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Disaster deaths: Efficiency is humanity

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- Times Report - June 30, 2021June 30, 2021

The explosion at Moghbazar which killed several people shows the fragility of life and living anywhere. In Bangladesh it’s even more so and in a city, where staying alive is a full time job, both life and living have different meanings. It’s easy to die and is entirely a personal

Inu’s words on GOB’s Covid anxiety deserve attention

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- Afsan Chowdhury - June 30, 2021June 30, 2021

Inu belongs to the JSD which is an alliance member of the ruling party led Government so his words are not coming from hostile lips. He has said in the parliament that the dithering of the Government on the lockdown issue raises concern that it is experiencing unease on the

Fight against drug, militancy yet not over…

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- Kamal Ahmed - June 29, 2021June 29, 2021

To let a society grow in a free and purposeful manner, its members, for instance humans, need to stay on guard against drugs and militancy. Both the scourges thwart the society’s march towards prosperity and progress. In Bangladesh, the present government’s crackdown on both the plagues has borne good results.

This lockdown matters, dear government

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- Afsan Chowdhury - June 29, 2021June 29, 2021

Lockdown is now part of our vocabulary but also of the public imagination of a government not taking the pandemic battling as it should be. There have been lockdowns before but none were effective and the result has been a considerable lack of confidence in the ability of the government

Salinity and health hazards in coastal belt

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- Kamal Ahmed - June 28, 2021June 28, 2021

The problem of salinity in the southern part of the country is a long-standing problem. This problem is even exacerbated by climate change effects. That millions of people in coastal areas are under health threats and also that the land productivity there is declining at a faster pace is already

Virus is smarter than you Health Ministry

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- Afsan Chowdhury - June 27, 2021June 27, 2021

The Health Minister has often defended his staff from corruption accusations. However he hasn’t done so regarding their efficiency and performance. This is good. He is a realist and knows that it isn’t exactly a shining example of quality performance. However, why he can’t make them perform better is not

Strange lifestyle of Dhaka’s youngsters

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- Kamal Ahmed - June 25, 2021June 25, 2021

This is in fact worth worrying that many adolescents of current times, particularly those from the so-called upper class of Dhaka’s society, are infatuated with a completely peculiar and distorted lifestyle. They, though not all, are found indecent in manners lacking the least sense of respect for the elders. Rather

Bangladesh and the new cold war

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- Afsan Chowdhury - June 25, 2021June 25, 2021

That a cold war is on, between the West on one side and China and Russia on the other is no secret. It’s the most evident bit of reality that is shaping the new world. The West is a conglomerate of many countries but all now weaker in comparison to

Rise in road crashes reflects weakness in road safety systems

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- Kamal Ahmed - June 24, 2021June 24, 2021

Amid the Covid pandemic, the number of road accidents has decreased in neighbouring India, Pakistan and Myanmar. Accidents in these three countries have decreased by 20, 13 and 19 per cent respectively. But Bangladesh has seen a completely different picture. According to the data, the number of accidents in the

Islamists on the back foot, GOB steps up

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- Afsan Chowdhury - June 23, 2021June 23, 2021

The clampdown on Islamists of various kinds is a new trend. The present government was once dubbed as “Islamist”: friendly by its critics particularly after it held Hefazat’s hands post 2013. Although the Islamists were actually trying to bring the AL government down and the move was supported by the