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Making Eid-journey trouble-free

Millions, who would soon start departing for home on the occasion of Eid-ul-fitr, would have loved to put faith in the assurances of the roads and transport minister about supportive measures for making this year's Eid-journey 'comfortable'. But the bitter experiences of recent years and the current state of roads...

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Apparel industry -- workplace safety not enough

Any Bangladeshi or someone who wishes Bangladesh well will find it heartening to learn that the country's apparel sector has lately achieved something really commendable. The country has moved well ahead of some of its formidable competitors in its attainments on workplace safety. This has been revealed by AsiaInspection in...

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Credit-grant dilemma over Rohingya funding?

Bangladesh open-arm policy towards receiving the fear-stricken Rohingyas from Myanmar meant it has played a fundamental part in providing refuge to a persecuted mass of people. By doing so, it has partaken of an international role as the first safe port of call to the refugees. To that extent, Bangladesh...

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Tax on local medical expenses

OTHER than a few top executives, most employees in Bangladesh get low remunerations from their employers. During the last year some top executives of private commercial banks and non banking financial institutions took more than Tk. 1.0 million from their offices as overseas medical expenditure for themselves and their family...

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World Cup Football

FIFA-2018 World Cup football is just round the corner and like elsewhere in the world, football lovers of Bangladesh are preparing to welcome the biggest football bonanza. Like all previous years, majority of Bangladesh football fans are mainly divided into two camps ? Brazil and Argentina, while smaller groups support...

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Women and education

WE cannot expect desired progress keeping half of our population i.e., women, in the dark. Particularly in rural Bangladesh, women lag behind in education as most parents still believe that education is not essential for girls and they should at best be allowed to complete their primary level. We cannot...

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