Battle against dengue
Lt Col Nazmul Huda Khan, MBBS, MPhil, MPH : Bangladesh is experiencing a large dengue outbreak that is unusual in its scale and seasonality. DGHS...
Editorial
Power of effective listening
Paulomi Rahman Nisha : The decline in listening skills is not limited to our virtual interactions alone. Even in face-to-face conversations, many struggle to resist...
Containing child labour a hazardous task
EMPLOYING children in hazardous work had long been a contentious issue in Bangladesh. The National Child Labour Survey of 2020 survey of the Bangladesh Bureau...
Relationships in a changing society
Dr Matiur Rahman : “Liquid Love: On the Frailty of Human Bonds” is a book by sociologist Zygmunt Bauman, first published in 2003. In this...
How Bidenomics is weakening Trump’s 2024 hopes
Greg Sargent : Whereas Trump, as president, largely failed to rebuild US manufacturing, Biden has presided over an explosion of manufacturing construction, including throughout red...
Dangers of class discrimination
Dr. Khalid Al-Saleh : The entire world fights all forms of discrimination against others. All are against racism based on skin color, and many are...
Chhatra League not only collects tolls but acts like law enforcers as well
IT is no new news that different wing organisations of ruling Awami League such as Chhatra League, Jubo League, take tolls from roadside vendors or...
Authorities must book tax evaders under legal network for punishment
ACCORDING to the Tax Justice Network (TJN) report, Bangladesh faces significant annual tax losses due to multinational companies shifting profits to tax havens abroad and...
Psychology of genocide
Richard Gunderman MD, PhD :In 1944, the Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin coined the term “genocide”-literally, the killing of a people. A polyglot who could speak...
The deplorable overseas labor market!
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :About ten millions working people of Bangladesh are employed in 161 countries of the world. If the families below the poverty...
State agencies must be accountable to protect the rights of citizens
Human rights activists and organisations must actively protect individuals’ civil liberties in countries with poor human rights conditions. However, in Bangladesh, there are concerns about...
Teachers’ demand for job nationalisation should get sympathetic attention
The striking secondary level school teachers’ demand for nationalisation of their jobs has to be seen sympathetically. They have been on strike for about two...