Help the northern farmers overcome crisis of seed potatoes
In the northern region of the country, there is now an acute crisis of seed potatoes. Due to the high market price of potatoes, the...
Editorial
Prospect of light engineering in Bangladesh
Dr. Nasim Ahmed : The Light Engineering (LE) sector makes a remarkable contribution to the economy of Bangladesh. The sector has innumerable prospects in poverty...
Gaza, ‘a graveyard for children’
Syed Faruk Hossain : The Gaza Strip has now become a graveyard for thousands of children. Palestinian women and children are living inhumane lives. Israel...
Readers’ Voice
Low and middle income people are in the worst crisis The value of money is decreasing. Inflation rate is increasing. Low and middle income people...
Promotion in police ahead of election raises questions
In major promotions days before the 12th parliamentary election schedule is announced, the government has upgraded 329 police officers to the posts of additional deputy...
Authorities need to advance solid waste management
A shockingly small amount of the solid waste, produced by cities and municipalities across the country, is being recycled. A Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)...
Poor literacy rates in many regions must be overcome
Many specific regions of the country are lagging behind in literacy rate compared to the other regions. According to the preliminary report of the Population...
Elections in sight, churn in Bangladesh politics
Avinash Paliwal : If it were not for the grim reality of acute political and economic crises in Dhaka, the celebrations around India and Bangladesh...
The East Pakistan White Paper
Motaher Hossain : In 1757, the sun of independence of Bengal set with the defeat of the last Nawab of Bengal, Sirajdaula. Since then, Bengalis...
Covering Gaza: Dehumanisation of an entire population
Zahera Harb : British media organisations and journalists working for them have struggled for decades to cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict accurately and impartially. Supporting what...
We want a pollution-free DU campus
Habibur Rahman : We the students of Dhaka University want a healthy, beautiful, clean, useful, student-friendly campus for studies. But currently, if we compare the...
Dhaka’s metro rail is not for mass people!
Though not for all through the day, the much-anticipated metro rail — rapid transport service in the form of overhead electric railway service — has...