Opinion
Almost every day we are bombarded with reports of grisly road mishaps, deaths and injuries. Scrutinising the way road accidents take place in Bangladesh, one can say that most of the road safety measures taken over the last few years have gone in vein. The expected road safety in the country is stil...
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Being a former student of Media and Communication, in one of my academic courses I was supposed to learn and study the rhetoric analysis of the historic 7thMarch speech. While doing this, I was exploring why whenever or wherever I watch it or listen to it, it gives me a feeling of being the son of t...
Brain drain is the migration of highly-trained or qualified personnel in search of the better standard of living and quality of life, higher salaries, access to advanced technology and many more. Bangladesh faces a shortage of trained manpower, especially in critical areas like healthcare and engine...
It is heartening to learn that the government has warned the pharmacies of legal actions if they continue selling antibiotics without prescription. Of late in a public notice the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) issued a set of directives for the medicine sellers and advice for the ...
National,Front Page
Making accounts of gains and losses, we have moved forward into another year with renewed pledges and vigour under the visionary leadership of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The year 2019 marks various significant achievements of the present government. On January 7, 2019, the cabinet embarked on...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina started the New Year - 2020 with fresh vigour putting forth her best performance ever with having no file pending at her office. The fact that the premier has disposed all the pending files is a testament to the sheer efforts she made for the welfare of the people, reinf...
There has always been a stereotypical notion that poets are very sensitive. Our beloved poet Jasim Uddin did a perfect judgement to such notion as he refused the prestigious Bangla Academy Award in 1969 for not recognising his writing in time. However the poet would have been happy to know that...
Embarking on his maiden bullet train journey to attend an official meeting in Chattogram, Hassan glances at his cell phone to know the time. The phone displays that it is 7:49am, December 15, 2022! Taking his seat, Hassan hears the audio system announcing repeatedly that the train will depart at 8am...
Suu Kyi’s defense speech in the genocide case at the international court of justice this week has certainly been inconsistent with the moral obligations, art, culture and values of a Nobel laureate.While defending military against genocide charges, Suu Kyi did not use the term ‘Rohingya&...
Worldwide, food waste is one of the prime issues threatening food security and Bangladesh is not an exception. Our street and garbage bins, landfills have sufficient evidences to prove it. A recent study revealed that the trend of wasting food is increasing in the country and the surplus food ...
Water quality of Gulshan Lake has improved due to various initiatives taken by the city authorities and other environmental organisations. On June 2015 Bangladesh High Court ordered the government to free portions of Gulshan Lake that had been encroached upon. On April 2017, the Capital Development ...
Farha Srishty, a young journalist working with a renowned newspaper, was assigned by her editor to cover a news event regarding some upcoming development projects of the government. From her perspective the event turned out to be a damp squib and she found herself spending most of the time...
While attending a meeting with Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Naoki Ito, finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said that a huge investment from Japan will come in no time to fuel the ongoing development programmes in Bangladesh. It is encouraging to see that Japanese entrepreneurs are demonstr...
It is quite disturbing that instead of taking back Rohingyas, Myanmar now trying to misguide the international community to avoid its obligations for the repatriation and reintegration of the forcibly displaced Rohingya. Of late, Bangladesh noticed yet another round of such farcical attempt by Myanm...
National,Back Page
A small bee with black stripes on abdomen, sucking nectar from Ixora flower. Most of gardens in this heaving concrete capital are bound to have Ixora bush along their driveways. Often planted in groups or rows, Ixoras are found in formal roadside gardens too. Their beautiful forms and long lasting r...
In its latest study titled ‘Getting Away with Murder’ published on Tuesday, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) states that impunity for the murder of journalists is still overwhelmingly the norm in more than a dozen countries, including Bangladesh. The study placed Bangladesh, with 1...
It is saddening to note that Bangladesh Railway has been providing the services with a network which is not suitable for and oriented to the traffic requirements of the country. Bangladesh’s railway network, which was introduced by the British in 19th century primarily to advance their co...
Words are not enough to portray the spiteful way in which Tuhin Miah, a five-year-old child, was murdered at the Kejaura village of Sunamganj’s Derai upazila on October 14. The disturbing details of the torture and murder would tremble anyone to the core. The murderers left the child’s b...
Shivering amid starvation and helplessness, Sanjida Akhter, a fifth grade student of Manikganj’s Saiyadnagar Primary School is walking along the bank of Padma. She has lost her home, school and belongings in river erosion. Looking at the raised top of a concrete pillar submerged in the river, ...
This is startling to note that almost in every village and town of Bangladesh one will find a troubled soul (labelled as ‘pagol’ or mad) wandering aimlessly. Atik is one of those unfortunate persons, who belongs to Kadamtali, a small village located on the bank of the river Titas. P...
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