World Refugee Day Everyone has the right to seek safety
Lt Col Nazmul Huda Khan :For millions of years, mankind has been on the move. Some people have moved proactively in search of new opportunities,...
Editorial
Readers’ Voice
Suicide not a solution The present world is the modern age. And with this modernity, the tendency of suicide is also increasing. Suicide is a...
Marooned people urgently need food, shelter, medicine in flood-hit areas
We’re deeply worried that the incessant rain and onrush of water from the upstream have deteriorated the flood situation in the country’s north-east Sylhet region...
Can democratic Ukraine depend on US and NATO against Russian aggression?
It is said that this is a ‘war’ between Ukraine and Russia, and the two countries are fighting for a win. But this has not...
Towards a Thriving Digital Economy in South Asia
Hartwig Schafer and Christine Zhenwei Qiang :When walking around the streets of Kathmandu, you will notice stickers with quick response (QR) codes at stores and...
Readers’ Voice
Plantation is Essential to Combat Climate Change Environmental pollution and depleting of natural resource occur in our country due to poverty, over-population and lack of...
Deadline expired a year ago, but works of 55 dev projects yet to start in Kurigram
Works of 55 government projects on rural development in Kurigram are yet to start even though the implementation deadline expired around a year ago. In...
Food Adulteration Proper Steps Needed to Protect Public Health
Dr Matiur Rahman :Every human being has to take food to survive. Again eating adulterated food destroys life. Food adulteration has taken a terrible shape...
State of English in Bangladesh
Dr. Syed Nesar Ahmad Rumy :Why do we use English in our education and correspondences? Maybe many of us do not know the answer precisely....
A ‘silent epidemic on wheels’
John Rennie Short :The Covid-19 pandemic has generated mind-numbing statistics over the past two years: half a billion cases, 6 million deaths, 1 million in...
Readers’ Voice
Encourage Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurs are essential for economic development. This is why they have usually been considered as valuable assets for the economies of countries. However,...
Govt should boost BAPEX to explore more pits to meet the growing gas demand
At least three possible onshore gas fields and three wells have remained “forced idle” for years due to cases pending with local and international courts,...