Editorial

Mohammad Amjad Hossain :Unhealthy situation appears to have taken place at the White House, official seat of the President of United States of America since...

Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :(From previous issue)It may be argued that the city mayor can hardly redeem the promises of change. We cannot expect much...

Two wrongs do not make a right :Without any fear of contradiction, corporal punishment is child abuse and is wrong.  As a schoolteacher of 24-years...

EVERY year on May 3, the World Press Freedom Day is observed to remind people of the perils faced by journalists around the world. However,...

QUOTING World Health Organization (WHO), news media reported that seven million people suffer premature deaths due to household and outdoor air pollution every year around...

Md. Atikur Rahman :Recent incidents of rape, kidnapping and murder of women and children have increased due to concerns in the society. Women and children...

Z A M Khairuzzaman :“Dogs and natives not allowed,” proclaimed a notorious 1930s signboard at Pahartoli European Club in Chittagong during British rule in the...

People with mental illness deserve better dealBangladesh has a large number of people with mental illness who are either abandoned by their own families or...

BANGLADESHI readymade garment workers earn poverty-level wages and they continue to work excessively long hours for little money while both the government and the industry...

WHILE issuing an official statement day before yesterday, Myanmar’s army chief denied to have committed rape or any other form of sexual abuses during a...

NEWS media reported that the government is set to cut the size of the budget for the outgoing financial year by about Tk 29,000 crore,...

Unnecessary caesarean sections Who reports that caesarean sections are used in 37 percent of deliveries in Bangladesh, whereas the reasonable rate should be about 10...