Motorcycle could be a part of the solution of Traffic Jam in Dhaka City

Anybody who lives in Metropolitan Dhaka know that how the traffic Jam destroys the productive time here. Every year the metropolitan city dwellers losing millions of work hours just due to Traffic Jam. That creates a bad affect on the total productivity of the Citizens living in this capital city of Bangladesh. Thus, the gross domestic production of the country is directly affected by this traffic jam. Now a days, everybody is aware about the traffic jam and they are always talking about it in the seminars and workshops.

However, the total problem of the traffic Jam may be divided in to small fragments to solve the matter. Later, the small segments of the problem may be solved one after another for having a total cumulative success.

One of the aspects of the solution is just giving emphasis on the use of motorcycle. A motorcycle occupies less space than a sedan car or a microbus. About four motorcycles could be accommodated in the same space in the street which is occupied by a single microbus. A motor cycle drinks less petrol than a car. The primary investment for purchasing a 150 cc new motorcycle is less than one fourth of a reconditioned 1500 cc car. The maintenance cost of a motorcycle is also very minor in comparison with a car. However, a motorcycle has no roof to protect its passenger from rain and the sunshine.

In India, there are hundreds and thousands of motorcycles are being used, specially by the young people. India is producing their own motorcycles they need to give their citizens. Bangladesh can not produce motorcycles but can purchase some complex spare parts, (i.e., engine housing, crank shaft, bearings etc.,) from other countries and some simple parts can be produced in the country. Later both complex and simple parts may be assembled together for making a complete motor cycle. The Government can give incentive to the people towards purchasing of motorcycles by imposing less taxes on them.
Motor cycle is the symbol of small business, entrepreneurship and dynamism, young people love to use it. Young people is the symbol of energy and power. An young man with a motorcycle and a small business can boost up the total economy of a developing country like Bangladesh, yes, dramatically. 

Therefore, if you really want to contribute to the active development process of the economy of Bangladesh, try do it in a passive way first. Reduce the taxes on small vehicle like motorcycle. Please be kind to your people, especially to the working and effective group. It will help in developing small entrepreneurship and business, ultimately the economy at the grassroots level will be benefited by this. 


Economics of Bangladesh - if you want to develop it, primarily work on micro level first, which will push up the macro sectors as the logical consequence!

The Jamuna bridge is one of the most important communication landmark in Bangladesh

The Jamuna bridge is one of the most important communication landmark in Bangladesh. The construction work of the Bridge was started in late 1994 and was completed in June, 1998. The bridge has established a strategic connection through a four-lane road and a railway link between the eastern and western part of Bangladesh. The Bridge has also facilitated the transmission of electricity and natural gas and has integrated telecommunication links between Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh and the comparatively poorer districts in the Northern region.  

Earlier, before establishing the Jamuna Bridge, the north-western region faced slow growth due to soaring transport costs. The people living in the northern districts needed to cross the mighty river to reach Dhaka. Excluding the time needed on bus, on an average it took about 3 hours additional time just to cross the river by a ferry or a launch.

The Bridge is about 4.8 kilometre long, which is the longest in South Asia and the 11^th longest in the world. The bridge has substantially reduced poverty by promoting investment, inter regional trade and job creation, especially in the north-western region. At present, the farmers who are producing agricultural products has started receiving a bit higher profits due to savings in transport costs and time. This has encouraged the production of vegetables, livestock, poultry and different types of fruits including mango, jack fruit and Ber (Boroi) in the north-western districts. Farmers in the northern region are now able to market their perishable agricultural products quickly in Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet and other districts in the country. It has been estimated that over ten million people having benefited from the construction of the Bridge. 


People from the capital city Dhaka and port city Chittagong now can deliver their machineries and other imported materials quickly to the north-eastern districts by this Bridge. Establishing of such bridge is highly profitable in the long run. Considering the opportunity costs, people of Bangladesh needs another two bridges on some suitable places on this big Jamuna river.

Solar Energy is an Important Tool for Educating people

Solar Panel is a very good tool for converting solar energy into electricity. Although it is expensive till now, however, electricity produced from the solar panel may be used for operating mobile phones, radio, computers and other small gadgets. 

Although it is very expensive to establish a big Solar Energy set up for operating  heavy industries, but comparatively it is the cheapest energy source for the people living in remote villages for having a taste and flavour of modern livelihood. 

In island, Char, Beel and Haaor areas in Bangladesh, where there is no possibility of establishing connection from the national power grid during next 50 or even 100 years, solar energy definitely can perform there an active role for producing lights for educating the farmers in night schools, establishing 24 hours communication with cellular phones and technology dissemination through radio and television.  We need to remember that educated people is the primary prerequisite for a developed and rich nation. Therefore, we need to educate our people first. 

Three large rivers make the big Delta plain

The three big rivers, i.e., the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna make the big delta-plain of Bangladesh. The area of the country is about 1,47,570 square kilometers. About 13% of the land is covered by the forests and 17% of the land is covered with water bodies (like beel, zheel, haaor, baaor etc.,) homes and roads etc.

About 80% of the people lives in rural areas and they depend on agriculture for their livelihood. The country has a net cultivated area of around 8 million hectares and the cropping intensity of this land is on an average 180 per cent. Rice is the main cereal crop cultivated in the country. Other than rice farmers also grow jute, sugarcane, wheat, potato, maize, pulses and vegetables. In the hilly areas of Sylhet and Chittagong district beverage crops like tea and coffee also cultivated. The agriculture sector directly contributes about 25% of the Gross Domestic Product. The agriculture sector provides about 65% of the labor forces.

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Bangladesh is an emerging economic power in South Asia. About 150 million people are living in Bangladesh. Although, per capita income of a Bangladeshi citizen is an average of 1% of the same of an US citizen.

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