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Govt must guard the unguarded level crossings
| Updated at 12:00am on April 16, 2019
THE death of three in an accident in an unauthorised, and therefore unguarded, level crossing in Sirajganj on Saturday is shocking. A train hit a...
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Sexual harassment still not taken seriously in Bangladesh
| Updated at 12:00am on April 14, 2019
WOMEN in public universities have demanded institutional steps against sexual harassment since the early 1990s. In 2009, the High Court Division ordered the mandatory institution...
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Symbol of moneyed arrogance must come down
| Updated at 12:00am on April 14, 2019
THE 15-storey BGMEA Building, having 2,66,000 square feet of floor space erected illegally on Hatirjheel-Begunbari Canal, still stands tall like ‘a cancerous growth’ — as...
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No scope for govt to buy time with delay tactics
| Updated at 12:00am on April 13, 2019
THE government’s response to tackling to grave risk of fire in a rapidly urbanised city such as Dhaka remains shockingly unchanged....
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The murder cases must not be consigned to oblivion
| Updated at 12:00am on April 13, 2019
THE High Court Division’s observation that the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi should not slide into oblivion as did the murders of journalist couple Sagar...
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Universal midday meal could improve nutritional status
| Updated at 12:00am on April 12, 2019
MORE than 450,000 children in Bangladesh are reported to be suffering acute malnutrition while about two million children have moderate acute malnutrition....
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Culture of impunity must be broken, resistance must be built
| Updated at 12:00am on April 12, 2019
THE death of Nusrat Jahan Rafi is disturbing, the attack on her is abominable and the sexual harassment that she faced at the hands of...
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ACC’s decision however costly is commendable
| Updated at 12:00am on April 11, 2019
RAPID urbanisation takes place in an unplanned way. Canals and water bodies filled to build high rises. High rises are erected in breach of the...
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Govt must not give short shrift to SME loan issues
| Updated at 12:00am on April 11, 2019
THE decline in loan disbursement by banks and non-bank financial institutions to small and medium enterprises in 2018 by 1.42 per cent, or Tk 23.01...
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A case of unethical practice and an issue that can go awry
| Updated at 12:00am on April 10, 2019
A FEW fires in about a month and a half in city buildings — between the second week of February and the first week of...
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