Appeal of Nobel laureates for vaccine to be available to all
NOBEL laureates including Prof Muhammad Yunus have issued an open call to the people of all strata to sign a pledge declaring the Covid-19 vaccine...
Editorial
Lack of divers can`t make the rescue team fully functional
CURRENTLY, only 50 divers are employed with the FSCD — Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence, an important unit for rescuing victims in waterways accidents....
Readers’ Forum
Respect To Frontline Fighters I, as an ordinary citizen, feel immensely proud of all the workers on the frontline serving our nation diligently ever since...
Dilemma In Providing Education Online By Public University
The public universities are in dilemma of “to be or not to be” with the issue of online education. They are suffering from indecision. Some...
Bankers‘ concerns are not unfounded
IT is really unexpected that the implementation of the government stimulus package designed to help recover the economy and restore employment in affected businesses and...
Fee for Covid test in public health facilities is not a good idea
THE government has shifted its stance from free testing to fee testing at public health facilities that would not help anybody except making the contagion...
If drowning of people is murder then minister can`t avoid complicity
A NOVICE was allegedly at the helm moving the Moyur-2 astern when the vessel slammed into a smaller launch, causing it to sink and drown...
Arab silence is a shame as Israel advances plan of annexation in West Bank
ISRAEL’S plan to annex the occupied West Bank and Jordan valley is illegal, said UN’s human rights chief Michelle Bachelet adding her voice to the...
Desert Locust No Threat Of Invasion In Bangladesh
Dr. Debasish Sarker and Dr. Nirmal Kumar Dutta : There had been widespread concern recently whether invasive insect pest “desert locust” would attack Bangladesh since...
Corona Proved Life On Earth Is One Organism
James Lovelock, a British scientist, in his Gaia hypothesis suggested that life on earth regulates its environment as if it were one huge organism. The...
People`s sufferings from flood intensifying
AT least 7 lakh people got stranded in floodwaters in hundreds of villages in 11 northern and central Bangladesh districts after the onrush of water...
Others are taking tax benefits meant for fish farms
FISH farmers have alleged that despite having no such business, some people were showing income from fish farms due to lack of effective monitoring by...