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Ambulance services must be regulated
| Updated at 12:00am on September 09, 2021
POOR regulatory steps in the public health sector have affected all aspects of health care and errant ambulance services are a glaring example of such...
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Plans well made, well put to use can stop waste of funds
| Updated at 12:00am on September 09, 2021
BUDGETARY allocation is made in June, for the 64 ministries and divisions, meant for the implementation of projects to begin in July. But more than...
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Govt must reconsider power policy for sustainable growth
| Updated at 12:00am on September 08, 2021
THE government’s decision to extend the tenure of the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply (Special Provisions) Act 2010, scheduled to expire in October,...
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All projects mustn’t run into cost increase, time extension
| Updated at 12:00am on September 08, 2021
THE Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority which has been implementing a project since 2018 to save the four rivers that flow around the capital Dhaka...
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Pesky presence of brokers is the tip of the problem
| Updated at 12:00am on September 07, 2021
THE raids that the Rapid Action Battalion carried on Sunday at different government offices in a number of districts, arresting at least 500 brokers for...
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Public confidence in official statistics is at stake
| Updated at 12:00am on September 07, 2021
ON THE eve of International Literacy Day, the government has claimed that the literacy rate in Bangladesh has increased during the pandemic; however, educationists have...
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A worrying violation of Covid safety rules
| Updated at 12:00am on September 06, 2021
PUBLIC health experts fear a fresh Covid wave as a gross violation of health rules are reported almost everywhere although the infection rate has been...
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Govt must save textile sector from troubling issues
| Updated at 12:00am on September 06, 2021
PROBLEMS of three types — the smuggling of fabrics into Bangladesh, the misuse of bonded warehouse facilities and misdeclaration in import, which also includes misinvoicing,...
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Unplanned operation of water transport continues
| Updated at 12:00am on September 05, 2021
PUBLIC suffering at ferry terminals has intensified because of strong current and inadequate number of ferries in recent weeks. A huge number of trucks and...
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Monsoons being over alone is no solution to dengue menace
| Updated at 12:00am on September 05, 2021
DENGUE infection, the viral disease that is caused by the vector borne by Aedes mosquitoes, is reported to have taken a serious turn that warrants...
