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A tariff slab too high for REB lifeline users
| Updated at 12:00am on November 03, 2019
THE power tariff that the Rural Electrification Board, one of the six power distributors and the largest that distributes a half of the power produced,...
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A double jeopardy for catechu, smokeless tobacco users
| Updated at 12:00am on November 02, 2019
THE adulteration of two smokeless tobacco products such as zarda or spiced tobacco flakes and gul or pyrolysed tobacco powder and khayer or catechu that...
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A private university issue, mostly, that government mustn’t overlook
| Updated at 12:00am on November 02, 2019
NINETY-FIVE out of the 105 private universities having no full set of the top three academic and administrative officials essential to run such entities —...
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Early steps needed to resolve passport printing crisis
| Updated at 12:00am on November 01, 2019
DELAY in passport delivery and its consequent impact on people has made the headlines time and again in the recent past, with the authorities concerned...
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A potential threat that lurks in an informal trade
| Updated at 12:00am on November 01, 2019
SEVEN children died, five on the spot and two in hospital, until Thursday as a gas cylinder used to inflate balloons exploded on Wednesday afternoon...
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Govt must have hawker management policy
| Updated at 12:00am on October 31, 2019
UNOFFICIAL estimates say that there are some 2,00,000 vendors doing business on city footpath, selling items from dawn to dusk. Their roadside presence often inconveniences...
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Sakib must bat for integrity to bat for Bangladesh
| Updated at 12:00am on October 31, 2019
THE ban that the International Cricket Council rightly ordered on Bangladesh captain and ace all-rounder Sakib al Hasan from all forms of cricket for two...
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Coaching centre menace must be stopped
| Updated at 12:00am on October 30, 2019
COACHING centres continuing to run in violation of a government order to remain closed for the duration of the Junior School Certificate and equivalent examinations...
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Public sufferings at the cost of squandered public money
| Updated at 12:00am on October 30, 2019
EFFECTS of corruption in public projects and their flawed implementation have become evident in the erosion of the Jamuna and the Old Brahmaputra that is...
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Dignity of primary teachers must be ensured
| Updated at 12:00am on October 29, 2019
THE serving of show cause notices to over 3,000 government primary school teachers across the country by the Directorate of Primary Education asking why action...