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....
Editorial
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...
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...
‘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...
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...
Israeli forces must stop attacks on Palestinians
The Israeli forces started withdrawing from the refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday after nearly two days of a large-scale deadly military...
Authorities must protect reserve forests from illegal grabbers
The reserve forest in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka upazila is now almost half its original size, due to the deforestation and encroachments for over three decades. Bhaluka,...
Midlife crisis and ways to overcome
Dr Matiur Rahman :Midlife crisis refers to a period of psychological and emotional turmoil that some individuals experience, typically between the ages of 40 and...