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Challenges of the Caretaker Government
Khondkar Abdus Saleque

In a country of enormous potential and unrealized dreams the caretaker government after one year of its tenure and with less than one year in hand to hand over charges to an elected government faces very stiff challenges to overcome the prevailing crisis in various aspects of life. The situation has become all the more critical with the resignation of 5 out of 10 advisors apparently from their lack of competency and failure to discharge their assigned responsibilities. full report

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Billion Dollars’ ‘Test Pit’
Zubayer Zaman

Finally the draft coal policy has been submitted to the government for consideration. The policy along with other much talked about issues proposes for developing a `test pit’ at the northern part of Barapukuria Coal Mine. Apparently, the test pit will help to assess environmental, social and geological impacts of open pit mining for coal. full report