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....
Editorial
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...
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...
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...
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...