Utility service providers make city dwellers life unbearable in this holy month of Ramzan
While Dhaka is burning with extreme heat waves, its utility service providers — such as water, electricity and gas authorities — have failed to provide...
Editorial
Government must revise emissions standard following WHO to save public health
The recently enacted Air Pollution Control Rules-2022 has been adopted to protect the interest of the businesses that are responsible for polluting the country’s environment....
Tribute to Ullaskar Dutta: An anti-British revolutionary
Dr. Sheikh Shahbaz Riad : Today is April 16, the 139th birth anniversary of Ullaskar Dutta — an uncompromising revolutionary of the anti-British Swadeshi movement....
Resolve the Teesta issue under Obiter Dicta of the UN Charter
Sohail Arman : The Teesta is a transboundary river shared by India and Bangladesh. In response to West Bengal’s decision to dig canals to drain...
Readers’ Voice
Saudi-Iran relations The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran from the last seven years has not only affected the Middle East but also destroyed peace...
People’s access to safe water decreasing as heat wave sweeping across the country
The mild to moderate heat wave sweeping nearly the entire county over the past several days has turned severe in at least eight districts as...
RTE revolution: Choosing convenience over cooking meals
Nayela Binte Azad :Human beings have a fundamental requirement for sustenance in the form of food. It is essential for the proper operation of all...
Pohela Boishakh: A festival for all
Badrul Huda Sohel :Twentieth century poet TS Eliot, at a stage, in his poem ‘The Waste Land’ called April as the cruelest month, but the...
Question rose over the integrity of BBS’s data on the current poverty rate decline
The government-subsidised Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in a recent handout informed the nation that the poverty rate declined in the country significantly. It reads...
Adieu, Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury!
Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and valiant freedom fighter Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury is no more. He breathed his last at his founded hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday...
Anyone can claim to be a journalist or a news organisation, and publish lies with almost total impunity
John C. Watson :Headlines in early March 2023 implied Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch had made a damning confession. He had affirmed that some of...
Is fasting really about feeling for the poor?
Dr. Ali Al-Halawani :When the rich suffer from hunger and thirst, they feel the agony of the poor and, thus, they rush to spend on...