The Daily Star: Internet Edition Wed. August 16, 2006

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Wed. August 16, 2006


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Trucks, rickshaws causing traffic jam at night
The city has been experiencing a huge traffic jam with the abrupt increase of vehicles on the streets from 8 pm onwards making passengers trapped for hours in an endless gridlock.

Social campaign to ensure safe, healthy food
There is no alternative to launching a social campaign to ensure safe food for the consumers who are subject to health hazards due to use of poisonous chemicals and pesticides in food items, especially

Errant builders go unpunished despite penal provision
Errant builders and real estate developers mostly go unpunished for violating building codes and rules, though the building construction act clearly spells out the penalty for such misdeeds, but the Housing

Newborns cling to life amid dire need of funds
The two living quadruplets at Paediatric Department, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) were released last Monday, but are still at the hospital because of the mother's inability to pay

International Mother Language Institute
Construction still in limbo
Construction of the International Mother Language Institute is still in limbo due to bureaucratic tangle since it was suspended in October 2003.