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Slogans not good but context should be kept in mind
Professor Asif Nazrul Controversial Slogan: Opinion Staff Correspondent: Our Prime Minister is the age of the grandparents of those who are protesting. He is the guardian of the state. The question should be asked whether the way he said it is suitable for his age and position or not. Then…
Read More »China and India conflict hampers Bangladesh’s interest
Dr. Enayet Karim: Pandit Nehru, India’s first and later 3-term prime minister, was first elected 3 times. After the Second World War, the world was divided into two circles. Pandit Nehru was involved in maintaining a distance from both circles as a pioneer of the Non-Aligned Movement – but could…
Read More »Widespread drug menace in Sonargaon
Narayanganj Correspondent: The Sonargaon Upazila of Narayanganj, comprising 10 unions and one municipality, is grappling with an escalating drug problem. Deadly substances like yaba, phensedyl, and marijuana have infiltrated every ward of the unions, with the most severe situation in the Sonargaon municipal area. The Pirojpur, Kanchpur, and Mograpara unions…
Read More »Poor patients must get treatment
We are very concerned over the grim picture of the country’s health facilities. What is worrying is that there is one hospital bed for every 990 patients in the country. According to data of the Health Bulletin, the country has a total of 1,71,675 hospital beds. Of them, the number…
Read More »6.75 pc growth target high is ambitious
Says Dr. Atiur Rahman Staff Correspondent: The former governor of Bangladesh Bank Atiur Rahmanconsiders the target of 6.75 percent growth in the next fiscal year’s budget ambitious. He said that the inflation has been more than 9 percent for almost one and a half years. Food inflation was more than…
Read More »Potatoes are now costlier than rice
Kilogram Tk 60 Staff Correspondent: Just two years ago, on June 3, 2022, the price of per kg potatoin the country was Tk 18-22. A year ago on June 3, 2023, potato was Tk 36-40 per kg. And yesterday, the price of potatoes per kg was Tk 55-60. This information…
Read More »Tk 3,621 crore cash wentoutside bank in a month
Depositors fearing risk in bank Zarif Mahmud: The amount of cash held by people outside the banks has also increased significantly. At the end of March, the amount of cash held by people outside the banking system has increased to Tk 2 lakh 61 thousand 195 crores. In February the…
Read More »Unite people to save common rivers: IFC
Staff Correspondent: Tomorrow (May 16) is the historic Farakka Long March Day. On this day in 1976, Bangladesh’s oppressed mass leader, Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, organized the Long March from Rajshahi’s Madrasa Maidan to Nawabganj’s Kansat towards Farakka Barrage to demand a fair share of Ganges water. This Long…
Read More »Rice stock plunges to 50 pc risky level
Zarif Mahmud: The stock of rice, the staple food grain of the country, has felthighest level of risk to 800,000tonns mark. According to the Ministry of Food, from July to April 17 of the ongoing fiscal year (2023-24), the stock of rice in the government warehouses has gone down by…
Read More »Swarupkathi timber trade sees Tk 1,000 cr annual sales
Staff Correspondent, Barishal: The timber tradescentrein Swarupkathi of Nesarabadupazila hub see as high as Tk 1,000 crore in annual trade and provides employment for more than 50,000 people.The timber trade that has been running on the banks of the Sandhya river in Nesarabad upazila of Pirojpur for hundreds of year…
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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 …
