Showcase development projects for corruption causing friction between DCs and local Awami leaders
We find it very interesting when a ruling party lawmaker on Monday in the Jatiya Sangsad said that MPs have become hostages to bureaucrats. “The...
Editorial
Support a Loved One With Cancer
Jennifer Kilkus, PhD :As a psychologist, my daily world is one awash in language about emotion. Labeling and describing how we feel emotionally can be...
Muslims need their own Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Rabbi Marc Schneier :As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US on Monday, let us recall the words of this peerless and...
Readers’ Voice
Safe water and sanitationAccess to safe water and sanitation is a basic human right and one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United...
The system of government is broken for DCs as well
THE annual conference of the Deputy Commissioners begins today (Tuesday). The cabinet secretary on Monday said the conference had already been shortened to three-day from...
The enviable rise of Vietnam is an absolute wonder of the world: An analysis
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :The journey between Bangladesh and Vietnam started at about the same time. Today the gap is very high. On 16 December...
What is happening in NCTB?
Masum Billah :The educational arena of the country currently experiences the development and implementation process of new curriculum from pre-primary to higher secondary level with...
No end to public sufferings on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway
A huge number of people faced tremendous sufferings on Sunday, the first working day of the week, as the bus operators of four districts under...
Remittance flow declines, jobs must be created for all
Remittance inflow to Bangladesh from seven top countries dropped in the July-December period of the current fiscal year compared with that of the corresponding period...
Non-stop death procession in the road accidents
Md. Zillur Rahaman :Countless lives are being lost in road accidents in the country every day, many are being injured and living miserable lives. The...
Readers’ Voice
Counterfeit medicine should be banned Medicine is so essential element of human life. But it matter of regret that in Bangladesh obtaining abundant counterfeit, expired...
Improve facilities, execute laws to stop middlemen meddling at public hospitals
Several private hospitals are charging patients with abnormally high bills, saying they were suffering from corona or any other fatal disease. The hospital authorities unnecessarily...