Uttara-Agargaon partial metro rail operation might vitiate traffic jam
Although partial operation of metro rail from Uttara to Agargaon is scheduled in December next year, it would have little impact on the capital’s overall...
Editorial
Caring for graduates who crossed govt service age during Covid pandemic
The Public Service Commission has published a circular for recruitment tests of the 44th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service without considering time lapse due to...
Readers’ Voice
Increase production and supply of medicines The general rule of the economy is that when supply is less than demand, commodity prices rise. But keep...
Global trust in science is on the rise
Azadeh Aalai, PhD :Despite what users may be seeing on their social media feeds, evidence suggests that trust in science is on the rise. This...
Climate benefits of good water management
Tony Slatyer :Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius over preindustrial levels, as agreed to be pursued under the Paris Agreement, requires everyone to act...
Blindness drops 35pc in Bangladesh; continue vitamin A program
THE rate of blindness in Bangladesh has dropped by 35 per cent over the last two decades. A national survey states that although the rate...
Begum Rokeya: An uncompromising Bengali Muslim woman
Monirul Haque Rony :Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was born on 9 December 1880 in an extremely conservative aristocratic family in Payraband village of Rangpur. Not...
Reformation and revitalisation of Bangladesh police
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :During British period the police administration had two-fold functions. They were to maintain law and order to act for the prevention...
Readers’ Forum
Nature must be saved Nature and man are inextricably linked with each other. As soon as environmental catastrophe occurs, human existence will soon become extinct....
Farmers need support to recoup damage rain caused to winter crops
Crops, especially winter vegetables, on vast areas have been damaged by the untimely rain that washed different districts across the country in the last three...
The Power of a ‘We’
Valerie Fridland, PhD :Pronouns have long been at the crux of heated debate and social reform-not only in terms of how we express gender, but...
Financing Future Health Systems
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus :The COVID-19 pandemic is devastating evidence that when health is at risk, everything is at risk. That’s true for individuals and families...