Family’s role in combating diabetes
Prof. Dr. Gobinda Chandra Das :The World Diabetes Day will be observed around the world, including in Bangladesh, on November 14. The day is a...
Editorial
No development yet in city’s road traffic management
THE directives to ensure discipline in traffic system issued by higher authorities have failed to bring any result. The traffic rule violation is still rampant....
American people vote for balance in power
AMID widespread speculation about a big push in the mid-term polls, US President Donald Trump’s Republican Party in a dramatic way has retained control of...
Bring the criminals to book and ensure their harsher punishment
ANOTHER woman was killed in a running bus on Friday night. This time her father was also pushed off the vehicle on Dhaka-Tangail highway in...
Make quick arrangements to save migrant workers in Qatar
ABOUT 300 Bangladeshi migrant workers are now struggling in a Qatar labour camp where there is no water and power supply. In this situation, many...
Readers’ Forum
Use hydroelectricity for green energy I recently came across a news item on hydro-power production in Asian countries. Bangladesh, with a capacity of just 230...
Building up forests to stop climate change
Jennifer Morgan :The warning from the world’s top climate scientists that carbon dioxide (CO2) will need to be removed from the atmosphere to limit global...
Real America Vs Senate America
Paul Krugman :Everyone is delivering post-mortems on Tuesday’s elections, so for what it’s worth, here’s mine: Despite some bitter disappointments and lost ground in the...
Generate more employment for women
Amber Peterman and Greg Seymour :Measurements of empowerment – particularly women’s empowerment – are having a moment in the spotlight. Following the release of The...
Readers’ Forum
Soil transition threat for Dhaka Recently, the world has witnessed a devastating 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia that took away nearly 1,400 lives. Some disturbing...
Access and quality
FR. Ranhilio Callangan Aquino :THAT the State must make available a complete, adequate and integrated system of education is not debated. That everyone who desires...
How to stop rise in malnutrition
Julio Berdergué, Marita Perceval, and Miguel Barreto ;The number of undernourished people increased for the third consecutive year in Latin America and the Caribbean. It...