Strategy for public awareness against drug abuses
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :Drug abuses have become a worldwide problem which is threatening the basic pillars of any society. No age or social level...
Editorial
False hope won’t work, Rohingya crisis can be solved only by effective diplomacy
FOREIGN Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Wednesday expressed hope that Rohingya repatriation will begin soon with sending the first batch of over 3,000 Rohingyas though...
Hurriedly taken development project targeting next general election
NEWS media reported that a year after shelving the Ganges Barrage Project for its “faulty design,” the government has now involved $5.15 billion scheme in...
Readers’ Forum
Uniform minimum call rate disappointing The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is an autonomous government body and its main responsibility is to look after the...
Private sector needs domestic support
Mushfiqua Mosharref Shiloo :Bangladesh has a significant sign of private sector’s active presence, that made the country as highly developing and it is declared as...
Ensuring a better future for children
Rayhan Ahmed Topader :Violence against children, especially child killing and rape, increased alarmingly in the past year in comparison with the year before, said a...
Cut off drug supply chain, unnecessary killing won’t bring any good result
THE countrywide anti-drug drive for around four months has had hardly any impact – drug abuse goes on as ever and the supply chain remains...
Amendment not enough, it needs proper implementation of law
THE government has approved a draft of the Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act, 2018 to make it workers-friendly in line with the suggestion of the international...
Making inclusive governance possible
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Dr. M Abul Kashem Mozumder :For sustainability and equity participation to obtain access to institutional format boundaries of individual ownership...
Plight of women and young Rohingya people
Asa Torkelsson :August 25, 2018 marked one year since violence erupted in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, triggering the massive Rohingya exodus to neighbouring Bangladesh. As the...
Mass awareness needed to resist dengue outbreak
DHAKA South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday asked residents not to be panicked over the recent dengue outbreak. The situation is not alarming,...
Minister is too irresponsible for not taking seriously stories of torture on women workers abroad
Many female workers who went to Gulf countries from Bangladesh don’t get food from many oppressive employers and being forced to endure psychological, physical and...