Ecological significance of Padma Bridge
Prof. Dr. Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder :One of the present government’s greatest accomplishments is the Padma Bridge. Every source of pollution in the area has decreased...
Editorial
You can’t expect the corrupt will root out corruption
It is not surprising to know that around 70.9% of Bangladesh households have had to pay bribes to get government services in various sectors in...
How France underdevelops Africa
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram :Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most...
Population control or punishing the victim?
Sushant Kumar :The ghost of population control was resurrected after the Assam and the draft U.P Population bills made the headlines last year. It reinvigorated...
Readers’ Voice
Private healthcare centers should be under proper control! Ensuring access to necessary healthcare is one of the basic rights of a citizen. Due to the...
Enforced disappearances must be stopped in Bangladesh
Rights organisation Mother’s call (Mayer Dak), a network of families of victims of enforced disappearances, on Tuesday reiterated its call for an independent commission to...
Transformation in basic education is inevitable
Md Bayazid Khan :Today’s world is not like a bed of roses. People are to face a variety of natural and man made calamities nowadays....
Health risk of Bangladesh migrant workers
Lt Col Nazmul Huda Khan :Bangladesh has emerged as a major source of migrant workforce and accounted for around 12 million migrant workers since 1976...
Readers’ Voice
Inadequate number of NICUs The birth of every healthy baby brings joy to the family. On the other hand, after birth, the illness or death...
Tk 5 fuel price cut a cruel joke with the people
The government on Monday night cut fuel prices by Tk 5 per litre in line with the 10 percent slash in the import duty of...
Readers’ Voice
Human rights of tea workers must be upheld Due to low wages and deprivation of all kinds of civic facilities, tea workers are lagging behind...
Change through community-school partnership
Tanitia Munroe :A major aspect of social development in education is students’ identity formation. At a very early age, students are asked to make connections...