Education should not provoke corruption
Masum Billah :True education promises to eradicate corruption. Therefore, the department of education should have shown a different picture. But to our utter frustration that...
Editorial
Journey to defend human rights never ends
Michelle Bachelet :As you know, after four years as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, my mandate ends next week, on 31 August. The...
How do theft buses disappear within hours but nobody bothers
It seems unbelievable how members of a theft gang dismantle not a motorbike, not even a car, but an entire bus within hours. However, the...
Impunity against women violence
Country’s public transport and public spaces, particularly buses, are ‘mostly unsafe’ for women as they are frequently harassed and bullied physically and mentally. An online...
Productivity of our education system
Dr Md Aktaruzzaman :Over the last decade I have been following the ways the world top universities are operating their programs, contributing to their national...
Tea workers’ empowerment a dire need
Dr Matiur Rahman and Shishir Reza :How many women are working as tea workers in Bangladesh? Do any tea workers need legal or mental counselling?...
Readers’ Voice
Prevent campus bullying Almost every school in our country is proudly boasting about having the best facilities for their students. But in utter despair, those...
JRC does nothing but validate India’s unilateral water withdrawal
The Bangladesh-India Joint Rivers Commission on Thursday finalised the text of MoU for interim water sharing of Kushiyara River. The Kushiyara water-sharing agreement is likely...
Five years of Rohingya exodus
Sharmin Nahar Nipa :Thousands of Rohingya refugees died and over 700,000 fled their homes in Rakhine State of Myanmar to Bangladesh after a brutal crackdown...
Reserve shortage leads economy towards uncertainty
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :During the covid-linked crisis in 2020-22, Bangladesh’s economy has been adversely affected both internally and externally. The impact was a loss...
Readers’ Voice
No need more public universities Public universities are being established everywhere in Bangladesh. Recently, the approval of two more public universities has come in the...
A Commission be set up to fix living salary for the tea workers: Arbitrariness has become disease among some officials
There were agitations in 158 tea gardens in Sylhet and Chattogram divisions during the tea-leaf-plucking season as the tea workers began the strike demanding a...