Bangladeshi workers may benefit as Saudi, Malaysian economies are reopening
The government of Saudi Arabia will begin accepting vaccinated foreigners wanting to make the umrah pilgrimage after 18 months of keeping the border sealed to...
Editorial
Water Poverty The Political Connection
Catarina de Albuquerque :The water we drink and the air we breathe are the basis of life. With universal access to clean water and sanitation,...
Digital Bangladesh Quest For Qualified HR
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :Human resource (HR) development is an important and essential element of a country’s economic development. Other elements of development without human...
Dhaka lakes should not continue to be sewage outfalls
Lakes in a city are blessings, but for Dhaka dwellers its eight prominent lakes have become worries in the absence of a complete sewage treatment...
Unusual river bank erosion due to illegal sand lifting
Locals in Joynagar area of Manikganj municipality are complaining that an unusual erosion of hundreds of bighas of croplands in the locality along the Kaliganga...
Child marriages rising again under the depressed Covid-19 situation
Prolonged closure of schools coupled with Covid-triggered economic hardship is increasing the number of child marriages in Bangladesh. The efforts of government and non-government bodies...
Readers’ Voice
Hats Off To Our CricketersWhen people are cowering with fear as corona virus pandemic is raging the country,death toll are rising alarmingly ,every thing seems...
Plagiarism A Form Of Identity Theft
Anamika Chatterjee :In my first role as a desk editor, I felt like a governess watching over a child’s mistakes.One of the ‘serious’ assignments in...
Revenue Policy Time To Change The Tax Culture
Jehangir Hussain :It’s high time for the authorities to review and reform the country’s system of taxation. It’s strange and unbelievable that in Bangladesh about...
Bangladesh suffers triple whammy as malaria cases are on the rise
Bangladesh has been struck with triple whammy as malaria cases have been rising again for the last couple of months, posting a 34 percent increase...
Education Impasse
Masum Billah :The closure of educational institutions saw its crossing of 500 days on 29 July 2021 when we came to learn further extension of...
Psychological Rights
Reid Daitzman, PhD, ABPP :The Homo sapiens genome has changed 1% in the last 200,000 years. Still, our outstanding ability to “discriminate” nuances among the...