A Teenage Mom’s Query
Will Appleby :Let me tell you a story.My birth mother was in her early Twenties. She was dating a guy who was in prison at...
Editorial
Changing Direction on Press Freedom
Thomas L. Knapp :May 3 was World Press Freedom Day. The annual observance usually focuses on the World Press Freedom Index published each year by...
Trump takes Nixon’s approach
James Reston Jr. :On July 30, 1974, nine days before President Richard Nixon resigned, the House Judiciary Committee added a third article to its impeachment...
SSC result: The outcome of commercialised education
THE results of Secondary School Certificate and equivalent examinations published on Monday exposed that rural-urban divide in education widened. Students of rural districts lag behind...
Does Hamas work for Palestinians or for Israel?
THE Israeli military lifted protective restrictions on residents in the south on Monday, while Gaza’s ruling Hamas militant group reported a cease-fire deal had been...
Holy Ramzan : Salvation
Abdul Muqit Chowdhury :The Holy month of Ramzan is welcome in a very cordial manner in Bangladesh. As in other countries and regions of the...
Stop food adulteration during Ramzan
COUNTRY’S renowned business house TK Group was fined Taka 75 lakh on Sunday for marketing and selling adulterated and time-expired ‘Pusti Soybean Oil’ produced by...
Save the haor people, repair the embankments
FLASH flood caused by heavy rain on the influence of cyclone Fani strikes the haor areas in the northeastern part of the country. Thousands of...
Terrorism and the Muslims
Dr Firoz Mahboob Kamal :The terrorising war of the imperialistsTerrorism has a precise dictionary meaning. It is the use of weapons to fill people’s minds...
RAJUK must take responsibility for failing to enforce building code
BUILDING and fire safety conditions in all the 1,818 high rises under RAJUK’s jurisdiction are not up-to-the-mark. Chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha came up with...
Terror financing: Activities of NGOs must be transparent
ALLEGATIONS of terror financing against some local and international NGOs are nothing new. We had got report in the first month of this year that...
Betrayal in Venezuela: Army sold themselves to fight against people
THE South American country Venezuela is passing history’s most critical time following conflict between President Maduro and opposition leader Guaido. Violence has broken out on...