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Deplorable non-cooperation of Narayanganj fire factory
| Updated at 12:00am on July 20, 2021
THE committee investigating the fire at a food processing factory in Narayanganj in all likelihood would face a delay as the factory management has failed...
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Govt must shun development policies against environment
| Updated at 12:00am on July 20, 2021
THE High Court in its full verdict on a public interest litigation writ petition that in 2014 challenged the legality of the development of Sonargaon...
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Market stability crucial in times of Covid crisis
| Updated at 12:00am on July 19, 2021
PRICES of beef, garlic, ginger and other essential kitchen items have increased in the capital before Eid-ul-Azha. The price of beef increased by Tk 20–40...
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An enforcement failure that may bring in double jeopardy
| Updated at 12:00am on July 19, 2021
THE police on Saturday detained four workers of Epic Properties Ltd at Chawk Bazar in Chattogram in connection with the cutting of Percival Hill. The...
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Myanmar military violence warrants world focus
| Updated at 12:00am on July 18, 2021
DOZENS of children having been killed and hundreds arbitrarily detained in Myanmar since a military coup more than five months ago come as a cause...
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Factory inspection authority must be empowered
| Updated at 12:00am on July 18, 2021
THE government in the wake of a factory fire in Narayanganj that left 52 dead has decided to set up an integrated factory inspection agency...
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Illicit capital flight a big threat to fiscal discipline
| Updated at 12:00am on July 17, 2021
ILLICIT capital flight remains a consistent problem for the economy despite the government’s avowed position against this. The problem has increased, as economists say, because...
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Govt must tell citizens the cost of Covid vaccine doses
| Updated at 12:00am on July 17, 2021
THE statement of the finance minister that the government is buying 15 million doses of the Sinopharm Covid vaccine from a Chinese company for a...
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The least everyone must do is to maintain health protocols
| Updated at 12:00am on July 16, 2021
IT IS evident that Covid restrictions, imposed repeatedly with varying force to contain the spread of the Covid infection have largely been mired in violation....
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Train of death at hands of Indian guards in frontiers must end
| Updated at 12:00am on July 16, 2021
HIGHER authorities in India appear to have failed to impress on their border guards that there is no chivalry in shooting at people who are...
