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Loose ends not effectively tied up in school reopening
| Updated at 12:00am on September 14, 2021
THE reopening of schools and colleges on Sunday after a closure of 544 days since March 17, 2020 has brought festivity among the students and...
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Govt must save Cox’s Bazar forest, relocate project elsewhere
| Updated at 12:00am on September 14, 2021
THE government standing its ground on building a Bangladesh civil service administration academy on 700 acres of forest land in Cox’s Bazar despite opposition by...
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Fight against corruption in ACC must be deterrent
| Updated at 12:00am on September 13, 2021
THE move to investigate corruption allegations against officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission especially involving external authorities is welcome. The National Security Intelligence has, as requested...
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Govt should rather promote performance in public service
| Updated at 12:00am on September 13, 2021
THE civil bureaucracy continues to grow unbalanced because of promotion beyond sanctioned positions, causing disappointment among officers as they need to hold the positions that...
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Mental health largely ignored during Covid outbreak
| Updated at 12:00am on September 12, 2021
SUICIDE statistics that various organisations came up with on the occasion of World Suicide Prevention Day, observed on Friday, suggest that mental health has remained...
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Better fund plans, oversight can resolve road digging issues
| Updated at 12:00am on September 12, 2021
UTILITY agencies have dug road stretches in many areas in the capital city, causing inconveniences to dwellers by way of hampering traffic, obstructing public movement,...
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Offenders of custodial torture must be brought to justice
| Updated at 12:00am on September 11, 2021
CUSTODIAL torture and death have remained an issue of grave concern despite the enactment of the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act 2013 and promises...
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Govt must disclose analysis in deciding essential goods prices
| Updated at 12:00am on September 11, 2021
THE government has been occasionally setting prices for kerosene oil for the domestic market for ages, but it is hardly known to have been able...
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Forged e-TIN certificates speak of slack tax administration
| Updated at 12:00am on September 10, 2021
THE detection of forged electronic tax identification number, or e-TIN, certificates in transactions by the National Board of Revenue, as New Age reported on Thursday,...
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Govt must tie up loose ends in reopening schools, colleges
| Updated at 12:00am on September 10, 2021
IT IS assuring that the government is going to reopen on September 12 all educational institutions, from primary to higher secondary, which, along with universities...
