Foreign training, but paid holidays at public expense
Road rollers do not require secretaries to operate them. Yet five officials including the Chattogram City Corporation Secretary and the Private Secretary to the Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives are, reportedly, scheduled to spend ten days in Sweden learning precisely that skill. These are the same double-drum...
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Underlying messages of govt securities trading
The big jump in secondary transactions in government fixed-income securities during the last fiscal year reflects both strength and weakness of the country's financial market. Bangladesh Bank statistics showed that the value of secondary trading reached Tk 10731.67 billion (or Tk 10.73 trillion) in FY26, up 234 per cent from...
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Felling of trees by forest officials
Every human being has his arguments to justify whatever he does irrespective of whether his reasoning is sound and acceptable or if it stands careful scrutiny. The Forest Department officials in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar did not also shy away from putting arguments in favour of their felling of a...
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Restore Sylhet-Akhaura local train service
Alongside intercity trains, local and commuter rail services once played a vital role in connecting rural and suburban communities. However, local train services on several routes have gradually been discontinued in recent years. One of the most notable examples is the Sylhet-Akhaura railway corridor.Stretching approximately 170 kilometres, this route was...
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Cost of wasting food
Every day, thousands of Bangladeshi families struggle to put food on the table, while tonnes of edible food are discarded from homes, restaurants, hotels, wedding events and retail outlets. This stark contrast is not merely ironic; it is an economic, environmental and moral failure that demands greater public attention.According to...
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