China-Taiwan conflict: Impact on world politics
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :The world politics is going through one crisis after another. The scale of the crisis is escalating towards conflict. The Taiwan...
Editorial
DG Health will now resume drive against illegal hospitals, clinics when no public sector is functioning properly
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) is going to resume its drives against unregistered hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centers after a three-month break. The...
Absent mediation
A.G. Noorani :It has been six months since Russia launched its unprovoked and brutal aggression against Ukraine. On its part, Ukraine has fought back with...
Journalism in the 1960s with courage and dignity
ATM Nurun Nabi :Lord Francis William once said, the press is a weapon of freedom, a sword in the hands of those fighting old and...
Readers’ Voice
Scope of research inadequate Research scope in Bangladesh is generally inadequate among graduate and postgraduate students. Many students do not know critical thinking and analysis....
High yielding sugarcane farming can halt the declining trend
Sugarcane production and acreages in Bangladesh have more than halved in the last two decades as farmers find it difficult to generate a steady stream...
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...
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?...