Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

The red and green flag fluttering by the side of one of the many dirt roads in Bamako is a welcoming sight to a visiting Bangladeshi.

Like many young men of his generation, Salahuddin Khan dreamt of seeking his fortune in Europe as soon as he passed HSC in 2000.

A public health policy researcher had warned 13 years back that dengue could take an epidemic form if the city authorities fail to control the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes.

Same product, same sample, same batch. But take them to two different government labs for analysis, the results will vary by up to 766 percent or about nine times.

India’s publication of NRC in Assam virtually strips 19 lakh people of their citizenship. The fate of these “illegal migrants” is still unclear. But it is quite evident from the rhetoric that there will be attempts to eventually deport these people as illegal Bangladeshi residents from Assam and the rest of India.

Mohammad Shahabuddin used to be a farmer in Kutupalong area of Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar. He won a national award for farming on four acres of land he had rented for 30 years from a local mosque.

The presence of contraband sodium cyclamate, popularly known as Ghono Chini, has been found in packed and loose sugar varieties available in the market, finds a government report.

Heavy metals like chromium, cadmium and lead are found beyond acceptable levels in soil from many parts of Bangladesh, posing a public health risk as the substances enter food chain by various means.

The Rohingyas in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar feel like they are trapped and this is breeding frustration among them.

More than three tigers were poached in Bangladesh every year over the last four years, according to a report published by TRAFFIC, a UK-based international non-profit working on trade in wildlife and plants.

Bangladesh has no objection to India’s plan to fence the entire border between the two countries if it is done following due procedure, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said yesterday.

The government has taken a number of initiatives to ensure medical services for dengue patients. The measures include setting up helpdesks in all government and private hospitals and logistical support to all district and upazila hospitals.

The source eradication is the key to eliminating Aedes mosquitoes as well as checking Dengue outbreak and for this participation of mass people is necessary alongside the government efforts, experts say.

The adult female Aedes mosquito population in the capital is now around 14 times higher than it was in the pre-monsoon period, a government survey has found.

With the intervention of humans, be it poaching or destruction of habitat, Bengal Tigers are now facing a new threat in the form of a dwindling male population.

The concentration of adult mosquito in the capital is nearly six times that in the pre-monsoon period, a key reason behind the rising dengue cases, an ongoing government survey has found.

With the capital gripped by panic over dengue, experts said global warm-ing resulting from climate change is a key reason behind the rising num-ber of dengue cases.

With Dhaka’s air contaminated with heavy metals and other poisonous particles, a global expert on air pollution suggested continuous collection of data on air quality, identification of the polluting sources and apt planning can improve the air quality of the city.

The government has been making good progress in buying rice from millers but it is lagging far behind its target for buying paddy from farmers, who had protested recently for not getting decent price for their produce.

One in every six person in Bangladesh is undernourished and does not have access to sufficient food, according to a new UN report.