The killing of seven Rohingyas in grisly attack on Ukhiya camp
Media reports on Saturday said that at least seven Rohingyas have been killed and eight others injured in a fierce predawn attack by armed people...
Editorial
Protect dolphins to conserve Halda River ecosystem for natural carp breeding
The Halda river is an important habitat of the endangered freshwater Ganges river dolphins. The dolphins are an integral part of the area’s ecosystem to...
Corruption in the Education Sector
Masum Billah :On 29 September, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) released a report on ‘Secondary Education Activities Implementation: challenges of good governance and the ways of...
Sheikh Russel: The face that launched countless smiles
Sir Frank Peters :It is always an extremely sad occasion when a child dies whether by motor accident, drowned in a village pond, electrocuted, struck...
Dengue needs more attention because of its year-long prevalence
DENGUE fever has emerged as a big threat to city dwellers as well as among people across the country as we remain overwhelmingly concerned with...
Sustain export markets to revive golden era of jute
THE shipment of jute and jute goods from Bangladesh has come to a halt owing to higher prices of raw fibre and unprecedentedly high freight...
Plants, trees to promote domestic tourism
Dr. Syed Nesar Ahmad Rumy :Bangladesh is a country of green vegetations. Different kinds of trees, plants are grown here. We all know that this...
COP26 : Big talk and less action
Mozidur Rahman Biswas :UK’s Queen Elizabeth II has expressed her irritation and criticized the global leaders who talk about climate change but do nothing to...
Unrestrained price hike of essentials must be restrained
The people running the open market sales (OMS) operations of the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) on trucks run out of stocks soon after...
Untimely deluge of the Teesta causes disaster
About 20,000 families have been marooned and 500 houses washed away in the trans-boundary Teesta Basin in Bangladesh as all 44 floodgates of Gajoldoba Barrage...
Rampant price hikes unbearable for people
The consumer market in the country is out of control. There is a commerce ministry whose main task is to appease the business community to...
Reopening of schools not enough to bring students back to learning
A media report has said around 7.86 million students are at risk of learning loss as schools remained closed for almost 18 months due to...