-old President of Volunteer for Bangladesh, Chittagong and senior Programme Assistant at UNHCR, urged, "Empower adolescent girls and women to bring them to leadership positions through capacity building and strengthen them to become...