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Dhaka-Chattogram highway repair so soon!

Reports of road repairs at staggering amounts just one year after its construction are too intriguing to explain. The Dhaka-Chattogram four lane highway - the 192-kilometre long vital artery between the capital and the port city - was completed in December 2016 costing Tk 38.17 billion from the government's own...

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Potato growers in dire straits

For some years now, good harvest of potatoes has turned out to be the cause of the growers' misery. While concerned quarters put it on lack of planning, which among other things includes dearth of sufficient storage facilities in the vicinities of potato growing areas, the burden of bumper harvest...

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Expanding tree cover augurs well for country

Not long ago, our mind had been so preoccupied with a shrinking forest cover that we would most likely overlook the gains we were storing up outside the classified forest areas. We suddenly wake up from a frustratingly poor tree cover over a land, reputed for centuries as fertile and...

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Quota system should be made rational

JOB opportunities in our country are limited and the job market is constantly under pressure with an increasing number of educated youths joining the work force every year. One of the leading issues that had been contributing to worsening of the situation over the years is 'quota system'. A total...

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Stop exploitation of Rohingya girls

BANGLADESH earned wide appreciation from across the world for its benevolence towards Rohingya Muslims who fled their homes in Myanmar in the face of extreme persecution by the country's authorities. These Rohingyas were victims of brutal ethnic cleansing. Of late the news that hit headlines of world press is about...

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Stopping buses at non-designated stops

IT looks like that buses have no designated stops to pick up and drop passengers and the drivers of buses enjoy unlimited freedom in this respect. This is a gross violation of traffic rules and must be stopped immediately. When a bus is stopped abruptly in the middle of a...

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