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Protect ecology of Sundarbans

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- Kamal Ahmed - May 19, 2021May 19, 2021

The Sundarbans is the world’s largest tidal forest adjoining to the Bay of Bengal. It is our important national resource, a reservoir of endless natural resources, and a habitat of innumerable plants and animals. However, many adverse changes have been noticed in the Sundarbans for quite a long time. The

Why people don’t listen to governments

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- Afsan Chowdhury - May 11, 2021May 11, 2021

It’s not that South Asian governments don’t speak out on taking precautions against Covid-19 infections but just that people ignore them. It’s not that there is any lack of sincerity but a lack of will perhaps that makes even the most noble sentiment expressed sounds less than what it should.

Steps needed to stabilise rice market

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- Kamal Ahmed - May 11, 2021May 11, 2021

Rice is the main product of the food basket of the people of Bangladesh. Inflation in the product’s price has been on the rise for a long time. According to the Bangladesh Bank, the point-to-point inflation in rice price in March last year was 3.4 per cent. At the end

Callousness may lead to a catastrophe

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- Kamal Ahmed - May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

It seems that we as a nation are very callous towards our health safety, given the waves of a several thousand people from Dhaka and some other northern districts bound for home districts in the south-western region hitting the Paturia and Shimulia Ferry terminals to cross the Padma River. At

Bangladesh needs a plan which India didn’t have

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- Afsan Chowdhury - May 9, 2021May 9, 2021

India’s suffering is both visible and alarming. What corona has done to India is show that military might and space enterprises etc are not enough when it comes to a health sector crisis. Even the fact that the world does need India for a number of reasons and have helped,

Complete metro rail projects on time

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- Kamal Ahmed - May 7, 2021May 7, 2021

There is no doubt that there will be a ground-breaking change in the public transport system of the capital if all the projects of Metro Rail are completed. City dwellers will also be free from unbearable traffic jams. Several mega projects are currently underway in the country. Although many have

Pay attention to children’s mental health

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- Kamal Ahmed - May 6, 2021May 6, 2021

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, direct teaching in educational institutions has been stopped in the country for about 14 months. Online and distance learning methods are being run to continue the educational activities. Some schools and colleges are giving exams online on internal arrangements. There are about two and a

Will mask use ever increase?

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- Afsan Chowdhury - May 6, 2021May 6, 2021

The government of Bangladesh given its slightly relaxed way of handling health regulations has gone a bit further than before but not enough during this lockdown. It’s obvious from the way it’s generally disregarded that even if the GOB had a plan it's weak and if they were implementing it,

The question of road and waterway safety

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- Kamal Ahmed - May 5, 2021May 5, 2021

The chaotic situation of the public transport system in Bangladesh gets starkly visible every year during two biggest Muslim religious festivals – Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha – when an increased number of passengers are bound to their village homes from cities. Regardless of the road or the water way, accidents seem

Ensure good stocks to deal with imminent food crisis

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- Kamal Ahmed - May 4, 2021May 4, 2021

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) feared a global food crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Although agricultural production has increased a bit compared to that in last year, the fear of a possible food crisis has not gone yet. Global food stocks are declining in proportion to