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ZIA
Zia International Airport has set new standards in insensitivity to passengers' needs bordering on inhuman treatment and in utter violation of human rights of citizens.
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Face the challenge
"Why is Bangladesh looked down by other nations as a weak and poor country?" This question has been buzzing in my mind for a long time.
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Immigration law & President Bush
US President George W. Bush in his recent weekly radio address defended his plan to regularise some of the undocumented workers. This has sparked serious protest in Los Angeles.
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Use of poison in fish
A TV news report showed a magistrate inspecting "Fish" at a Karwan Bazar shop and he fined the fish trader for using the poison "Formaline" in fish.
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Re-orientation of politicians
An analyst has pointed out (DS supplement on Cities, 10 Feb) that the utter failure of political governance is due to the fact that the political leaders prefer governance through ideologies, than concentrating
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"Police and bribe"
This is in response to the letter of Shegufta Yasmin on "Police and bribe". She has described merely a little of the police activities. A friendly relation should exist between police and the public.
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PM's interview
The PM's recent interview with the Time quoted her saying, "We did not know they were there. After the August 17 bomb blasts we know. And we cracked down on them.
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Ancient settlement
I was pleased to read the news of the discovery of a 4,000-year old settlement in Narsingdi. Discovery of such old settlement is a very rare achievement for Bangladesh.
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No mobile phone in border areas!
The recent directive by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to the mobile phone operators to withdraw coverage from border areas will deprive a large number of people living in those areas
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Valuable minerals
Our eminent scientist Dr. Kudrat-e-Khuda discovered the valuable minerals in Cox's Bazar in the 1950s. I found vast deposits of the minerals in Cox's Bazar and its surrounding areas in 1970.
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Problems of city mayors
It was amusing to read the interview of DCC mayor in the DS supplement on Cities (10/2/06). Governing the over-grown cities has became a severe management and administrative problem.
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Yearning for a change
The balance sheet of achievements and failures of the last 35 years is not pleasant at all. During the period the expectations and dreams of the common people have been shattered in most cases.
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