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Disruption in gas supply

Disruption of any utility service can upset the normal life of city people. On a tight schedule, urban people hardly have any alternative to such services. Natural gas may occupy the third position in the order of importance after water and electricity but a single day's suspension of this essential...

Revamping BRTC: But how?

The state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is no different from its siblings- the other state-run entities. Corruption, mismanagement, lack of proper supervision, losses - BRTC has been ceaseless in branding itself with all the essentials typical of a state agency in this country. At a time when private transport...

The debate over commercial coaching

There are still a few people around that benefitted from extra coaching in their schools at nominal fees to help the less gifted ones overcome their deficiencies. Those were the days when teaching was a noble profession and the students took preference. That's not to say the profession is any...

Jute sector of the country

Jute is called the golden fibre of Bangladesh. Jute goods are environment-friendly, and people are much interested in using them. The country's jute sector has been creating employment for a large population over the years. At present, this industry is facing some serious problems such as use of traditional technology,...

Royal Bengal tigers

I saw a newspaper report recently that within 50 years the Royal Bengal tigers will be extinct specially from Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans, world's largest mangrove forest. Climate change and sea level rising are the main reasons behind the loss of the tigers' habitat. Losing the big cats from...

Think before spitting

We are aware about the implicit harms of human saliva thrown at any open place. We all are doing this each and everyday. So, it is time we thought about this habit. Human saliva can bear huge germs of tuberculosis (TB), pneumonia, influenza, hepatitis, viral meningitis, glandular fever, and bronchitis....