Editorial

IT has been reported in the media that over 22,500 acres of wetland, including water bodies and flood-flow zones, in and around the Dhaka city...

THE number of female readymade garment workers taking up employment abroad is on the rise in the recent years. Jordan and Mauritius are their preferred...

A. R. Farrukh Ahamed :Education is universally recognized as a right, not a privilege. Unfortunately, this right is often interrupted due to fund unavailability of...

Sharifur Rahman Adil :A scandalous history has been written about the teacher- student relationship in Bangladesh after burn to death of Nusrat, who died after...

SRI LANKA’S government has acknowledged “major” lapses over its failure to prevent the horrific attacks on Easter Sunday that killed more than 350 people, despite...

GROCERY items, including onion, garlic, sugar and chickpea, as well as other vegetables, are selling for higher prices at kitchen markets across the capital as...

Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh :Although cervical cancer is for the most part preventable and treatable, its burden is disproportionately high. As part of the global...

Taslim Ahammad :Employee retention is one of the most important buzzwords most likely to hear from business authority/owner. The main concern of HR professionals and...

Independent think-tank Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) said when a government comes to power; it takes new initiatives in line with its electoral pledges. Yet...

THE Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has found that garment workers are getting 26 percent less in basic pay than what they should have under the...