Economic impact of winter in Bangladesh
Farid Hasan Ahmed, Phd :Bangladesh is not a severely cold-prone country. People of Bangladesh are used to face normal winter season when the average temperature...
Editorial
Averred infallibility imperils democracy
Sahibzada Riaz Noor :Can there be infallibility in political and social discourse or in matters relating to social or political organisation? That various political ideas...
Stunning and beautiful Cox’s Bazar
Mohammad Amjad Hossain :It is irony to note that Cox’s bazar, which is named after Lieutenant cox of the British army is located beautifully on...
Readers’ Voice
A free and fair election must be arranged I am perplexed and feeling deeply upset by the present situation of the country. In my wildest...
Misuse of antibiotics must be controlled
It is worrying to note that in Bangladesh antibiotics are losing their effectiveness to kill pathogens. According to a national daily yesterday, the government’s Institute...
Democracy on the mend, the US mid-terms prove it
Ross Douthat :For everyone furiously debating the condition of American democracy, the 2022 midterms were a beautiful thing – a gift to both sides of...
Climate, Covid and Ukraine-Russia war
Dr. Md. Shamsul Arefin :The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that if the Ukraine-Russia war continues the number of undernourished...
Rising medicine price is another blow to commoners
Along with the prices of daily essentials, prices of essential drugs have also shot up creating an additional burden for the people in these hard...
Farmers are leaving cooperative societies
The government should take immediate measures to reform the Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Act-2013 to restrict the power of bureaucrats and make it suitable for farmers....
Education not for the culture of intolerance
Masum Billah :The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations begun from 06 November this year has seen a peculiar kind of creativity the question...
Cross-border action on climate disasters is urgent in South Asia
Cecile Fruman and Saleemul Huq :This year’s monsoon-season floods left a trial of devastation in Pakistan, leading to more than 1,700 deaths, impacting over 33...
Powdered milk prices rise – a fresh blow to consumers
The prices of powdered milk have increased again by Tk 50 to Tk 110 per kilogramme in the last one month because of rising prices...