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Promoting e-commerce

At long last, the government has set up a high-powered committee with the commerce minister as its chief to promote growth of electronic commerce (e-commerce) in the country. The committee, which includes all stakeholders, will curb malpractices and deal with issues that slow down or block its buoyant growth in...

The rural occupational shift

Agriculture seems to be gradually losing its preference in attracting labour force. For example, farming is now the primary occupation of roughly 60 per cent of the employed labour force but its share was about 70 per cent in the 1980s. In terms of secondary occupation also, agriculture does not...

Widodo's trip to Rohingya camps

Indonesian President Joko Widodo's visit to the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar on Sunday demonstrated the biggest Muslim country's steadfast support to the distressed humanity. He virtually made Indonesia distance itself from what Myanmar, a fellow member-state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), is doing to the...

Rising incidents of mugging in the city

ACCORDING to media reports, incidents of mugging in the capital have risen alarmingly in recent months. The tragic death of a mother at Road No.7 in Dhanmondi at the hands of muggers is still fresh in our minds. Equally horrifying was the death of a mother in Dayaganj area in...

A sugar mill to produce molasses

ALL the state owned sugar mills, except Carew and Company have been incurring losses over the years. In local retail market, sugar produced in the state owned mills now sells at Tk.68 per kg while the sugar produced from imported raw sugar is also selling at the same price at...

Travelling redefined

TRAVELLING has been gaining popularity in recent years. People, unlike before, travel to places either in the country or outside whenever they get holidays. As almost everything is going digital right now, everyone wants everything on their fingertips. Earlier, Bangladesh lacked a website that could give a complete picture about...