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Flood situation worsens in Sunamganj

Heavy flooding in Sylhet and Sunamganj continues to remain grim. The flooding in the two districts has surpassed all past records in recent memories so that the army troops have to be deployed to deal with the situation. The Army personnel have already launched operation to rescue people maroon...

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Air pollution Dhaka’s scourge

The air pollution still remains one of the topmost challenges for Dhaka city as well Bangladesh ahead of the monsoons although air pollution decreases in the city with the onset of the monsoons.The presence of dust and other particles in the air of Dhaka still remains abnormally, leaving the city am...

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Multi-tier supply chain deprives city-dwellers of fresh vegetables

People living in Dhaka city and other cities in Bangladesh are mostly deprived of fresh vegetables, and also have to pay higher prices for unfresh food items.    Consumer rights activists, market observers and government officials concerned said that the multi-tier supply chain is mainly r...

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Tobacco – the silent environment killer!

Everyone knows that tobacco is harmful to health and the adverse impact of smoking and consumption of other tobacco products is well recognised and documented, the environmental and ecological impact of tobacco industry is often overlooked.Alongside public health, tobacco also affects the environmen...

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Move to modify consumers’ rights law

The government is planning to amend the ‘Consumers’ Right Protection Act, 2009’ to strengthen the law with the provision of doubling the punishment. Some new sectors, including e-commerce, will be added to the law. AHM Shafiquzzaman, Director General of the Directorate of...

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Nazrul’s 123rd birth anniv today

The 123rd birth anniversary of National Poet of Bangladesh Kazi Nazrul Islam is being observed in Bangladesh, India and other parts of the world amid various programmes. The birthday of the great poet of Bengali literature is today. The government, different socio-cultural organisations and educatio...

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Downpour floods vast areas in Sylhet

Flash flood this season has caused colossal damage to crops on vast areas in the wetlands in the north-eastern regions of Sylhet while over 20 lakh people marooned due to the flood.The severity of the flood has been described as one of the worst since the last major flood in the region in 2004 when ...

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No legal MLM business in Bangladesh

Although Pyramid-like sales activities are prohibited in Bangladesh, pyramid marketing is still going on in the country.On the other hand, licensing system was introduced for the MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) business, but hundreds of MLM companies are in operation across the country without any licen...

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Remove middlemen, allow fair prices

F ood production has outpaced population growth in Bangladesh. The country is currently third in vegetable production, while fourth in fish production and self-sufficient in poultry eggs and meat production in the world.Despite the silent revolution in food production, a large number of people in th...

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E-cigar use reaches ‘alarming level’ in Bangladesh

The use of e-cigarette is drastically increasing in Bangladesh, causing a serious threat to public health. Use of the harmful tobacco product is particularly increasing among youths. The popularity and use of the product have now reached alarming levels due to tactical propaganda by tobacco com...

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Amended bldg construction rules on the cards

The government is moving forward to update the ‘Dhaka Building Construction Rules, 2008’ to control the population density in Dhaka and the surrounding areas. Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) has already prepared a draft of the proposed amended rules. If it is passed, buildings of o...

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Fresh law demanded to make NRCC effective

The National River Conservation Commission (NRCC), established in 2014 following a High Court order, has not yet become an independent and strengthened institution although the court declared the commission as the guardian for the rivers of Bangladesh.  River and environmental activists and exp...

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Loopholes make it ineffective

Despite a law to control the use of tobacco and its allied products, its enforcement is not noticed as desired.The tobacco control law is being violated largely in public places – mostly in shops, cinema halls and public theatres and other platforms. In many cases, no action is taken due to a ...

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Many decry Zila Parishad dissolution

Many have expressed dissatisfaction with the dissolution of 61 Zila Parishad in the country by transferring responsibility to the chief executive officers (CEOs). Some of them said that when the work of the public representatives is entrusted to the bureaucrats, the suffering of the people increases...

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SCBA now runs without executive committee

The results of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) polls have not yet been made public till now even over a month has elapsed, making an unprecedented event in the history of the SCBA.Meanwhile, tenure of the SCBA’s executive committee expired on March 31. According to its constitution, there...

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Administrators to be appointed in Zila Parishads

The government is going to appoint administrators in Zila Parishads of the country as the elections were not held on time. The administrators will be appointed as per the newly amended law passed in the Parliament. The ‘Zila Parishad (Amendment) Act, 2022’ was passed in the Parliament on...

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3-wheelers continue to ply highways

Hundreds of lives perish on the highways across the country every year due to plying of illegal vehicles. Three-wheelers, including the battery-run three-wheelers ‘easy bikes’, still continue to run on the country’s highways defying repeated ban imposed by the authorities concerned...

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Licence mandatory for tobacco sale

Licence has been made mandatory for all the sellers of tobacco products, including cigarette as licencing system has been introduced for selling tobacco products in Bangladesh.The local government bodies, including city corporation, municipality and Union Parishad, have been empowered to issue ...

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Mass media bill to be amended: Minister

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said on Friday that ‘The Mass Media Employees (Services Conditions) Bill, 2022’, which was placed in  Parliament on March 28, would be amended. He said this while talking to journalists at his residence on Minto Road in the ...

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Move to amend DSA

The authorities concerned are taking steps to amend the Digital Security Act (DSA) formulated in October 2018 to contain cybercrimes.Steps have been taken to stop the abuse and misuse of this law and the authorities concerned are thinking to frame rules to check the abuse.  A six-member committ...