Relationship with Dignity & Equality
Dr. Syed Nesar Ahmad Rumy :Man, by nature, is logical. But two characteristics in human mind are always fighting with each other and these are...
Editorial
Fighting Dengue Virus with Biological Weapons
Zofeen Ebrahim :It was back in 1994 when dengue was first reported in Pakistan, but it was not until 2005 when the first epidemic occurred...
Small poultry farms need to be saved
Leaders of Bangladesh Marginal Poultry Industry Organization (BMPIO) have asked the government to take measures to reduce poultry feed prices and demanded protection from big...
Facing the challenge of zoonotic diseases
A disease prevalent in animals today can transfer to humans tomorrow. So, health management must be arranged under the One Health approach. A massive increase...
Climate threat demands more ambitious global action
Kristalina Georgieva :In 1785, Robert Burns reflected on how humanity has come to dominate our planet: “I’m truly sorry man’s dominion, has broken nature’s social...
Sacrifice is the true meaning of life
Md Sehreen Selim (Ripon) :The 15th August and 3rd Nov, turned my family’s life upside down. I was just a baby at the time so...
Why PPP initiative fails to boost private investment
The public-private-partnership (PPP) initiative has failed to attract any significant private investment in improving the country’s infrastructure, though the government is still struggling to popularise...
We must improve trade facilitation and investment capacity
Media reports say foreign companies attending the Bangladesh Trade and Investment Summit 2021 have shown interest to invest $1.16 billion in different sectors of the...
Bank liquidity crisis looms as imports are on rise
Banks will come under a liquidity crisis within three to six months due to an escalation of import financing and a rising demand for loans...
Indigenous Self-Actualisation is Communal
Darcia Narvaez, PhD :As several authors and scholars have pointed out, our bodies have been colonized by life-disrupting practices and institutions in the last hundreds...
Global Hunger Index 2021 and Bangladesh
Dr Matiur Rahman :The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels over recent...
Readers’ Forum
80 years of BBC Bangla THE first 15-minute Bangla program was aired on BBC on October 11, 1941 and as such, on October 11, BBC...