Supporting women as peacemakers
Lisa Cornish :Supporting peacekeeping is at the core of the International Civil Society Action Network, or ICAN, which builds networks at the local level to...
Editorial
‘Bamboo clinic’ in Bangladesh refugee camp
International Organization for Migration :Health services for people affected by the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh received a boost this week, when IOM, the UN...
Readers’ Forum
A plea to protect women and children Nadia Murad, human rights activist and Nobel laureate, is a brave girl. Without any hesitation she said that...
How climate change may cause miscarriages in Bangladesh
BBC :In small villages along the eastern coast of Bangladesh, researchers have noticed an unexpectedly high rate of miscarriage. As they investigated further, scientists reached...
Future sustainability of our oceans and seas
Lisa Stadelbauer :Throughout history, oceans, seas, lakes and rivers have provided life and livelihoods to people around the world. Today, they are a multi-trillion-dollar global...
We need to practice honesty in life
ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission Chairman Iqbal Mahmud has said that ACC lags behind the institutional capacity and its investigation is not up-to-the mark. For that reason, it...
Compliance a must but not beyond capacity of factory owners
AFTER the Tazreen Fashion fire and Rana Plaza disaster, the inspection and remediation platform Accord has apparently become a burden to the country’s garments sector...
Readers’ Forum
Personal hygiene to fight flu The news of flu claiming lives of young people is terrifying. Flu may seem like a minor issue that a...
Culture is the bridge to humanity
Stavros Papagianneas :We are currently living in the midst of a historic time period in which mistrust and polarisation between societies are rising. Disinformation, fake...
Forum to promote food sustainability
Stella Paul :As 2018 nears its end, the world faces a new wave of food insecurity with the level of hunger being on the rise...
Globalization challenges for Bangladesh
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :The word ‘globalization’ generally means increased economic integration through trade and investment. This is a process requiring the integration of national...
Ensure exemplary punishment of the culprits involved in sexual harassment
THE Bangladesh Weightlifting Federation has formed a three-member probe committee to investigate the allegation against its Office Assistant for raping a female weightlifter, who is...