Shoe factory fire in Old Dhaka reveals, safety remains neglected
Five people were killed as fire ravaged an unauthorised shoe sole manufacturing factory, stashed with flammable polymer and glue in Old Dhaka’s Swarighat area on...
Editorial
Corporate interest to benefit from oil price hike
A sharp price hike of diesel and kerosene has come as a big shock to the people. The government has increased the per liter cost...
Positive self talk is important
Rick Hanson, PhD :Most people know they have less than wonderful qualities, such as too much ambition (or too little), a weakness for wine or...
Modern washing plant needed for Dhaka Medical College Hospital
Every day, around 2,000 linens such as bedsheets, aprons of doctors and nurses and operation sheets of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital are collected from...
Border haats remain closed in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic
The closure of a border haat at no-man’s land along the Jinjiram River at Baliamari Char of Rajibpur upazila in Kurigram district has impacted the...
Rohingyas remain stateless people
Mohammad Amjad Hossain :It is an irony to note that Rohingya people of Myanmar have been residing in Arakan of Burma now known as Myanmar...
Corporal punishment may lead to suicide
Sir Frank Peters :From this day onwards when we speak of martyrs, as we often do, we should remember in prayer unsung heroes like Shivam...
Glasgow Conference: Expectation of a healthy climate
Majhar Mannan :The human race is on the verge of destruction today due to climate change. Glasgow conference is the last chance to reduce global...
Dynamics of communal politics in Indian subcontinent
M A Hossain :During the British colonial era, religion always played a catalytic role to achieve political power in the Indian Sub-continent. The colonisers were...
Challenges to cope with rapid climate change remain
With humanity already struggling to cope with rising seas, more powerful storms, deadly heat waves and rapidly changing ecosystems, the global climate summit opened in...
Diesel, Kerosene price hike will push cost of living up
Diesel and kerosene are 23 per cent costlier at Tk 80 per litre from Thursday as the government moved to hike their prices on the...
Readers’ Forum
We want a change in footballBangladesh finished just above Sri Lanka in the 12th SAFF Football Championship at Male in Maldives, eventually won by India...