This is in reference to the above titled write-up published in TDS on October 7, 2015. The writer asked how these children end up in our homes. It is because we entice them with food and shelter.

The development of the world's first vitamin A enriched Golden Rice by Bangladeshi agricultural scientists is indeed a major step towards achieving global food and nutritional security. The new rice variety is now awaiting confined field trial.

What is the use of studying if questions get leaked?

Bichhnakandi is a newly emerged tourist spot which falls in the Goainghat Upazila of Sylhet. The beauty of this place can't be explained in words. Everyday more than five thousand

When I walk or travel along any road, I notice with disappointment that people throw almost anything and everything on the roads in Bangladesh. Shopkeepers keep on dumping the wastage onto the roads as long as their shops are open. We treat the roads as public trash bins. Consequently roads become dirty, stinky and unhealthy. It also creates an additional pressure on the road cleaners.

You are right but what did you do in this regard?

Due to the rise in fuel prices, a transport fare increase has been put into effect since October 1, 2015. Passengers now have to pay 10 paisa more per kilometre.

An Italian national was shot dead in Dhaka's diplomatic area Gulshan and a Japanese national was also killed in Rangpur.

The practice of always blaming BNP-Jamaat should be stopped. A fair and authentic investigation is needed rather.

Two foreigners have been brutally murdered within the span of one week. Cesare Tavella, an aid worker from Italy, was shot dead in the highly protected diplomatic zone in the capital and after five days Kunio Hoshi...

The International Day of Older Persons was celebrated on October 1, 2015. In Bangladesh, the day has no significance and elderly people do not enjoy any privileges.

Nowadays in Bangladesh, it seems that the lawmakers have the right to break the law.

You asked a very pertinent question in your editorial “Combating militancy” published on September 19, 2015.

The Income Tax Fair is gaining popularity every year among the taxpayers who can now easily file their income tax returns in the fair in a congenial atmosphere.

I don't believe that the recent murders of two foreign nationals were committed by IS. A proper investigation is needed to reveal the truth.

The news titled “Ensure security for foreigners” published in The Daily Star on October 5 revealed something interesting: the DMP assistant commissioner of Gulshan zone said that people who are not permanent residents of the zone would require passes to enter and exit the area.

It's really sad that an Italian citizen has been shot dead by some unidentified miscreants in the diplomatic zone of Dhaka, prompting some foreign missions to issue security alerts to their citizens living in Bangladesh.

People do not believe in false accusations, they want proof.

The Gaibandha -1 MP who reportedly shot a 10-year-old boy should be given the harshest punishment under law and made to pay the maximum compensation to the family of the victim.

During Hajj, Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport of Dhaka becomes overly congested, both inside and outside.