Climate Migrants Displaced People Need Actions To Survive
Dr Matiur Rahman :A recent report says, humans are facing various extreme events due to climate change and in future, hundreds of millions will be...
Editorial
Road safety measures remain unimplemented
Meetings after meetings were held to define how to manage roads and highways safely, assurances poured, commitments made and unmade, pages of calendars turned, and...
Net-Zero Emissions
Arti Grover :The recent COP26 summit in Glasgow brought together coalitions and alliance that vowed to act on climate change by putting into effect the...
Higher Education
Dr. M. M. Shahidul Hassan :After being liberated as an independent country in 1971, Bangladesh started its higher education journey with six public universities with...
Abandoning historical library in Sylhet city not acceptable
Media report said the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) has turned a popular public library in the city into a dumping ground for wrecked vehicles. The...
Revise migration costs as foreign-bound workers pump up our economy
The Expatriates’ welfare ministry has taken up an initiative to revise the costs for international migration, with the aim of making the step more realistic...
Yuval Noah Harari argues that what’s at stake in Ukraine is the direction of human history
Yuval Noah Harari :AT THE HEART of the Ukraine crisis lies a fundamental question about the nature of history and the nature of humanity: is...
E-commerce in South Asia
Maurizio Bussolo & Siddharth Sharma : Tasmia runs a small bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She delivers fresh baked goods daily to a nearby grocery store....
Readers’ Voice
Homeopathic treatment of cancer Cancer is one of the most incurable diseases in human life. However, if one follows the religious rules, he/she can stay...
Renewable sources of power a must to escape power tariffs
A new study report, prepared based on the latest annual reports of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), said the rising cost of electricity sold...
Busting The Myths Food Stamps, Welfare & Work
Karin Schelzig :Government assistance to the poor-especially cash and similar benefits-has always sparked heated debates. Who deserves support? How much support, and for how long?...
70pc women victims of cybercrime
Rights campaigner Ain o Salish Kendra found that more than 500 incidents of cybercrime, 70 per cent of them, women, were recorded in 2021. Lack...