Save Dhaka from becoming a virtual city of slums
Not long ago, the United Nations observed that population growth and urbanisation are creating earth a virtual planet of slums. Their rapid growth with substandard...
Editorial
Bangladesh’s tourism potentials yet to be even partially explored
Bangladesh still largely resides in the backwater of international tourism despite it can boast a host of highly interesting and enjoyable travel destinations that attract...
Universities should provide an education, not just professional training
Nadim Shehadi : Universities are today facing a balancing act, in which they need to provide a complete education that includes both professional degrees and...
Digital fraudulence in banking
Md. Saiful Islam Masum : With the rise of technology, the banking sector has seen an unprecedented transformation, with online banking, mobile applications, and digital...
When shall the authorities take seriously the killer air pollution?
Bangladesh’s air pollution does not receive any attention from the government as if people’s health and life does not matter to them. According to a...
Digital gambling must be checked
Gambling on digital platforms has become rampant across the country amid the emergence of mobile financial services (MFS) as an easy and primary tool to...
Bangladesh Bank in hands of inept people cannot deliver
That the serving governor of Bangladesh Bank, Abdur Rauf Talukdar, has been placed at the grade ‘D’ as a governor by the Global Finance Magazine...
Sand extraction from rivers must be planned, scientific
In violation of the law, influential individuals within local communities are unlawfully removing sand from numerous river and coastal locations across the nation, causing harm...
Protect everyone’s health every day
Prof Dr Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder : Environmental health is one of the broadest fields within public health because of the myriad of ways external forces...
The new world disorder
Richard Haas : There is an old Soviet joke in which a journalist asks the General Secretary of the Communist Party to assess the country’s...
Dhaka Mohanagar Shishu Hospital shutdown is just an example of wasting resources
The inpatient services at the Dhaka South City Corporation’s only hospital dedicated for children – Dhaka Mohanagar Shishu Hospital – remain shut since July amidst...
Connectivity with next-door neighbors
Dr Syed Nesar Ahmad Rumy : Recently the geopolitics and geographical location of Bangladesh is a widely discussed issue. Even regionally the geographical location of...