Accelerating implementation of mega projects
New finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal's first priority appears to be rolling back the deceleration in the implementation of the mega projects and initiate instead a process of acceleration. So he has decided to review the status of mega projects in order to identify the problem areas in a series...
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Fighting eve-teasing, molestation: Letting women live in full dignity
Reckless drivers and compulsive jaywalkers can be reined in by enforcing stringent laws. Psychopaths can also be coped with interventions made by families and communities. But there are a few scourges prevailing in the present Bangladesh, in its both cities and villages, which remain largely invisible during occurrence. Upon detection,...
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Naf Tourism Park: A step in the right direction
The tourism sector of the country was declared an industry in 1992. In recent years, many local and international think-tanks have called it a promising sector that has the potential to rake in millions of dollars every year. Yet the sector has not taken off and some analysts have blamed...
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Professionalism of a salesperson
Way back in the autumn of 1970, I was flying to the UK from Istanbul. I had a transit at Frankfurt. I wanted to buy a (duty-free) wristwatch in the airport. My old one was a manually-wound model that was giving some trouble then. The watch seller there wanted me...
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US-China trade war
Over the last couple of months, the two economic superpowers, USA and China, have been at loggerheads regarding bilateral trade between the two countries. Trade deficit between them has been widening in recent times and the balance has been shifting in favour of China. Statistics show that in 2017, the...
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