Waging war on generation of black money
When rewarding, instead of penalising, the owners of undisclosed wealth or black money has been a normal phenomenon, finance adviser to the interim government Salehuddin Ahmed's assertion that henceforth generation of black money will be given no quarter is indeed music to the honest taxpayers' ears. Though every government since...
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Revising public expenditure management
Soon after assuming office, the interim government's planning and education adviser Prof. Wahiduddin Mahmud made his observation candidly clear about the country's development spending that in many cases, he considers, is not need-based, but politically motivated. "There are irregularities in taking up projects as some are undertaken by the influence...
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The overriding security concern
Regardless of the grievances that the Ansar members had, their behaviour in and around the Secretariat was unacceptable. The events that unfolded on August 21 was unthinkable in the past but it had happened. No matter who did what, the fact remains that there had been a colossal failure in...
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From 'Bloody July' to 'Floody August'
Flash floods, which can also be seen as political floods, were triggered by the sudden release of water from the Dumbur Dam upstream of the Gomti River in India's Tripura. These floods have ravaged several districts in the eastern and southeastern regions of Bangladesh. While it is true that heavy...
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Ensuring rehabilitation for flood-affected families
The lives of flood-affected families have come to a standstill. It is reported that these areas have never experienced such severe flooding before. With water splashing everywhere due to the relentless rain, life in the flood-affected areas has been severely disrupted.Houses, poultry farms, and fish farms have been completely submerged,...
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