Duty on sugar: Why should consumers suffer?
'One doth the scathe and another hath the scorn' is an adage that fits in well with the government's reported move to raise the import duty on both raw and refined forms of sugar, a widely used sweetener. Some key government agencies, including ministries of industries and commerce, are set...
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No more lure for job-seekers in Saudi Arabia?
From what one gathers reading news reports, job prospect for expatriates in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is heading for the worst ever scenario. There were prior indications from Saudi official sources in recent times about slapping a sharp raise on the annual akama fee, a crucial job requirement...
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Corporatisation of RMG industry
A report carried in this paper on August 26 titled, "RMG industry steadily getting corporatised" highlighted the benefits to be had from the development in the status of the sector. Shorn of frills , hard-headed pragmatism calls for a distinction to be made between adopting 'a corporate culture' and actually...
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Number of dengue patients on the rise
Newspapers report that over the past eight months, around 3,000 people have been affected by dengue in the capital. At least, 11 patients have died from the disease this year. The season for dengue is usually between April and October. The outbreak can linger till November when winter comes knocking....
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Saving Buriganga river
The river Buriganga is dying a slow and horrible death. Oil is being spilled from the vessels plying on it everyday. Also, waste of many forms is being dumped into it. Thousands of illegal sewerage lines also drop sewage into the river. It seems that there is no one who...
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Increasing temperature of Dhaka city
The weather of Dhaka is getting warmer with every passing year. Now-a-days, the weather does not seem to cool off even during the night time. Of course, climate change is a factor. But if one goes out of Dhaka city, one will see that the temperature outside Dhaka is cooler...
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