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Garment workers' wages
At long last, and at least two months after the CTG's correction drives started; this gross violation of Minimum Wages law by the rich garment factory owners came as front-page news in many dailies on
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Environment
In Bengali, there is a common proverb "udor pindi budor ghare" (to blame someone who is not responsible for the wrong).
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Our man Mashrafe
A simple congratulation or a letter of thanks would not be sufficient to acknowledge your contribution to our national cricket. You know that you have plenty of fans in our country.
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Power crisis
Power collapse, if we term it so in our extremes of despair, has been obstructing our day to day life that includes, most threateningly, the worst for the Higher Secondary examinees.
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Travel tax
Some mysterious things are going on in the Benapole checkpost regarding the Foreign Travel Tax which an individual has to pay before travelling to India.
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Praiseworthy move
That two important organisations are going to be made autonomous by the present interim government is a significant development.
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Good write-up
I am an avid reader of Mr. Badrul Ahsan's column Cross Talk which appears in your weekend issue. His recent one entitled "Gates of Busyrane" is truly outstanding.
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Anti-corruption drive
I have been following the anti-corruption drive in Bangladesh as reported in the media with a certain degree of skepticism.
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How serious is AL?
Finally, the AL is talking about sycophancy! How serious, really, was Saber Hossain Chowdhury when he zoomed in on the topic at the last BBC Sanglap? Will we feel the difference?
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Democracy and tolerance
This is with reference to a TV-show titled 'Shongbad Protidin' (CDL-sponsored) broadcast on Banglavision.
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Corruption vs. kindness
Some bizarre & amusing arguments are being put forward by certain groups in favour of the "successful" candidates against the backdrop of the gross corruption charges in the 27th BCS.
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27th BCS
It is highly appreciated that at last the CTG has requested the PSC to take fresh viva of the successful 27th BCS candidates with a view to establishing transparency in the recruitment process andbringing
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Postal department
Sometimes back I visited my village home and I came to know that being in Munshiganj, just about 25 miles from Dhaka, letters reach them in days not in hours.
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Leader's responsibility
During his time at the White House, President Harry Truman used to keep a plaque on his desk that read "The buck stops here"; in plain English the phrase meant that the ultimate responsibility for the
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Science and technology
Science and Technology is not an issue anywhere in Bangladesh, not in national budget discussions, not in newspapers and talk shows of TV channels, not also in the scientific communities etc.
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What about the deprived?
My attention was drawn to the news that 248 out of 302 Upazila Election officials failed to get the pass marks, which justifies the allegations brought against them.
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'Minus two'
The government's 'Minus two' plan was much talked about. I strongly believe that it would have been a wrong step on the part of a sincere government. The law should take its natural course.
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Positive impact
The present caretaker government took charge of the country while the nation was passing through a critical situation.
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Allocation for ICT
In the 2006-07 budget, there was no separate allocation for Information and Communication Technology. It has been put together with education budget.
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