Editorial

Save Hilsa The Hilsa – the national fish of Bangladesh – is a very important fish for us. Besides its great taste and flavour, it...

Threat of soil liquefaction in Dhaka The world has witnessed a devastating 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia recently that took away nearly 1,400 lives. Some...

Imran Rahman :I can hardly remember the last time I saw a flock of flying herons; cotton white clouds gathering on the horizon. That diaphanous...

Vladimir Smakhtin :Almost every day we hear news about catastrophic flooding or drought somewhere in the world. And many nations and regions are on track...

Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :Parliament is the national legislative body having supreme legislative powers in the state. It can be termed; the symbol of democracy....

The Editors’ Council will form a human chain in front of the National Press Club today (Monday) to press for amendments to nine sections of...

MOST chiefs of utility service providing organisations do not attend coordination meetings called by the Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) defying an order...

Jenny Lei Ravelo :In 1999, a group of organizations working on eye health had a vision: To rid the world of avoidable blindness in two...

Dr. Alon Ben-Meir :Much of what Israel and the Palestinians are experiencing today has befallen them under Netanyahu’s leadership. He believes that the Palestinians will...

MYSTERY shrouds the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi when Turkish authorities didn’t revoke their claim that he was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul...

FIRE safety is highly ignored in educational institutions, shopping malls, industries, and apartments and many establishments in the capital city though Dhaka is located near...

Amy Lieberman :The sudden departure of Nikki Haley, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, leaves open questions about the future of already fragile...