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Child labour and MDGs
They have become the earning members of their families at a pretty young age, instead of going to school. Needless to say, all the child labourers are the victims of extreme poverty.
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Political situation
All the democratic institutions have been deliberately destroyed in the last 15 years, while the two major parties were in power.
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Bus service needed
The inhabitants of four wards under Dhaka City Corporation (DCC), ward no 25, 26, 27 and 28, are totally deprived of bus service. As a result, inhabitants of these areas are alienated from central Dhaka.
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Independence of the EC
According to the constitution of Bangladesh the Election Commission shall be independent in the exercise of its functions and subject only to the constitution and any other law (Article-118(4).
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Civil servants and farmers
I feel conscience-bound to write a few lines about the incident at Nachole. Unruly farmers ransacked the UNO office leaving the UNO seriously injured.
 
English language
English is an international language by which not only international relations but also trade and commerce are conducted.
 
Pipe water from Jamuna
The plan to pipe water from Jamuna may help improve water condition of Buriganga, but for a long term solution Wasa may think of some alternative model currently in use in Australia.
 
Who will be benefited?
It was a jubilant takeover on January 11, 2007, when BNP-Jamaat's plan to engineer the upcoming election was foiled.
 
Security barriers
As a resident of Road No 48, Gulshan 2, I draw your attention to the installation by the Canadian Embassy of security barriers at the front entrance and the back exit of the road.
 
Reform issue
It is for a long time that we from abroad have been trying to draw your attention to the fact that the present government is involved in a type of reform which is primarily directed at changing leaderships
 
Sheikh Hasina
American life styles are not unknown to Bangladeshis. There are couples of hundred thousand Bangladeshis living in the USA.
 
What an irony!
Everyone within Bangladesh and overseas was extremely happy over the takeover of the Interim Caretaker Government backed by the armed forces.
 
Wishful thinking
How happy we would have been if the present caretaker governmental had been entrusted to take care of us as long as they could and then taken over by others like them and so on.
 
Indoor politics?
Recently, in Bangladesh, the phrase 'indoor-politics' has come in vogue after many years of hibernation. What is indoor-politics by the way? There is no 'in or outdoor' as far as politics is concerned.
 
Politics of killing
The AL claims the credit for the independence of Bangladesh and hence calls Sheikh Mujib "The Father of the Nation".
 
The minus-plus game
For the last couple of months the 'minus two / three' & recently "minus them all" suggestions from politically conscious and concerned persons are being expressed in connection with the reform of thepolitical
 
Power pilferage
I would draw your attention to a fraudulent practice of electricity consumers. Recently, I visited Rangpur and Barisal and observed that some organisations have more than one electricity connection.
 

 
   
 
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