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Tapping potential of adventure tourism

Of late different segments of tourists have reportedly shown interest in undertaking adventure tourism in the country. It would have been good news had the ground reality been favourable. It's not. Tour operators discourage them citing a raft of adversities. Those include inability to ensure security, bad communication and the...

Next budget: Tight revenue situation

The process of making the national budget for the next financial year is already on. People at the Ministry of Finance (MoF) would soon burn midnight oil to locate sources of revenue essential for bankrolling the budget, particularly for an election year. But, as far as revenues are concerned, the...

How to get rid of polythene shopping bags

Bangladesh has the enviable record of becoming the first country in the world to have banned polythene shopping bags. Many developed countries reportedly tried to emulate the feat rather unsuccessfully. But after 12 years of effecting the ban on production, marketing and use of polythene less than a certain thickness...

A friend in need is a friend in deed

Some snapshots along with video footage went viral in the social media recently which showed a female police sub-inspector (SI) Shabnam Akter Popy providing first-aid to a victim of road accident at the Banani end of Mohakhali flyover in Dhaka. News of the accident reached SI through walkie-talkie who rushed...

Bringing unbanked people to banking

A news item captioned 'Half of Bangladeshi adults remain unbanked' published in your esteemed daily on April 28, 2018 is indeed very disheartening. Despite commendable economic progress people of our country are still lagging behind in banking practices. As our rural economy is becoming increasingly buoyant leaving most of the...

A mysterious ban on women

When women from all strata continue to leave their mark on the country's socio-economic advancement, the news of slapping a ban on their entering a public place is painful. This is what has recently happened in Sylhet city. According to media reports, around ten unusual notices have recently been pasted...

Correction (30-04-2018)

In a letter published on Saturday last, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah was mistakenly printed as Mohammad Saleh. The mistake is regretted.