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National Vegetable Fair sends wrong signal

Any fair with the tag 'national' has its insurmountable importance because it is an occasion to celebrate something touching the people's life irrespective of classes and segments. On that count, the National Vegetable Fair stands out because of its dietary value, availability and price. After the staple rice, vegetables make...

Getting educational perspective right

The country's education is mired by professional aberrations and criminal practices. So, it is not unusual that both laymen and educationists are concerned about the future of education in this country. Even the most visible ills education suffers from have been correctly diagnosed. Some prescriptions have also been put forward...

More than 'anarchic'

The chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), while taking part in a talk-show on a private TV channel the other day, was found to be clueless about finding a solution to Dhaka's nagging traffic problem. He sounded quite candid about the traffic department's shortcomings in some areas as he highlighted...

Irregularities in recruitment test

HUNDREDS of candidates staged demonstration in the city last Monday, protesting 'irregularities' in the recruitment tests of eight state-owned banks and financial institutions including Sonali, Janata and Rupali. The candidates alleged that when they went for the tests on Friday, they found there were no seat plans in most of...

Unsafe liquid foods

MANY liquid food items mostly bottled ones available in the market are far from being safe in terms of purity. It had been found in many research studies that so-called purified water in bottles or jars sold in open markets during the periods of study were neither safe nor pure....

Child labour deserves special attention

CHILD LABOUR should be eradicated. As we have been longing for abolition of child marriages, we should prioritise eradication of child labour in our development agenda, more so because the country is marching forward on the road to progress and prosperity and is about to become a middle income country...