Readers’ Voice
Cruelty Against WomenA woman was denied shelter in her father in law’s house in Gaibandha for delivering female child. This is punishable offence and implies...
Editorial
National Flag Dos & Don’ts
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :National flag is the highest and most recognizable symbol of pride of a country. Thus we see its use in numerous...
Readers’ Voice
Renovate State-Owned Sugar MillsThe permanent closure of six state-owned sugar mills will compel the country to rely on imported sugar products and thus the market...
Gender Ignorance Where Women Feel Insecure
Wares Ali Khan :A recent incident published in various media outlets in connection with a 23-year-old woman who has been forced to leave her husband’s...
Language Policy Need To Build National Consensus
Masum Billah :The unique history that we made to establish mother tongue as state languge at the cost of surempe sacrife has crossed 69 years...
Dumping of plastic waste on trans-boundary rivers is a huge challenge for Bangladesh
SINCE Bangladesh is a lower riparian country, we are facing trans-boundary river pollution, including plastic waste, from our neighbouring countries. According to a report titled...
Covid-19 puts pregnant women in vulnerable state: UNICEF
THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), originally known as the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, has said that Covid-19 has put pregnant women and...
Int’l Day Of Happiness
Dr. Md. Enamul Hoque :The International Day of Happiness is an annual event organized by the United Nations to promote the idea that feeling happy...
Crowd Control
Alain Samson, PhD :The coronavirus pandemic has provided countless opportunities for behavioral scientists to conduct and publish research about human behavior. While much of this...
Readers’ Voice
We condemn filing a writ in a neighboring country of us seeking sanction on some of the verses of the Quran, and ban on the...
Ekushey Boi Mela in a Covid-infested environment
Amar Ekushey Boi Mela-2021 opened at Bangla Academy on Thursday afternoon. It will remain open in the afternoon on weekdays and from morning to evening...
Urgently address indoor air pollution in hospitals
A RECENT study has exposed that Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) have harmful air pollutants 10 times higher than...