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Flood-hit people in, around Dhaka need assistance
| Updated at 12:00am on August 05, 2020
THE ongoing flood, the longest ever since 1998, has already inundated about 40 per cent of the country with grave impact on about five million...
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Govt must stop citizens’ exposure to lead concentration
| Updated at 12:00am on August 05, 2020
MORE than a half of the children and young population having been exposed to lead concentration at levels likely to cause irreparable, long-term health impact,...
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Govt must shore up issues to attract FDI in earnest
| Updated at 12:00am on July 31, 2020
BANGLADESH, which is said to be a good destination of foreign direct investment, has largely failed to live up to its potential for lack of...
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Govt must be prepared early to mitigate flood impact
| Updated at 12:00am on July 31, 2020
THE flooding that Bangladesh now faces, having already rolled for 32 days with no sign of any significant improvement in the next fortnight, is said...
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Govt must shrug off bias and make roads safe for all
| Updated at 12:00am on July 30, 2020
ROAD safety remains elusive even two years after students have launched the road safety movement that shook the nation. After two college students had died...
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‘Gunfight’ death tramples rule of law, weakens justice dispensation
| Updated at 12:00am on July 30, 2020
EXTRAJUDICIAL killing, often sugar-coated as death in ‘gunfight’, has registered a surge even during the COVID-19 emergency, with 37 people having been killed in the...
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Govt must ease burden of public exams on primary students
| Updated at 12:00am on July 29, 2020
THE minister of state for primary and mass education coming to have said that the government will not discontinue the Primary Education Completion Examination and...
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Flood-hit rural poor must receive early assistance
| Updated at 12:00am on July 29, 2020
THOUSANDS of the rural poor affected by flooding are faced with a severe shortage of food and drinking water because of inadequate and poor government...
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Health reporting system must be strengthened
| Updated at 12:00am on July 28, 2020
SINCE the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh, public health experts have alerted the government to be proactive in preventing the spread of dengue...
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Increased coal consumption will harm life and nature
| Updated at 12:00am on July 28, 2020
BANGLADESH is often criticised for not attending to the environment issues when it comes to taking big development projects. Environment issues appear to be brushed...