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Killing life-saving rivers

Now that the cabinet ministers express their helplessness in resisting the river polluters, the orgy of killing the rivers around Dhaka seems to be completing its full cycle. People have long been in an eager wait for the start of a remedial action, if not a foolproof one. Repeated pledges...

Facing energy security challenges

Bangladesh will face energy security challenges by the year 2030 if the country is to attain Gross Domestic Product (GDP) beyond 7.0 per cent. An expert Dr. Mohammad Tamim of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) has attributed this to likely expansion of the country's export base with...

Reducing advance-deposit ratio (ADR)

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) unveiled the monetary policy for the second half (January-June) of the current fiscal year. The governor of the central bank, while formally announcing the policy, indicated that advance-deposit ratio (ADR) would be reduced shortly although he did not specify date and time. The announcement was actually...

Road below Kanchpur Bridge

ADAMJEE Export Processing Zone is an attractive place for foreign and local investors as there are many factories in the area. But the road below the Kanchpur Bridge on way to Narayanganj has been in a pitiable shape for the last five years. This road leads to the Adamjee Export...

Illiteracy is dragging us behind

Although education is the backbone of a nation, we are lagging behind compared to other nations of the world in respect of universal literacy. After 46 years of independence, we are yet to achieve 100 per cent literacy. While Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Vietnam and neighbouring India have literacy rates of...

Digital expansion

Bangladesh has been moving forward on many fronts including online-based services in all sectors. In fact, online-based services have been playing a crucial role behind our socio-economic development. It all started with different shopping sites and e-commerce sites and later many other non-business organisations also followed suit. Different new online...