What the papers say on October 23

The Daily Star reports, Dohazari-Cox's Bazar railway track project has led to destruction of nature in Chittagong as hills were razed to make way for the 120km track, which is being built under a fast-track project of the government.

চট্টগ্রামের লোহাগাড়া উপজেলায় চট্টগ্রাম-কক্সবাজার মহাসড়কের এক পাশে রাঙ্গাপাহাড় গ্রাম। ওই জনপদের সবচেয়ে বড় পাহাড়টির নামে গ্রামের নামকরণ করা হয়েছে। গত দুই বছরে নাম একই থাকলেও হারিয়ে গেছে ওই গ্রামের সব পাহাড়।https://t.co/PrdsbcUV9G

— The Daily Star (@dailystarnews) October 23, 2020

New Age reports, cold-related diseases are set to intensify challenges for the country's health system, already struggling to tackle the outbreak of Covid-19.

The Business Standard reports, plans for highly ambitious development projects are taken by the government but years later the projects hardly make any headway for lack of foresight, administrative issues and inefficiencies. Public Private Partnership (PPP) is one such area.

Sorry case of #public_private_partnership https://t.co/BGibFZeo9c

— The Business Standard (@tbsnewsdotnet) October 22, 2020

The Financial Express reports, the use of credit cards of the commercial banks and financial institutions in Bangladesh has gone up sharply, as their month-on-month transactions boosted by 50% within a year.

The Daily Observer reports, the Planning Commission has objected to the proposal of the Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation to send 30 officials abroad at a cost of Tk1.70 crore for learning dry fish processing.