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Slum fires must be properly investigated, reports acted on
| Updated at 12:00am on June 09, 2021
ABOUT 500 shanties coming to have burnt in a fire at the Sat-tala slum at Mahakhali in the capital city that broke out early morning...
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Minister must be in the know of names of money launderers
| Updated at 12:00am on June 09, 2021
THE finance minister asking opposition lawmakers who criticised the government’s failure in curbing corruption and money laundering to provide a list of money launderers betrays...
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Token inclusion of gender in textbooks won’t end inequality
| Updated at 12:00am on June 08, 2021
POLICY level awareness on gender equality seems to be still seriously in lacking as the Directorate of Primary Education in its textbooks perpetuates gender division...
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Govt failure in curbing corruption betrays sort of indulgence
| Updated at 12:00am on June 08, 2021
A NUMBER of lawmakers of both the treasury bench and the opposition has criticised the government for its failure to take visibly effective steps to...
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Solving water stagnation requires collective efforts
| Updated at 12:00am on June 07, 2021
CITY residents are once again acutely reminded of the long-standing problem of rainwater stagnation as many city areas went under water after 111 millimetres of...
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Government response to Covid-19 is no meaningful action
| Updated at 12:00am on June 07, 2021
THERE have yet again been a significantly high number of Covid cases and death recorded in 24 hours till Sunday morning, suggesting an alarming situation...
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Ecological restoration must be a policy priority
| Updated at 12:00am on June 06, 2021
AS THE world battles the Covid pandemic, it observed World Environment day with a renewed emphasis on ecological restoration. The Bangladesh government in the meantime...
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A worrying absence of data on the new poor at govt disposal
| Updated at 12:00am on June 06, 2021
THE finance minister’s statement of Friday that the government has no data as to how many people have gone down the poverty threshold because of...
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Govt must phase out coal-based, rental power plants
| Updated at 12:00am on June 05, 2021
THE emphasis of the president-designate of the next UN climate conference for Bangladesh to replace coal-fired power plants with clean, renewable energy warrants special attention...
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A budget with pledges seemingly based on no assessment
| Updated at 12:00am on June 05, 2021
THE national budget for the 2021–2022 financial year, ‘Bangladesh Towards a Resilient Future: Protecting Lives and Livelihoods’, which the finance minister proposed in the parliament...
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