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Editorial

Unused equipment at public hospitals

THE condition of most public hospitals in the capital Dhaka and all over the country is far from satisfactory and at most places dilapidated...

Sonali Bank fails again

AFTER the dramatic Kishoreganj robbery and the Hall-Mark scandal, yet another blow to the banking sector has been unleashed by the same institution -...

Student leaders or drug traders?

CHARGES of drug trafficking have been levied against the top 11 leaders of the Chhatra League from within the organization, claimed a report of...

Three new economic zones on the card

THE government has selected three new economic zones as pilot projects to be completed in different phases by 2025. According to a report published...

International Mother Language Day: Some Reflections

Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Nasir Uddin :Every year we observe 21st February as international mother tongue day. Our pride knew no bounds when...

Non-Surgical treatment of diabetic related infection

Bobby Ramakant :Nearly 25% of people with diabetes face diabetic foot related complications in their lifetime. "People with diabetes can develop many different foot...

Of gender preferences

Asha Iyer Kumar :A friend recently triggered an interesting Facebook debate on gender preferences. It isn't that there aren't other weighty issues to debate...

Arsenic content in rice

During my recent visit to India I came across a news item in the front page of the 'Anandabazar Patrika' under the caption "Bhater...

Readers’ Forum

Doing good to othersSpeakers from different kinds of forums call for non-communal Bangladesh and say that it was one of the objectives of the...

Brain drain plague

Neeta Lal :There's been much chest-thumping in India over desi boy Satya Nadella being anointed Microsoft's new mogul. The 46-year-old, Hyderabad-born, cricket-loving engineering executive,...

Managing climate instability

Rahul Goswami :Every year, a few million pairs of feet (in cheap flip-flops or trendy sandals, most in branded sports shoes, only a few...

Huge stakes in Thailand

Tom Plate :The stakes in the outcome of the ongoing Thai Crisis are huge and go beyond the strict parameters of the country itself....

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