Ensure fair share for native companies in mega projects
EXPERTS in a webinar on Saturday asked the government to address discrepancies in policies that heavily favour foreign companies to win almost all mega infrastructure...
Editorial
Worrying data on illegal buildings in the capital
DHAKA has been facing massive water-logging as many buildings in the capital have been constructed through violation of rules and grabbing of water-bodies and canals....
Readers’ Voice
A Moving BombLarge gas cylinders are often seen in various small vehicles in the capital. Most of these vehicles are carrying oxygen cylinders instead of...
Teen Times
Wares Ali Khan :Our country is an abode for nearly 36 million of adolescents, a significant share of its entire population. Adolescence is the period...
Readers’ Voice
Migratory birds are excellent indicators of the state of the environment. They play a pivotal role in the ecosystem and also in nutrient cycling, seed...
Parental Conflict Impact On Children
Alaul Alam :Every relation, in fact, starts with harmony, but harmonizing the relation throughout time is tough. Obviously, marriage settles the relation and harmony between...
Digital Economy Ensure Access For All
Samira Sadeque :It is crucial to ensure that any transition to a digital economy has mechanisms in place that are non-digital to avoid “double exclusion”,...
Drugs crisis is not for easy police action to solve
THE wholesale criminalisation is not helping criminalising the young ones. Sending people easily to jail is not a solution. The limited decriminalisation can significantly reduce...
Democracy Upset
Dr Md Shairul Mashreque :Military has seized power n in Myanmar overtaking Aung San Suu Kyi on 2nd February 2021. As per reports, the army...
Zero Tolerance
Majhar Mannan :Recently the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) published a report on corruption, though the Anti-corruption Commission could not agree with the report. But no...
Readers’ Voice
We are losing the wellbeing due to adulterated food and suffering from various diseases day after day. Various chemicals are being used to keep food...
Import of toxic waste must be strictly dealt with
A MEDIA report published in a national daily on Friday said 1.2 million tonnes of toxic plastic waste was imported in Bangladesh in three years...