Untimely flood damages Boro paddy and rabi crops in char islands
The water level in some rivers like Teesta, Jamuna, Karatoya, Baral and Hurasagar has increased due to heavy rains in the upstream of India. As...
Editorial
No Bangladeshi university ranked among Asia’s top 100
It is a disgraceful to note that not a single Bangladeshi university has been included on the list of top 100 institutions in the QS...
Financing Education
Masum Billah :The concept of Public Private Partnership (PPP) lies in an approach used by government to deliver quality services to its population by using...
Language Learning
Srejon Datta :Grammar is a linguistic input by which a foreign language can be learned and taught structurally. Besides, grammar is the formal prescription about...
Whimsical garbage dumping by Narayanganj City Corporation causing dwellers’ life unbearable
Waste disposal in Narayanganj city has been a long-standing issue, with locals always complaining about having to live in a smelly mess. In the city,...
Women issued should get priority
Academic experts, professional economists and rights activists said this at a pre-budget discussion organised by the Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) on Thursday in the capital....
An Age of Existential Uncertainty
Charles M. Blow :I grew up during the Cold War, when, in elementary school, we still participated in bomb drills. A bell would ring or...
Sri Lanka Crisis Challenges Lie In Economic Recovery
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :Sri Lanka is passing through an acute economic crisis due to depletion in foreign reserves. There has been a decline in...
Local seed production drive is a must to ensure food security
The standing committee of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Agriculture, Agricultural Processing and Agro-based Industries has called for increasing...
Lessons to be learned from Lanka debacle
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has noted that maintaining macroeconomic stability, taking correct policies, having a prudent government, sound macroeconomic management, production diversification and domestic resources...
Local seed production drive is a must to ensure food security
The standing committee of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Agriculture, Agricultural Processing and Agro-based Industries has called for increasing...
Silence, Secrecy & Shame It Is Not A Domestic Affair
Odessa Hamilton :It is time that we change the narrative around domestic violence. Reframing domestic violence as a societal problem. It is imperative that we...