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...
Editorial
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...
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...
RMG owners must address product recall issue to restore the industry’s reputation
Health Canada’s recall of over 200,000 George brand sleepers, designed for infants and manufactured in Bangladesh, has shed light on a critical aspect of child...
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...
Arab world’s questionable role in Israel-Gaza war
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed : The Israel-Palestine conflict has been a constant presence in the Middle East since Israel’s independence in 1948. But even earlier...