Hunger increasing worldwide
Dr Matiur Rahman :The United Nations Hunger Report mentions hunger as the term used to define the period when a population experiences severe food insecurity-that...
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Clone Sir Frank Peters!To clone Sir Frank Peters should be mandatory! I am extremely disappointed that he has not been cloned to date or at...
It is unbelievable the victims of dacoity are tortured
Police brutally tortured the victims of a robbery case in Dhamrai after they had gone to the police to lodge a complaint. Instead of giving...
Brahmaputra River Commission: A new horizon for peace and friendship
Belal Ahmed :Formation of “Bramhaputra River Commission” will eliminate all types of political, military and economic conflicts between China, India and Bangladesh. The upstream countries...
Teens are in need of total care!
Wares Ali Khan :Our country is an abode for nearly 36 million adolescents, a significant share of its entire population. Adolescence is the period following...
Why reforming the UN is critical
Dr Ramzy Baroud :The 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly was, in many ways, similar to the 76th session and many other previous...
Readers’ Voice
Stop death on roads Death is painful. But some deaths are more painful, particularly when reckless driving of transports, assassins’ black hands, pang of hunger and...
BR act amendment: Passenger-friendly services should be objective
Bangladesh Railway (BR) law is being amended 133 years after it was enacted in 1890. The BR has drafted the ‘Bangladesh Railway Amendment Act’ with...
Challenges of doing business with India
Julia Alam :A week after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ended her visit to Delhi, I had a long conversation with Dr. Zaidi Satter, one...
Way out of Bangladesh-Myan mar crisis
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :The tension that we are seeing now at the Bangladesh-Myanmar border is nothing new. We have a history of trouble along...
Readers’ Voice
Reckless motorbike riding! Motorbikes are undoubtedly the most convenient, preferable, and popular vehicle to ensure smooth travel to the desired destinations within short distances in...
Awareness must be created to prevent the misuse of antibiotics
THE government is going to enact a new law to prevent the misuse of antibiotics. If any pharmacy sells antibiotics without a prescription, its license...