Readers’ Forum
Prevent river pollution The rivers in Bangladesh have lost their diversity and are plagued by pollution in many ways. For this, far-reaching plans and joint...
Editorial
Gun-making shop near Ukhiya Rohingya camp for joining arms struggle in Myanmar
We are deeply concerned that an illegal gun-making shop has been unearthed at a place adjacent to a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya Upazila....
Swelling fuel price to affect the poor hard
Majhar Mannan :The price of fuel oil has been increased by taka 15 per liter. Bangladesh’s Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources says the...
Juvenile delinquency in Bangladesh
Dr. Matiur Rahman & Shishir Reza :Rapid urbanization and industrialization are fueling juvenile delinquency in Bangladesh. The problem is as old as it started to...
Dhaka circular railway must be a first-track project
A South Korean consortium has started the feasibility study to assess whether it would invest in the development of a circular railway around capital Dhaka,...
Unplanned sand extraction exacerbating riverbank erosion must stop
Rapid urbanisation is driving the demand for sand up in Bangladesh, leading to uncontrolled and mostly illegal extraction of sandstone and rocks from the riverbeds....
Govt has to worry about agony of price hike of daily necessities and miseries of people
Prices of most essentials, especially vegetables, have shot up 10 to 30 per cent further after transport workers enforced the present strike and increased their...
Why the move for power, gas price hike
Power and gas are likely to become pricier next after diesel, kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas as the government looks to adjust their prices in...
Inciting communal riots for whose interest?
Dr Mohammad Didare Alam Muhsin :Almost 90 percent of the people in this country are Muslims. The remaining 10 percent are mostly Hindus. Traditionally, the...
COP-26: The steps forward
Wares Ali Khan :COP-26 Summit of the United Nations Climate Change Conference is utterly significant to bring together the leaders of contributing climate change and...
Need pragmatic planning for out of school children
Masum Billah :Bangladesh offers free and compulsory primary education to all the school aged children and the government adopts various steps to make it successful...
Restorative justice in Bangladesh context
Taimur Alam Khondaker :As of now, a huge backlog of around 2.3 million cases is pending with the courts across the country including the Appellate...