Formal Education
Hany Abdulmonem :A global pandemic, it would seem, rips the curtain back on society, revealing its weaknesses and an urgent need for solidarity. COVID-19 has...
Editorial
Corona 2nd Wave
Badrul Huda Sohel :After the first 3 corona-infected patients were identified in the country on March 8 this year, the number of Covid-19 patients has...
Slum fires – accident or sabotage!
It is unfortunate that the capital city had to witness three more disastrous fires in three separate places within only ten days of this month,...
Safety concern deters banks to invest in long term projects
REPORT in a national daily on Friday said most banks are on back foot in financing infrastructure projects. It said they do not feel comfortable...
Sexual Violence
Naitore Nyamu & Sharon Cohn Wu :While infectious diseases – measles, flu, polio, tuberculosis, severe acute respiratory syndrome, malaria, Ebola, HIV/AIDS, Covid-19 – have swept...
Drama
Mohammad Amjad Hossain :The present situation in the United States of America following the presidential election on 3 November this year exceeds the situation of...
Signing FTA with ASEAN nations needs cautious move
REPORTS in a national daily said signing of free trade agreement (FTA) with individual countries or external trade blocs particularly with ASEAN countries figured prominently...
Students are overly anxious of SSC, HSC exams as no directives yet to give
UNCERTAINTY prevails over the Secondary School Certificate examinations and Higher Secondary Certificate examinations as the government had cancelled all examinations at educational institutions amid the...
EU sounds GSP withdrawal warning
Bangladesh is still at risk of losing the European Union’s generalized scheme of preferences (GSP) as the latter has again warned about its readiness to...
Proposed DAP should include provision of protecting city waterbodies
DESPITE LGRD Minister Tajul Islam’s last Sunday assurance that Dhaka will be transformed into a modern and liveable city, the proposed Detailed Area Plan (DAP)...
Learning Joyfully
Dr. Md. Enamul Hoque :Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni recently expressed that the government want to make country’s education joyful. She opined that our education...
Violence Against Women
Nusayr Ahmed Chowdhury :Against the backdrop of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 2020, this article explores the root factors of violence...