Switching to renewable energy
As high price of imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), fuel used for running many of the country's power plants, has forced the government to go for austerity in power use, the scramble for finding an alternative source of energy has understandably begun. Needless to say, the obvious choice is renewable...
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Gas exploration in Chattogram Hill Tracts
The acute energy crisis Bangladesh is experiencing now should come as no surprise. Imported expensive liquid fuel has proved to be too expensive for the country, especially since global energy prices have been extremely susceptible to abrupt geopolitical turns and twists. The chronic shortage of gas is hampering industrial production...
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Street vendors cause residents to suffer
Getting rid of the makeshift vendors' illegal occupation of various parts of streets in different neighbourhoods in Dhaka seems to be almost impossible. From morning to evening, thousands of street vendors occupy one or both sides of the roads, mostly with vans and small benches. As a result, the actual...
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Delivering school textbooks on time
It is quite an achievement for the government that it has been distributing new textbooks among students on the first day of the year through a festival since 2010. Delivering school textbooks on time is no doubt a great success for the government. But it failed to deliver all new...
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Beware of breast cancer
Bangladesh has a high incidence of breast cancer. The number of breast cancer patients is increasing every year in the country. More than 13,000 women in our country are infected with breast cancer, while over 7,000 die of the disease every year, according to the data from the International Agency...
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