Ensuring healthcare for urban poor
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Dr. M. Abul Kashem Mozumder :‘World heath day 2010 draws attention to the health challenges that are associated with urbanization’....
Editorial
Creating educational pathways for development professionals
Michael M. Crow :As standards of living rise throughout the world, the need is growing for high-quality, accessible education that empowers people to thrive in...
Dhaka should stir up global attention to speed up Rohingya repatriation
DHAKA has handed over the second list of 22,432 Rohingya refugees to Myanmar for return to their homeland Rakhine State, Bangladesh foreign secretary said on...
Journalist Khashoggi’s murder taints image of Saudi Kingdom
TURKEY’S President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the order to murder journalist Jamal Khashoggi came from “the highest levels” of the Saudi government. Earlier Erdogan promised...
Readers’ Forum
Earthquakes risk in Dhaka Dhaka, besides being one of the most densely populated cities in the world, is cramped with thousands of unplanned and dangerous...
With aging life experiences deepen
Susan Avery Stewart Ph.D. :A paradox lies at the heart of human development: In the winter of life we become more freely, audaciously, and powerfully...
World Bank and ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ of China
Michael Igoe :In the 18 months since the World Bank signed on as a partner to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, the risks associated with...
Cholera threatens a comeback worldwide
Anna Kucirkova :Cholera outbreaks across history regularly killed a hundred thousand or more. It isn’t well known today because it was essentially eliminated in the...
Take stringent action against illegal gas connection
THE fire caused by leaky gas line burnt five members, including an infant, of a family in Ashulia area of Savar on Friday. One of...
Ridesharing service should have a guideline to ensure security
THE app-based ridesharing service, introduced in 2016, is still running without any monitoring amid allegations of high fare, drivers’ poor training and lack of safety...
Healthy living for city people a must
THE WHO reports said that Dhaka is the third worst polluted city in the world next to Delhi and Cairo with serious impact on healthy...
Killing of Bangalees in Assam should be investigated properly
MISCREANTS killed at least five Bangla speaking people, including three of a family on Thursday night. Police claimed that United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)...