Developing a multimodal communications system

A baseline study carried out recently finds that Tk 3.0 trillion was spent on railways, roads and bridges to develop the country's communications system in the past 15 years without achieving the desired results. According to a report published in this newspaper on Tuesday last under the National Integrated Multimodal...

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Restoring investor confidence biggest challenge ahead

As a new year dawns, an economic post-mortem of the bygone year reflects a story of resilience, reform and recalibration. While public expectations were sky-high at the outset of the interim government, the economy failed to stage a decisive turnaround over the past one and a half years. Nevertheless, a...

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Communicable disease crisis in Rohingya camps

The Rohingya refugee crisis, now in its eighth year, continues to present severe humanitarian and public health challenges for Bangladesh. This is most evident in Ukhia of Cox's Bazar, where nearly one million Rohingya refugees live in some of the world's most densely populated camps. While displacement and survival have...

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Shortage of research fund at varsities

There is no alternative to research for ensuring the overall development of a country. Due to limited allocation in the research sector at universities in Bangladesh, it has become difficult to conduct quality research. In public universities and research-oriented institutions, the lack of modern laboratories, adequate equipment and computers is...

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