Opinion Corruption In Public Universities
Alaul Alam :There is no denying the fact that every corruption begets catastrophe but it must be more devastating when it occurs in the academic...
Editorial
Gaza An Uneven Killing Field
Thalif Deen :Inter Press Service In most civil wars and military conflicts across the politically-volatile Middle East, including in Syria, Yemen and Palestine, the ongoing...
Culture of impunity makes public university VCs corrupt
ALTHOUGH the University Grants Commission (UGC) recommended taking action against at least four vice-chancellors (VCs) of public universities upon investigation of their alleged corruption and...
Use big budget for mega projects cautiously
MEDIA reports have said the government will allocate Tk 47,283 crore to 12 mega projects in the upcoming annual development budget. It seems to be...
Remembering Ouderland The Foreign Hero Of 1971 War
Badrul Huda Sohel :William A.S. Ouderland, an Australian who directly took part in the Liberation War of Bangladesh died on this day (May 18) in...
No Peace For Palestine Until Impunity & Inhumanity Cease
Baria Alamuddin :Hear the profoundly moving words of Umm Sameer, one of the courageous women from Sheikh Jarrah whose homes are to be stolen and...
En masse return of Eid-goers may cause a spike in coronavirus
AS Eid holidays are over, thousands of people are returning to Dhaka from their village homes. Government and private offices reopened on Sunday. Like the...
Case for keeping rivers alive from source to sea
RECALLING the historic Farakka Long March Day, the International Farakka Committee (IFC) on Sunday urged Dhaka and Delhi to sign a treaty to keep 54...
Readers’ Voice
Mainstreaming Transgender People In SocietyTransgenders are lastly recognised as a third gender by the government in a few years ago. Some of them have already...
The Sundarbans Under Threat of Trans-boundary Pollution
Nurun Nawar Nolok :The largest mangrove forest in the world, the Sundarbans is a world heritage site and Bangladesh’s most precious natural resource. To restore...
Risk Society At Time Of Covid-19 Pandemic
Dr. Matiur Rahman & Shishir Reza :Ulrich Beck, a German sociologist wrote and published a book title “The Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity”. The...
Risk of contracting Indian virus variant high as health rules are flouted
Hundreds of Indian truckers are entering Bangladesh through Benapole land port flouting health guidelines, posing thousands of people at risk of contracting the deadly Indian...