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Timely anti-mosquito drive

When the memories of last year's crippling disease of chikungunya and the scourge of dengue in the capital previously are haunting people, both city corporations give the impression they are alive to the situation. People in general have reasons to take heart from the seemingly hectic preparations for facing the...

Boosting the use of solar power

A news item published recently in the FE reports the launching of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) aimed at building a network to help tropical countries boost their use of solar power. No doubt an initiative well taken, this is going to help many countries to meet their grid power...

Zuckerberg's apologies for Facebook setback

Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has made back-to-back apologies for a self-confessed "breach of trust" relating to 'protection of information' on the part of the world's largest social media network.It was no simple matter of the humongous social media platform being in breach of confidentiality of information kept with it....

Will it be effective?

THIS refers to a recent decision by the government that the set of question papers for the next HSC examination will be decided by a lottery twenty five minutes before the scheduled start of the exam. Now the question that genuinely comes to our mind is whether this step is...

Cost of traffic jams

TRAFFIC congestion is a perennial problem in major cities across the country. Needless to mention that the situation in Dhaka is the worst. The distress and discomfort reach their highest level during festivals and vacations. The Accident Research Institute (ARI), a research institute of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology...

Hazardous use of mobile phones

DESPITE continued publication of their photographs in newspapers, youths dangerously engrossed in their mobile phones are yet to be sensitised. They are seen hooked on their cell phones while walking up rail tracks, alighting from or boarding a bus or jaywalking. What can stop this self-destructive practice? Law enforcers have...

Correction (28-03-2018)

In the editorial, An occasion for introspection, published on March 26, the first sentence of the third paragraph inadvertently ends with the year, 2027. It should be 2024.