It is about 4.0-5.0-billion Taka business every year around this time. But this year the raw hide business is in turmoil. Seasonal traders who actually collect hides from the original source are about to incur losses on account of the sluggish demand and falling price. No trader can run trade...
Read moreRoad transport workers are employed in different kinds of vehicles such as buses, mini-buses, trucks, covered-vans, tank-lorries etc. in the roles of driver, helper, conductor or supervisor. They belong to various age-groups, ranging from 10 year-old children to 70 year-old veterans. Females are, however, conspicuous by their absence. A few...
Read moreThe capital city now presents quite an unfamiliar look. Where maddening rush is the norm, it now gives a forlorn look as if it has been removed from the madding crowd by magic. But it is no magic and the emptiness will not last long. It is no mystery that...
Read moreIn August 2017, thousands of scared Rohingya men, women and children began to flee to Bangladesh. They were running from the massacres, tortures, sexual assaults and other forms of human rights abuses being carried out by Myanmar army officials in Rakhine state. Till date, nearly 700,000 Rohingyas have sought shelter...
Read moreDiabetes is spreading alarmingly around the globe and as such Bangladesh is no exception. It has been estimated that there are approximately seven million people with diabetes in Bangladesh and almost an equal number with undetected diabetes! Diabetes is also on the rise among the country's children. It is more...
Read moreMany unscrupulous individuals are making counterfeit toiletry and cosmetic products, which are being sold in the local market. These products can cause serious health hazards for users causing skin diseases and other ailments. Beside this, genuine business-people are losing their business and the government is being deprived of revenue. The...
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