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Experience of a pilgrim
My friend went around the Mina city mainly to see how the Muslims represent themselves, who came from all over the world. As he puts it, "They very much represent the conditions of Muslims today.
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Put the blame where it's due
Every Eid we see headlines in newspapers about road accidents with the number of deaths going up every year. According to studies, Bangladesh has the highest number of fatalities per km travelled.
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Hapless people
Every day we find news of people dying due to cold and cold related diseases all over Bangladesh.
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Lessons of Eid-ul-Azha
On the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, we sacrifice animals. But we never bother to think that the idea is to sacrifice the beast within ourselves and become true human beings.
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Pakistan scene
If there had been any laxity towards development in Balochistan, only a few Sardars were responsible for it.
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PM flies to Kuwait
The demise of anyone, be it an Emir or an ordinary citizen, is always saddening, although as a mortal being, it is also an inescapable fact of life.
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Pakistan-India relations
India and Pakistan were always engaged in rivalry. However, it is good news that they have been able to make progress on the way to making peace.
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NGOs and sex workers
NGOs working for the benefit of sex workers and their children employ a large number of young men and women to work with the sex workers inside or outside brothel areas.
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Again a poor decision
I'm shocked to learn about the decision of not letting Bangladesh be a part of Asian Highway Network by the present government.
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BTTB decision
BTTB recently announced their decision to include 15 more countries in the flat rate of Taka 7.5 calling framework.
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Mobile abuse?
In a letter sent to all five of Bangladesh's networks, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission said the young were abusing the "free calls after midnight" offers.
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No free-talk-time
Some sources say that "Free Talk-time" given by different mobile operators is soon going to be stopped. Reason- students are usually taking that opportunity, I should rather say "abusing" this.
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Right decision
The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission has just asked mobile phone operators to discontinue free-call facilities late into the night.
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MDG facts and fiction
Uninitiated that I am on the mysteries and magic of statistics, Dr. Majumdar's interesting table (DS: Jan 17) raises more questions than answers for me.
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