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Better lane management

The Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA)'s disagreement with the cabinet decision on creation of a separate lane for the VIPs (very important persons) comes as a great relief to ordinary commuters in the capital. Instead, the DTCA is in favour of improved lane management. Now the authority wants to strengthen...

Investment in rural economy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made a strong plea in favour of greater international investment in rural economy under the aegis of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). She made this plea at the time of presenting her key-note address at the council meeting of the IFAD. Now that the...

Pampering beyond capacity

That civil servants are not liked by most people is a known fact. The reasons for rating the government servants poorly are understandable. Inefficiency and love for graft are two major factors that have alienated the civil servants from most people. Yet the government cannot function without civil servants or...

Unbearable mosquito bite!

WE, the inhabitants of Banasree area in the capital, have been passing through an ordeal as mosquitoes' onslaught in the area has intensified beyond imagination. Home is a place where people live with family members, but for us homes become torture centres due to constant biting of mosquitoes. During the...

Cyclone shelter in char area

ACCORDING to reports, hundreds of fishermen living in nine char areas near the Bay of Bengal remain vulnerable due to inadequate, reports say, cyclone centres. There are only three cyclone shelters in the coastal areas adjacent to the Sunderbans. Hundreds of fishermen, who earn their livelihood from the forest area...

Rising prices of agriculture inputs

IT is learnt that the prices of different agricultural inputs have increased by at least 20 per cent recently and this has pushed up the cost of Boro plantation across the country.Boro accounts for 55 per cent of the total rice output in the country and if costs of inputs...