Tribute to President Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed
Sir Frank Peters :I was deeply saddened to read about the passing of Former President and Chief Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed. It wasn’t the kind of...
Editorial
World Water Day Access To Potable Water Still Not Assured
Dr. Muhammad Badrul Hasan ;It is hard to believe that in the midst of the technological advancement of the 21st century, around 61 million people...
Faulty design the cause of frequent launch capsize
A passenger launch on Sunday capsized in Shitalakkhya River when a large cargo vessel hit, leaving eight passengers killed and many missing. Like the previous...
Stop mollycoddling market manipulators
It happens to be an opportunity for Bangladeshi policymakers to cite price hikes in the global market as the logic of increasing prices in the...
Journalism & Truth Telling in Wartime
Rob Okun :Brent Renaud. Marina Ovsyannikova. One a US filmmaker killed by Russian troops on March 13 while working on a documentary about refugees. The...
Realism Must Guide Our Reaction to Russia’s Invasion
Tanner Greer :The Russian invasion of Ukraine has transformed the face of global geopolitics. Two weeks ago, the West stood distracted, uncertain and divided; now...
Experts warn of economic fallout from Russia-Ukraine war
Just as Bangladesh’s economy was sailing gradually to make a turnaround from the pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war has suddenly emerged as a major obstacle standing...
Loss of lives and limbs to road crashes sees no end
It is really hard to find a day without any road mishap and casualties in Bangladesh which carries a legacy of loss of lives and...
How the Syrian civil war moved to Ukraine Sinem Cengiz
Arab News :As the world has become “a single country” in the past century, a crisis in any one state becomes a matter of grave...
Rising of Female-headed Families Changing Structure Needs New Policies
Dr Matiur Rahman :The number of female-headed households has increased dramatically in the recent half-century, especially in developing countries, due to divorce, spouse death, addiction...
Ration card system must be well considered and fare
The demand for the reintroduction of ration cards has been growing in recent times with the continued rise in the price of essentials. The High...
Another playground in Dhaka city on way to death after 50 yrs
At first glance the Tetultola playground may not seem like much — a small piece of land, devoid of greenery or any sort of facility....