Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and M Abul Kashem Mozumder :We observe 25th March as the horror of brutal operation that had caused a tremendous bloodshed — this was Operation Search Light. According to a White Paper published on August 5, 1971 by the Pakistan government, Major General Khadim Hossain Raja, GOC of 14 Division and Major General Rao Farman Ali Khan, GOC of 57 Division came to a decision on February 22, 1971 regarding the army expedition named “Operation Search...
It’s very shocking for us hearing that a Dhaka University student was physically and mentally tortured after he failed to attend a programme of ruling party’s student organisation due to his illness. The victim was forced to “stare into a light bulb in the room” as punishment. After 15 minutes, the victim fell to the ground. He later took treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital. The victim in his written complaint — sent to Provost on Thursday — said that...
THE killing of Babul Sikder, 17, by his friends in a Mirpur cricket ground based on a trifling matter showed how far the society has become criminalized without compassion for friends and fellow human beings. Such qualities have now almost disappeared. It must be worrying to see young ones get violent easily. Indeed Wednesday opened in the boy’s life with hope and excitement because as a SSC candidate he was waiting for a good result scheduled for publication that afternoon....
Youth Can Make A Difference Children are telling us they would like to walk freely outside, without masks and if it’s not too much to ask, under a blue sky. While elders will likely die of old age, “We are the generation that will continue living on this Earth […],” said Sofia Rahmah, 16, who said she had asthma and who marched with hundreds of others in Central Jakarta on Friday. For all adults whining over all sorts of issues...
RELOCATING the tannery industry from Dhaka to Savar was taken in order to prevent land, water and air pollution, and also to install discipline and order in the industry. In short – it was meant for a complete overhauling of the industry. However, the plans have not worked in the ways it was expected. Solid wastes from the tannery industrial park at Savar continue to pose a serious threat to the surrounding areas as the government still remains undecided about...
Media report on Wednesday said people affected by delta variant of coronavirus in the border districts are rushing to Khulna and Rajshahi Medical College Hospitals for testing and treatment. They are mostly turned back being denied admission because of shortage of hospital beds and ICU facilities. The same situation is reported in Bagerhat and Jashore government hospitals. Other hospitals in the region are also turning back patients citing lack of inadequate facilities for Covid patients.The delta variant is also known...
Alaul Alam :It is no denial that in case of accelerating social and economic growth of a country these days...
Pierre Salignon :The war in Syria is raging on with no end in sight to the suffering or human rights violations it brings. We need to rethink how we protect the children displaced by this conflict. This opinion is published courtesy of EurActiv’s partner ID4D.A study by Fondation Terre des Hommes (TDH) published in June 2016 gives chilling insight into the survival conditions of Syrian refugee children, and the different forms of exploitation they are subject to. It draws attention...
The recent executive order by the government to hike gas prices for power production and captive power by 75 paisa, along with the announcement of another increase in power prices next month, has once again dealt a heavy blow to consumers already grappling with economic strains. This move, while ostensibly aimed at reducing subsidies in the power sector, risks exacerbating the burden on ordinary citizens, particularly amidst fears of prolonged summer power outages. With the price of gas seeing its...
Dr. Ali Al-Halawani :When the rich suffer from hunger and thirst, they feel the agony of the poor and, thus, they rush to spend on them in charity.In the same vein, when the poor see the rich suffering from hunger and thirst during their fast, they comfort themselves that they are equals in one way or another; a matter which gives the poor some sort of “psychological relief”.A superficial understanding of fastingIndeed, this rudimentary understanding is very strange; it depicts...
Ramu Damodaran :One of the first resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, on the location of the headquarters of the Organization, gives the United Nations “exclusive rights over the subsoil of land conveyed to it, and in particular the right to make constructions underground and to obtain therefrom supplies of water.”That was, in many ways, a metaphor for the rights of “we the peoples” who had constituted the United Nations and their legitimate claim to the fertile wealth...
Jasia Tahzeeda : Tackling climate change is an integrated approach as the impact of climate change falls under almost every...