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Criminality in law enforcement units should be addressed

THE reported involvement of law enforcers in mugging in Dhaka underscores the significance of major police reform. Four people, including two Rapid Action Battalion and police personnel, were arrested on December 2 on charges of their being involved in mugging at the Dhaka airport. Allegations against a section of police personnel over involvement in crimes, including abduction, extortion, smuggling...

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Time, cost overruns in projects must first be investigated

BUS Rapid Transit Line 3 Project, taken up about 12 years ago to connect Gazipur to the Dhaka airport with a dedicated bus service on a 20.5-kilometre corridor, has become an example of irregularities and mismanagement of development projects. The project, once completed, is meant to carry close to half a million people every day. The estimated travel...

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Shakil Ahmed, Farzana Rupa detained at Dhaka airport

Former chief of news of Ekattor Television Shakil Ahmed and his wife and the TV channel’s former principal correspondent and presenter Farzana Rupa were detained at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka as they allegedly tried to leave the country...

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Incoordination holding off expressway link worrying

INCOORDINATION between two projects erecting elevated expressways — the Dhaka-Ashulia elevated expressway and the Dhaka elevated expressway — has left uncertain the connection between the expressays meant in the Dhaka airport area...

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