Editorial

MEP Neena Gill :A mind-boggling 500,000 people belonging to the Rohingya community – and counting – have fled to Bangladesh in recent weeks.Flooded with images...

BANGLADESH has achieved laudable progress in reducing under-five child mortality rate. But as per disclosure by President of Nutrition International; there are plenty of works...

THE government plan to balance this year’s over taka twenty thousand crore budget deficit taking loans from private and public banks and ‘other sources’ is...

Food adulterators I was shocked to read the news report published by the Prothom Alo, which shed some light on the dishonest traders injecting silica...

No electricity at Paksey There has been no electricity since Friday forenoon at Paksey railway town except that part of the town controlled by the...

Chowdhury Zafor Sadque :(From previous issue) Ghulam Mohammad’s son Abdul Hamid Dar was arrested on the 29th of December, 1995 by the army, and they later...

Jana Hainsworth and Luis Alvarado Martinez :Every 17 October, people across the globe come together to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty....

Jon Van Housen and Mariella Radaelli :In a landmark “State of the Union” speech last month, European Union President Jean-Claude Juncker called for more bilateral...

RECKLESSLY handling of medical waste is posing serious threat to public health due to presence of infectious materials. It is directly causing infections to human...

STUDENTS protested the publication of results of “Gha” unit admission test of Dhaka University. The result was published within shortest possible time despite widespread allegations...

Tougher measures needed against Myanmar Military officers ruled Myanmar since 1962 when General Ne Win took control of then Burma through a coup d’état. The...

Chowdhury Zafor Sadque :An FIR was recently registered against Amnesty International India(All) on charges of sedition and other IPC sections. Amnesty International India had organized...