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Scaling up the 'Ease of Doing Business' ladder

Bangladesh has reasons to be elated by the outcome of this year's ' Ease of Doing Business' report of the World Bank (WB). For, it has moved eight notches up in the Doing Business Index -- an unprecedented single-year improvement. Yet the celebration over the achievement may not be that...

Road safety still a distant dream

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rightly pointed out that ensuring a safe road system is not only the responsibility of the government or the drivers, it is the responsibility of all -- from pedestrians to all other citizens. All have to perform their own duties, she said. Addressing a programme...

Building readers of the future

One wishes the meritorious children receiving books as prizes in different competitions pick the habit of reading, and become compulsive readers in their later lives. Unfortunately, it doesn't happen. The organisers behind these competitions or events choose books as a prize item out of pious intention. They certainly believe children...

Uncertainty in higher education

At least two admission seekers who have been eligible for enrolling with Dhaka University may not be able to meet the cost of education. Asma Akter from Tentulia, Panchagarh, and Mohammd Siam from Matlab, Chandpur, have secured 368th and 789th position respectively among 10,188 successful candidates out of total 42,954...

No more abuse

Sexual violence against children at educational institutions has become a common phenomenon in Bangladesh in recent times. Some teachers, who are considered protectors of students, are being found guilty of sexual harassment at their institutions. Then, what kind of moral and ethical lessons will the institutions offer to the next...

Entrepreneurship

What most developed countries have in common in them is entrepreneurship and they make rules and regulations that are supportive of entrepreneurs. Promotion of entrepreneurship helps create jobs, increase production, bring new technology and boost growth. The Bangladesh government and businessmen are focussing on regulations and steps to encourage entrepreneurship...

Smart health watch

Nowadays we can use a smart wristwatch which monitors one's daily physical activities such as how many steps s/he walks or how much calories one burns. When we depend on mobile phone to see time, use of wristwatch may be an incentive for monitoring the state of health and fitness....