Climate Migrants
Shobha Shukla :The Baseco reclamation project is one of the 22 reclamation projects planned by the Philippines government along the Manila Bay. It is being...
Editorial
Party-activist university teachers must be taken to task for destroying academic atmosphere
MAJORITY of the teachers and students of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University (BSMRSTU) in Gopalganj united against the Vice-Chancellor Khondoker Md Nasiruddin...
Illiteracy and story of being a developed nation
THOUGH the ruling party in its 2008 election manifesto had promised to eradicate illiteracy from the country by 2014, but still around 26 percent of...
At Home & Educational Institutions
N.S.M. Muzzammed Huq :Safety and security of the people, particularly of the children and women is an integral part of the fundamental rights and democratic...
Values Education
Gazi Md. Abdur Rashid :Human birth is neither in vain nor miracle but also meaningful, important and dedicated to the Creator. The importance of values...
NIDs are forged and also sold: Solve Rohingya crisis
MEMBERS of a syndicate were using a house in Chattograms’s Hamzarbagh to make forged national identity cards for Rohingyas. Officials of Chattogram Metropolitan Police’s counterterrorism...
Illegal casinos were not unknown
SEALING of two illegal casinos by the Rapid Action Battalion in the sports hub of Motijheel in the capital, popularly known as Club Para (club...
Breathing the worst air in Dhaka
THE Air Quality Index (AQI) on Thursday morning showed that Dhaka’s air quality was the second-worst in the world. Dhaka had a score of 190...
Idle funds must not be wasteful
AS per a draft law recently approved by the cabinet, the government now can use “idle funds” of state-owned organisations for development works. Cabinet Secretary...
Rohingya Refugees
Taslim Ahammad :This has been named one of the fastest-growing refugee crises in the world and yet not everyone is aware of what, exactly, is...
Lingua Franca
Amin Rahman :English is taught in Bangladesh in schools, colleges and universities at primary, secondary, higher secondary and degree levels. Thus, those who have completed...
Readers’ Forum
Bengal Famine : The Bengal Famine, that claimed millions of lives, was orchestrated by the colonial government’s egregious acts of omission and commission. On a...