Misinformation must not deter use of the vaccine
WITH the spread of misinformation about health, fitness and diets, people are in risk of public health as they follow misleading information in social media....
Editorial
Education has no importance to the government, Bangladesh ranked lowest in higher education
BANGLADESH ranked lowest in South Asian countries in the higher education sector and worst performer in global knowledge competence. Global Knowledge Index 2020, brought by...
Another stimulus package for RMG sector
THE government is planning to roll out another stimulus scheme against the looming second wave of Covid-19 this winter although almost half of the Tk...
Air Pollution
Professor Dr. Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder :Air pollution is one of the regulators for bringing Dhaka down to an uninhabitable city. However, various scientific studies in...
Moral Decay
Md. Azgar Ali :We, as a member of global-society, need a system of morals and values in place. We have effect on others, and others...
Together … Now Let’s Wake Up Against Violence, Rape
Sumit Banik :In today’s world, equality between men and women is one of the ways to build a modern and prosperous state. There is an...
Enough Educated But Very Less ‘Well-Educated’
M A Hossain :On 28 November ’20, a 17 days old infant’s dead body was found in the pond at Bagerhat in Bangladesh. Latter on...
Your budget — you implement it, but keep quiet about corruption
LAWMAKERS at a virtual discussion on Wednesday suggested adopting strategies in the eighth Five Year Plan (FYP) to reduce inequality and create skilled human resources....
Involve representation of disable people to supervise the facilities
ALONGSIDE government-initiated projects, various private initiatives are also in place to serve the needs of the differently-abled members of society. Deficiency in information dissemination and...
Work From Home How Imperative In This Covid 2nd Wave?
Md. Harun-Or-Rashid :COVID-19 pandemic continues to sternly distress public health and cause unprecedented disturbances to financial systems and labor markets globally. As the pandemic evolves,...
Human Rights Must Not Be An Empty Voice
Mazhar Mannan :December 10 is celebrated as World Human Rights Day every year with a motto of establishing world peace. On this day in 1948,...
Govt agencies also in the grabbers’ list in cutting hills in port city!
INDISCRIMINATE cutting of hilltops in and around Chattogram city is endangering hill-side stability and protection of environment and government agencies and private real estate companies...