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Landslide threat to Rohingyas

With repatriation of the Rohingya refugees nowhere in sight, the monsoon, almost around the corner, threatens to make their camp life worse than ever before. The threats have lately been highlighted by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Homeless and displaced people normally brace for many rain-induced dislocations and disruptions in...

Interest rates: Back to old ways

Now it's bank depositors' turn to recoup their losses. They have suffered enough for more than a couple of years because of continuous decline in interest rates on deposits of all types barring the current account that carries no interest. The return from savings deposits with banks is still in...

Now there's fake bank

It's banking hours. The manager is in his chamber. Five members of the staff are busy doing their usual chores on the computer before them. Clients, although sparse, are either drawing money from or depositing cash to their accounts. Quite a normal sight inside a bank. But then the police...

Extraordinary Prithula

THE record set recently by an Australian female pilot was extraordinary. She led the 4-person team of pilots which flew a 17-hour nonstop flight from Perth to London. Captain Lisa Norman's flight covered 9,050 miles without stop. Many male-operated record-setting cruises pale before it. Ms Norman has rightly received a...

Flyovers of Dhaka city

I fully endorse the views expressed by Shahiduzzaman Khan in his write-up on separate VIP lane which appeared in your newspaper on March 29, 2018. It is a well written piece on a current issue. While highlighting the uselessness of a separate VIP Lane Mr. Khan also made some observations...

Mosquito menace

WITH its peak breeding season from November to March, mosquito menace has begun to haunt citizens of the capital. What needs to be pointed out is that the responsibility to control this menace lies with the two city corporations of Dhaka and both have failed on that account. Mosquitoes are...