The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh responds to an editorial by The Daily Star.
There are no visible changes yet.
The trainee doctors at BSMMU have been demanding an increase of monthly allowance from Tk 20,000 to Tk 50,000 – a demand which is justified.
Electricity shortage and load shedding have become a black spot for the country, despite all big talks about development and other progress claims. This one failure, reported practically everyday in all the dailies, is a major problem overshadowing everything else!
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It has been a long journey for Bangladesh cricket. But it seems our performance is still the same as it was 10 years before. We try to be very confident sometimes and at times we perform very badly at the international level. As it is the prime sport of Bangladesh, we can expect at least some fighting performances. We understand all the problems but when we see players not concentrating or playing some risky strokes when the team is in trouble, we feel bad.
When are they going to behave more sensibly?
Movement of people, especially the middle class, has become very difficult in Dhaka metropolis. An affordable transport is required to attend a marriage ceremony or to attend a social gathering with the members of the family. Majority city dwellers do not have cars. They have to depend on rented vehicles. Taxicabs are not always available.
The authorities concerned should look into the matter and take such steps as will make the commuters' lives a bit easier.
We should show due sensitivity to the environment. Things are going wrong in many areas, but we appear to be unmoved. That's suicidal, to say the least.
I am sure millions before me have written regarding the present caretaker government and I am also aware that many more will write about it after me. However, the unique circumstances under which this current administration took oath, makes this administration special as it is. If I may recall, the Honourable Chief Advisor had promised reforms, reforms which not only he but the whole of Bangladesh believed would help the country move on.
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Biodiversity is a term coined by E. O. Wilson (1988) to describe the number and variety of living organisms, at all scales; from individual parts of communities to ecosystems, regions, and the entire biosphere. This term includes the genetic diversity of individual species, the subpopulations of individual species, the total number of species in a region, the number of endemic species in an area, and the distribution of different ecosystems. Most of the aquatic environment is degrading day by day and their biotas are also decreasing.
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