Editorial

THE government on Monday warned against hoarding and creating artificial crisis of onion, a key essential item, in the country. The warning came against a...

Md. Akhtaruzzaman :We are deeply concerned to learn that a woman civil servant working as an Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) at Ghoraghat upazila under the...

Isabel Ortiz :Covid-19 is devastating on older persons. The numbers are staggering, more than 80 percent of the fatalities due to coronavirus in the US...

BANGLADESH, it lags behind in terms of freedom of expression and security of journalists in South Asia. Government’s various restrictions often have crossed the ambit...

IN the case of Covid-19 vaccination, Bangladesh will have to vaccinate approximately 162 million people rapidly, which would be extremely challenging with the existing immunisation...

Drawbacks Of Freelancing Freelancing has become quite popular in the modern world as an outsourcing job and Bangladesh has a good potential to cope with...

Md. Arafat Rahman :The present society is plagued by a destructive social menace namely corruption. Corruption means unprincipled and immoral misconduct. It can be said...

One of the key environmental determinants for human health is air pollution, be it outdoor or indoor. Air quality in the big cities of many...

THE authorities in the country’s eight state-owned commercial and specialized banks seem to be hell bent on appeasing the loan defaulters rather than punishing them....

THIS was supposed to be a good year for Hilsa traders and anglers as with the beginning of the season, a record number of the...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the closure of migrant detention centres in Libya, denouncing what he called rights violations committed there. Nothing can...

Public services are funded by citizens, either directly or indirectly, and, therefore, people have the right to expect a particular quality of service that is...