India’s shock ban on wheat export: Is it a ploy to charge more
Bangladesh has entered a tougher food situation as India has slapped a ban on export of its wheat, the second important staple food item in...
Editorial
32 ‘European dream-driven’ Bangladeshis rescued off Tunisian coast
As the desperate bid to enter Europe crossing the Mediterranean Sea continues, 81 migrants – 32 of them Bangladeshis including a woman – were rescued...
Increasing Cyclone Risk Management Competency
Farid Hasan Ahmed :Cyclones from the Bay of Bengal accompanied by storm surges are one of the major hazards in Bangladesh. The April-May and the...
Opinion Shireen Abu Akleh: The Story of a Foretold Death!
Dr Salim Nazzal : The slain Palestinian TV journalist Shireen Abu Akleh holds American citizenship. But I fear that the United States will not do...
Tradition 1939 Finland is saying ‘Nyet’ to Vladimir Putin
Konstantin Eggert :I was a teenager when my godmother Olga first told me about the “Winter war” of 1939-1940 between the Soviet Union and Finland....
Fresh price hike of essentials adds to the grim plight of low-income people
Amid the struggle to cope with the record hike in edible oil prices, a fresh surge in prices of other daily essentials has dealt a...
“Jibon Tari” supporting healthcare services for decades to marginal riverside people
Impact Foundation Bangladesh (IFB), a private organisation, has been running a floating hospital to offer specific healthcare services to poor and marginal people in riverside...
Don’t mar peaceful nature of silent and people power revolution
Ameen Izzadeen :Sri Lanka’s silent revolution was dazzling with hope, bringing in its wake the early blooms of a socio-political spring that the country has...
Budget 2022-23
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the need for a robust fiscal framework has been felt much more than before. Higher...
Unscrupulous traders created artificial edible oil crisis: Fining them will not raise the cost
The seizure of hundreds of thousands of liters of hoarded edible oil in the last one week has proved the claim that unscrupulous trader created...
Nutritious food not affordable for majority population
High costs made nutritious foods like vegetables and fresh fruits unaffordable to Bangladesh’s large number of consumers. The grim picture of people’s unaffordability to purchase...
Why France has a complex relationship with religion
Fawaz Turki :Does France, as sundry analysts have argued, view religion as a threat to its national identity? Looks like it.Emmanuel Macron, recently elected for...