OPINION: Knowing is not enough
Jahangir Jameel :Teaching is an art but not everybody can be an artist. In the same context, not every good student can be a good...
Editorial
Costly dialysis puts kidney patients to premature death
The treatment of kidney disease in Bangladesh is still insufficient putting the rising number of renal patients in a fix. Currently, around two crore people...
Safety rules must be followed at ship-breaking yards
Life is becoming increasingly unsafe in Bangladesh. Nobody knows where and when a disaster will strike him next. But if the place is a factory,...
Female scientists making their mark on space exploration
Sara Al-Mulla :Since time immemorial, humans have been mesmerized by the mysteries of outer space. Contributions by Arab scientists in the arena of space exploration...
Why Myanmar remains trapped in a vicious conflict
Sajjad Ashraf :Two years after the military scuttled Myanmar’s fledging democratic experiment, the authorities led by General Min Aung Hlaing continue to face resistance from...
Steps must be taken to protect St Martin’s Island from complete extinction
THE country’s only coral island, Saint Martin’s in Cox’s Bazar, continues to be polluted unabated as the government has failed to put in place an...
No respite for consumers when a corrupt government in power
Less than two weeks are left when Muslims will start their holy month of Ramzan. Unlike the previous observance of the month of fasting in...
Bringing audiences in cinema hall back
Dr. Md. Shamsul Arefin :The greatest use of cinema is that it is a good means of recreation which breaks the monotony of life. In...
March is the month of independence
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :March is the month of achieving independence. Bangladesh became independent in 1971 after a long struggle against oppressions, killing, disparity, conspiracies...
Blast incidents leaving room for grave speculation
The pattern with which one after another blast incidents are taking place in the capital leaves us in the frame of mind that the Gulistan...
The poor have no easy access to costly primary healthcare
The government has almost been asked every year by health experts to increase primary healthcare spending by at least an additional one per cent of...
Graduation ceremony of University of Oxford
Dr Syed Ali Tarek :Attending yesterday’s (March 5) University of Oxford graduation was a remarkable event in my life. Sitting among all the graduating scholars...