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No regulations yet to ensure safe walking
Shahin Akhter | Updated at 12:04am on September 19, 2021
The government is yet to formulate regulations for pedestrians in the capital and adjacent districts to ensure their safety even after preparation of a draft...
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Safety against Covid transmission
Muhammad Morshed | Updated at 12:00am on September 13, 2021
IT IS a welcome piece of news that the government has reopened schools. Students had been away from the classroom for more than 18 months....
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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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Negligent authority must be made legally accountable
| Updated at 12:00am on September 02, 2021
THE citizens’ committee, formed to independently investigate the July 8 fire at Hashem Foods Limited, has termed the fire as a case of ‘structural killing’...
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Ensure women’s safety for boosting participation: speakers
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:50am on March 11, 2021
Rights activists and academics at a discussion on Wednesday said that women’s safety in society should be enhanced for boosting up their participation in outdoor...
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Safety concern pushes up Bangladesh food import
Emran Hossain and Jasim Uddin | Updated at 12:27am on January 02, 2021
Imported packaged foods such as bakery and confectionery items enjoy continued high demand as many people have little trust in local products over safety concerns....
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Transport safety in Bangladesh far cry, services remain poor
Shahin Akhter | Updated at 12:26am on December 27, 2020
The state of safety and services on the cou ntry’s roads, railways and waterways remained bad as usual in 2020. Even during the harsher COVID-19...
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Significance of health and safety training
Hasnat M Alamgir | Updated at 12:00am on November 03, 2020
A REPORT of the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies showed that 699 workers died at work in 2016 while the Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and...
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The state of online safety for kids
Beau Peters | Updated at 12:00am on October 03, 2020
THERE’S no doubt that the resources of our digital age are valuable. They provide us with new development opportunities and help us to build meaningful...
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Lower courts reopen amid flouting of health safety guidelines
M Moneruzzaman | Updated at 01:00am on August 06, 2020
Regular activities in lower courts resumed on Wednesday, 133 days after the closure of the courts due to COVID-19 outbreak, amid allegations of flouting health...
