Newspaper holiday
I would like to point out that we have not yet been able to embark on rational decisions regarding the Newspaper Holidays and distribution system in this country. First of all, we have to make it clear-- there should not be any Holiday for Newspapers at all, same as the other essential services (fuel-pumps, etc.). But, what do we see in reality? The papers are not published on quite a few number of days in a year. And then, there is even difference between Dhaka and Chittagong in respect of some Holidays. For example-- the papers in Chittagong today (07-Nov) have printed a holiday-notice on account of "National Revolution and Solidarity Day" while the Dhaka newspapers have not done so! Lastly, there is the question of whether the agents will lift the Dhaka papers for Chittagong and whether the hawkers are willing to distribute them in case they also want to enjoy such an off-day. In the past, there was an instance of myself having to read The Daily Star on the Web sitting in Chittagong, as that particular issue had not reached the port city at all!
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