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...
Editorial
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...
Non-life insurance sector needs to come to non-tariff market
Ahmed Saifuddin Chowdhury :There was a time when people had a negative view of insurance. Today that is changing exponentially. Now people insure for their...
The Supreme Court isn’t listening, and it’s no secret why
The New York Times Editorial Board :The Supreme Court’s authority within the American political system is both immense and fragile. Somebody has to provide the...
Readers’ Voice
Hijab, a dress code Hijab is an Islamic dress code. It aims at hiding the beauty of a woman from the eyes of all those with...
Authorities’ continued lack of concern for road safety is unacceptable
Hardly a day passes without the painful news of deaths in road accidents across the country. It is becoming the greatest threat to human lives....