Jamdani industry must be saved at all cost
BOTH the aesthetic and distinctive designs of Jamdani sarees are under serious threat due to financial hardship of weavers and poor supply of quality threads...
Editorial
Irregularities in varsity teachers recruitment deplorable
NEWS report on Monday said, not outstanding merits and higher academic track records, most public universities, particularly newly established ones hire lecturers now based on...
Developing community-based civil defence services
M.Mizanur Rahman :Civil Defence is one of the most essential government departments under the ministry of Home Affairs in Bangladesh provided the government made it...
Health care is a right, not a gift
Dr. Samir Kumar Saha :Every year, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day is commemorated on December 12 across the globe. It is the anniversary of the...
The left must carve out its own vision for the digital age
Gianni Pittella and Sergei Stanishev :Being a union of 28 different countries, it is not surprising that the EU can sometimes get overwhelmed by its...
Readers` Forum
High cost of clinical tests :Medical expenses from doctors’ fees, blood tests, x-rays, CT scans, and MRI to urine and stool test costs are increasing...
Life in orphanage homes needs improvement
GOVERNMENT-owned orphanage homes across the country are struggling with many predicaments like poor infrastructure, irregularities in services, inadequate food, fund and manpower shortage. A recent...
Arrival of more body-bags alarming
MEDIA report on Sunday said that the number of untimely deaths of Bangladeshi migrant workers is exponentially growing every year bringing shock to families which...
Digital Single Market needs real skills to succeed
Jamie Greene :The Europe we live in today is vastly different from the Europe of 15 years ago. As personal computers were brushed aside by...
Better accessibility is good for consumers and businesses
Marianne Thyssen :This Commission has placed accessibility where it belongs, at the centre of our efforts to shape an inclusive future. While the contributors to...
Jobs and skills needed to cement democracy
Imed Hammami and Pier Antonio Panzeri :A driving factor for many during the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia that toppled the Ben Ali regime was an...
Complete meltdown of humanity in Syria by Russia
THE evacuation of the last opposition-held areas of the Syrian city of Aleppo was suspended on Friday after pro-government militias demanded that wounded people should...