Ministers’ role is to stop food adulteration, not saying only moral words
The Health Minister on Tuesday said food adulteration has increased alarmingly across the country, though as a member of the cabinet it is his role...
Editorial
Japan’s ‘waste not, want not’ philosophy
Kevin C. Taylor :The word “waste” is often frightening. People fear not making the most of their time, whether at work or at leisure, and...
From Cuban missiles to Vladimir Putin’s crisis
Nina L Khrushcheva :Sixty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the world is again facing the spectre of a nuclear confrontation. With Russian President Vladimir...
Readers’ Voice
Congratulations to The New Nation on its 43rd Anniversary The New Nation has served the people for so many years with its objective journalism. It...
Dhaka’s air is not fit for inhaling
Like the country’s everyday road accidents, air pollution, particularly in Dhaka city, does not receive any attention from the government as if people’s health and...
Will new UK PM reduce suffering of refugees?
Barrister Solaiman Tushar :New British Prime Minister Mr Rishi Sunak’s family has been living outside their mother land for three generations. His grandparents went to...
No anti-corporal punishment law yet
Sir Frank Peters :Deeply entrenched in local history and frequently espoused with great gusto and enthusiasm by many is Bangabandhu’s dream of the nation he...
Power crisis is hitting the country hard
The ongoing energy crisis is hurting the country’s crucial food and industrial production. The planned rationing of electricity supply due to the fuel oil crisis...
Micronutrient deficiencies among children, women must be removed
National Micronutrient Survey 2019-20 revealed that around 20 per cent of under-five children suffer from iodine deficiency. The first-ever iodine status has raised questions on...
Awareness is key to reducing the incidence of dengue fever
Md. Arafat Rahman :Dengue fever is currently increasing in Bangladesh. It’s a viral disease carried by the Aedes mosquito. Symptoms of dengue fever usually appear...
Tactical nuclear fantasists
Dr Binoy Kampmark :Bogeyman politics tends to be flatly unimaginative. The image of the nuclear-mad Russian President, counting his diminishing options, has caught the imagination...
Toll collection from footpath hawkers by ruling party men, police must be stopped
The biggest ‘unofficial’ trade on the footpaths in the overcrowded capital city Dhaka is extortion of money from the poor hawkers, amounting to Tk 6...