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Rohingya family back to Myanmar in dark of night
Delay in repatriation Faridul Alam Shahin, Cox’s Bazar: Although half a century of the ongoing Rohingya crisis has passed, there is no hope for repatriation. On the contrary, conflicts over the control of kidnapping, extortion, drug trade and smuggling often occur around Rohingya camps. Due to these crimes, the huge…
Read More »856 risky garments factories identified
Bring under monitoring: CPD Staff Correspondent: The Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has called for initiatives to bring 856 hazardous garments under monitoring.Khandkar Golam Moazzem, research director of the organization, made the comments at a briefing on ‘Workplace safety in the garment industry: Challenges to sustain achievement’ at the CPD…
Read More »Dollar crisis not going despite reduce import
Fear of declining employment Zarif Mahmud: Even if the imports are reduced, the dollar crisis is not going away. Entrepreneurs are not able to open LC due to lack of demand dollars. As a result, the desired investment and employment are not happening. Again, various regulatory measures of Bangladesh Bank…
Read More »4-month left for election No political settlement as yet
Farhad Chowdhury: After many days, politics is in the driving seat. This is true but the problem is not over. Looking for smiling people in the market. A month never ends with the income. The price of goods and the cost of living have ended many dreams. I don’t know…
Read More »Climate change hurts Bangladesh farmers
Staff Correspondent: Along Bangladesh’s southern coast, farmers threatened by the impacts of climate change are striving to boost their resilience to rising salinity in the soil and water by growing salt-tolerant crops and turning to innovative agriculture techniques.The country’s coastal regions, which make up a third of all arable land,…
Read More »Tk 4,635cr E-passport project has no use
Special Correspondent: E-Gate at Shahjalal Airport was launched with great fanfare as the first country in South Asia. With which a passenger can complete his own immigration in just 18 seconds. E-Gate was first used on a trial basis at the airport on June 6 last year, 11 months and…
Read More »PM returns home after attending BRICS Summit
Staff Correspondent: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home yesterday morning after attending the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg of South Africa.She attended the summit held on August 22-24 at the invitation of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.A regular flight of the Emirates Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage…
Read More »Students of seven colleges block Nilkhet intersection
Staff Correspondent: Students of seven colleges in Dhaka are staging a demonstration by blocking the Nilkhet intersection, demanding the scope for promotion to the next class through improvement examinations in three subjects after relaxing the condition of certain CGPA.They started the demonstration around 12:00pm yesterday, Sunday.Because of the students’ gathering,…
Read More »Potato price manipulated by syndicate
Zarif Mahmud: The abnormal price of potatoes in the market due to the manipulation of cold stores and stockists is the report of the Directorate of Agricultural Marketing, a government agency. The agency submitted the report to the Ministry of Agriculture last July. After that, another round of meeting was…
Read More »Success depends on people’s confidence: Experts
Pension Scheme Staff Correspondent: The success of the newly introduced universal pension scheme, aimed at fulfilling constitutional aspirations for a welfare state, hinges on gaining the confidence of millions in the private sector.The government launched the much-talked-about pension scheme on 17 August to provide old-age social protection to millions of…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
