Renewed emphasis on renewable energy
The scrapping of 42 power-plant projects including 37 renewable in the pipeline by the interim government could give a wrong message to both investors and the people here but for its evaluation. Now it has made the right choice for shifting to sustainable renewable energy policy. Under the previous regime,...
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Local currencies to promote intra-regional trade
Intra-regional trade among the member-countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is still negligible or minimal compared to their total trade volume. Trading between these countries account for only about 5 per cent of their total foreign trade. However, according to a recent report titled "Trading in Local...
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Breaking market syndicates
The report that members of the Anti-Discrimination Students Movement, in short, Movement, in Khulna will sell essential commodities from non-profit sales centres raises our spirits. That is for the simple reason that it is the same students who took to the streets in August 2018 demanding road safety. Again, the...
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Rehabilitating Dhobaura flood victims
Dhobaura Upazila, located in Mymensingh district, recently experienced one of the most devastating floods in its history. Approximately 50,000 people across seven unions in the upazila were affected. This 15-day flood severely damaged nearly all paddy fields, fish farms, and paved roads. In Dhobaura, around 4,300 fish farms were flooded,...
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Setting up Jamuna University on the bank of Jamuna
There are 55 public universities, 115 private universities, and 3 international universities, totalling 173 universities currently operating in our country. The number of public universities is nearly half that of private universities. Education costs are comparatively lower at public universities, making them attractive to talented students from lower-income families. Consequently,...
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