Ensure regular fitness tests of water transports to help avoid accidents
A ro-ro ferry named Amanat Shah, carrying 17 vehicles and some passengers, capsized in Padma River close to the Paturia ferry ghat in Manikganj on...
Editorial
Tree felling in Sylhet for dev work makes greens restive
Despite widespread criticism by green activists against felling of trees in the name of development, at least 200 trees were cut down in Sylhet city’s...
Ingredients of extremist ideologies
J. Reid Meloy, PhD :We are awash in reports of extremist beliefs, extremist groups, acts of terrorism, and threats from the left and the right....
Bleak prospects for least developed countries Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram
Inter Press Service : “The outlook for LDCs is grim”. The latest United Nations (UN) assessment of prospects for the least developed countries (LDCs) notes...
Readers’ Forum
Throwing stones towards moving train Throwing stones towards a moving train is turning to a horrifying problem. Children, tokai, vagrants, mentally deranged people involved in...
Identifying breast cancer and keeping it at bay
Dr. Ferdous Shahriar Sayed :When cells in one’s breasts begin to grow abnormally and uncontrollably, the disease is called breast cancer, a leading cause of...
Cooperative movement in socio – economic development
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :Cooperative is a kind of social enterprise, which is defined as an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their...
Farmers supply 65 percent paddy, 70pc vegetables to market
Farmers in Bangladesh sell most of their crops to meet their financial needs after keeping a small portion for their own consumption. On an average,...
Teacher, a Change-Maker in Society
Wares Ali Khan :A teacher is a nation builder, a caregiver who caters to intellectual well-being and reshapes the future of the nation. Thus an...
Why Son Preference
S Anukriti, Maurizio Bussolo & Nistha Sinha :Children are our future. What if daughters don’t get to be a part of that future? In several...
Faulty development projects are welcome when there is no accountability
A news item on the development of cracks in a flyover’s ramp has shocked the residents of Chattogram. Actually, the crack — on a ramp...
Bourse must be saved before reaching debacle point
A free fall in the stock market this week is now panicking investors throwing the stability of the market in doubt. DSE’s key price index...