Opinion
The silver jubilee of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord was observed in the country on Friday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her first tenure signed the CHT Peace Accord on December 2, 1997 with Parbatya Chattogram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) chief Shantu Larma. The gove...
After two years of muted celebrations due to restrictions over the Covid-19 pandemic the nation on Saturday celebrated the 161st birth anniversary of the poet, philosopher and social thinker Rabindranath Tagore. Whether it is Bengali songs, poetry, novel, short stories or drama the name Rabindr...
A recent World Bank report projects that climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hotspots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap. Climate change affects the whole ...
News of women being frequently victimised in cyberspace come as no surprise in our society where the way women dress is routinely cited as an incitement to rape. There are people (many of them are highly educated and many of them have prayer bump on their forehead!) in our society who try to justify...
In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, the nation on Friday celebrated digitally the 160th birth anniversary of the poet, philosopher and social thinker Rabindranath Tagore who single-handedly reshaped Bengali literature and music with contextual modernism. Bangla literature would have remained ...
Coronavirus situation in the country has taken a fateful turn in Bangladesh. The country has been experiencing a widespread transmission of Covid-19 in the community for last several weeks. A rapid increase in infection rate is spurring fears that the pandemic is nowhere close to end. It is ala...
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The Golden Jubilee of our Independence Day comes along with the memories of a gruesome genocide that ought not to be forgotten in vain. Today the nation will celebrate its Golden Jubilee of Independence Day defining the reign of tyranny and oppression inflicted directly by the erstwhile West Pakista...
The historic 7th March speech was so powerful that it had bolstered the Bengalis to start their nine-month-long bloody journey for freedom. It created such a strong sense of mass-agitation amongst deceived people of the then East-Pakistan which had compelled them to break the chain of oppression. &n...
We embarked on the year 2020 amid lots of hope and aspirations but the sudden and silent onslaught of an invisible, insidious, and deadly enemy made things worse and left the world helpless. The enemy known as Covid-19 made the year 2020 one of the most cursed years of our living memory caused the g...
Neither the ‘holy grail of shipwreck’ nor the hidden treasure of Captain Kidd, it is the ocean itself which can serve us with a plenty of resources that can help the country eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth. Bangladesh is geographically blessed as the country is ...
It is good to note that the government has decided to impose tougher health safety regulations in order to fight the second wave of coronavirus attack apprehended in the winter.Reportedly, the government has decided to increase the number of corona lab tests to more than 13,000. Also, the autho...
Gone were those days when there was sky beyond the window, when the sunlight wandered with its full glory on my bed, when Dhaka’s air was less polluted, when we had playgrounds almost in every corner of the capital where children used to play cricket, fight and quarrel to enjoy to the essence ...
Six months into Covid-19 pandemic, one undeniable truth has emerged --- for kids of all ages, screen time has skyrocketed. Children are spending far more time in front of the screens now because of school closure. Classrooms have been replaced by online learning. Time on the playground is now spent ...
Rejoicing the blissful rain with a cup of tea, Joy glances at his cell phone to check the time. It is 9:30 in the morning and he must reach office by 10: 30 am. He gets ready for office in a hurry and steps out of the house within a very short time. Walking through the narrow alleys near Kazipara bu...
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A total of Tk 34,266 crore allocation has been proposed for seven mega projects in the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2020-21. Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) has received the highest allocation of Tk 15,691 crore and Payra Deep Sea Port project has received the lowest allocation of Tk 350 c...
Bangladesh has been experiencing a widespread transmission of coronavirus in the community for last several weeks. Scrutinising the soaring number of coronavirus infection rates in the country, it can be said that the deadly virus is spreading fast to the community level. In this critical stage, it ...
The ability of our health care system to absorb a shock — what experts call surge capacity — is much weaker than many believe. Coronavirus has already sickened 88 people and killed at least 9. But those numbers could rise dramatically in this April. The worst scenario will be we won'...
Yet again we are surrounded by a couple of hellish fire incidents which broke out in Rupnagar slum and Jhut Patti in the city's Mirpur area on last Wednesday and Saturday respectively. While writing this op-ed, we have got another news of fire breaking out at a high-rise in the city...
It needs no emphasizing that the recent outbreak of coronavirus has palpably speared a sense of panic amidst millions of people across the globe. There are now significant outbreaks from South Korea to Italy and Iran and India. Reports on how the Covid-19 outbreak is affecting supply chains and disr...
It is encouraging to note that the government has begun the ‘second round’ of countrywide cleansing drive against the leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League and its associate bodies who are involved in crimes. Reportedly, intelligence agencies have already drawn up a list of ar...
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