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Coping with strain of fresh projects on ADP

The Planning Commission is at a critical juncture insofar as implementation of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) goes. Not that the travails are anything new at this time of the year with respect to project implementation: The laggard pace and mounting concerns over cost and time overruns, quality sacrificed through...

Keeping rivers free of encroachers

The country's conservationists, especially the activists engaged in campaigns to save rivers, will surely take heart from the ongoing government drive to recover the grabbed river banks. Spurred by a landmark High Court order, the BIWTA has swung into a full-scale eviction drive to save river banks and their adjacent...

Banks and news media (12-02-2019)

It happens sometimes. Media reports on banks contain information that is partly or wholly untrue. In some cases the information is true but the interpretation given is incorrect. In particular, the news headline is often sensationally negative, and sometimes conveys very misleading picture to the reader.As Chairman of Agrani Bank,...

Removing session jams from public universities

After completing my HSC examination, I did not qualify in the admission test for a public university for the first time. Eventually I got admitted into a college under National University. At that time, session jams were frequent in Bangladesh. I was afraid that my four-year honours studies may take...

Importance of libraries

A library is a place where one can come to know and learn about world culture and civilisation. Recently, North South University (NSU) celebrated National Library Week. NSU Central Library observed a week from February 03 to 09 with different activities. The theme of the seminar was this year's National...

Benefits of quitting tobacco

Once we understand the benefits of quitting smoking, we will feel more encouraged to quit it. When a smoker quits smoking, drastic changes begin to happen to his or her body. After just 12 hours without a cigarette, the smoker's body starts cleaning itself of the excessive carbon monoxide from...