Dengue danger looms again
Although the incidence of dengue is relatively low this year, its breakout in an epidemic form last year still haunts people. The apprehension of the disease unfolding equally or more viciously in the come breeding season of Aedes is always there. This is because there is a lack of urgency...
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Depositors losing trust in banks
Of the many vulnerabilities that the country's banking sector is exposed to, its acute liquidity crisis is one. Tightening of money supply as part of the central bank's contractionary monetary policy, crisis in the forex market, slow pace of loan recovery, rising amount of bad loans, purchase of government bonds...
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Fallouts of on-line dislocation
After the shutdown of the internet, it has also returned but in a debilitated form. It is more like a person's recuperation period following a serious illness. With limited capacity, it cannot perform the normal works it is supposed to do. Particularly those requiring to download and work with data,...
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Suggestions for easing Dhaka's traffic congestion
To address Dhaka's tailbacks, ranked as the fifth worst in the world in 2023, several suggestions could be considered. With a population of over 22 million and 1.81 million registered vehicles, the city's outdated traffic management and poor road infrastructure need revamping. Approximately 6-10 per cent of the country's GDP...
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Absence of metro service and its impacts
The Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), also known as the Metro Rail, is a national infrastructural project undertaken by the current government in June 2016 with the primary objective of providing a congestion-free mode of transportation to the citizens. Stretching from Kamalapur to Uttara Diyabari, it includes stops at key locations...
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