Sundarbans must be saved from plastic pollution
A veritable natural green wall, what environmentalists call ‘natural shell,’ is sheltering the coastal belt settlements of Bangladesh from the cyclones and storm surges. This...
Editorial
Traffic congestion perspective: Is Dhaka a modern city?
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed : Dhaka is the heart of Bangladesh. This Dhaka city is highly distorted by terrible troubles like traffic jam. This Dhaka...
Effective negotiation is needed to save the ‘Shonali Aash’
Abdullah Sadi : Over the last decade, diplomatic relations and bilateral trade between the two neighboring countries, Bangladesh and India, have reached a new height....
Families cut spending on food, education to buy lifesaving drugs
Medical expenditure per household in Bangladesh has risen beyond the means of many, almost doubling in the last 12 years. Almost each of the households...
Capacity charge payment to power plants is nothing but robbery
According to a recent report from the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), the payment of capacity charges to power plants is being described as...
‘We will not surrender’: The extraordinary Palestinians of Jenin
Ramzy Baroud : On June 19, a large Israeli military force raided the northern Palestinian town and refugee camp of Jenin from multiple directions. Not...
Workers living standards need to be improved for economic uplift
The International Trade Union Confederation’s (ITUC’s) global rights index 2023 has highlighted the fragile condition of the working class people in Bangladesh. The report also...
Readers’ Voice
Pollution in Dhaka : I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the escalating pollution levels in the capital Dhaka. Over the past few...
Tragic Titan implosion: Challenges of ocean exploration
Lt Col Nazmul Huda Khan, MPhil, MPH : Several days have been passed since tragic Titan implosion, the widely discussed submersible that was visiting the...
Nuclear techniques for food and nutritional security in Bangladesh
Dr Md. Abdul Malek :From previous issue Drought tolerant varieties developmentBinatil-2 and Binatil-4 (average seed yield of 1.2-1.3 t/ha) and Binachinadam-4, Binachinadam-6 and Binachinadam-8 (average...
Ukraine War: Peace should be the rational goal
M. Kabir Hassan PhD and José Antonio Pérez Amuedo :After World War II, Europe was divided into two parts: the Western (capitalist) countries and the...