NHRC response to The Daily Star editorial
25 April 2024, 05:00 AM Letters to the Editor
Destruction of Hargazi Canal
24 April 2024, 08:18 AM Letters to the Editor
Trapped in a never-ending scroll?
31 December 2023, 13:37 PM Letters to the Editor
When will the government learn from past dengue outbreaks?
22 August 2023, 03:00 AM Letters to the Editor
Install fire-escape facilities in every building
17 August 2023, 20:03 PM Letters to the Editor
World Breastfeeding Week / We need more breastfeeding corners
2 August 2023, 00:00 AM Letters to the Editor
Climate change will further widen the class divide
14 July 2023, 07:00 AM Letters to the Editor
Who will listen to the woes of trainee doctors?
18 June 2023, 15:54 PM Letters to the Editor
Concern about widespread gas leaks
25 April 2023, 12:00 PM Letters to the Editor
Plug the brain drain
7 October 2022, 11:50 AM Letters to the Editor

COMMENTS

Most amusing is that the police force has not been able to protect public safety.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Naimur vs Chandika

Was wondering how long the honeymoon would last. Well, the inevitable happened and it looks like an all too familiar history is about to repeat itself.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Safety measures for construction workers

Construction sector workers have greater exposure to biological, chemical and ergonomic risk. In Bangladesh, every year a large number of construction workers die or get crippled because of accidents.
9 April 2015, 18:00 PM

COMMENTS

This wholesale promotion in bureaucracy will only deteriorate the quality of our administration.
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Overuse of Antibiotics

Antibiotics are used to treat and prevent bacterial infections.
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Mass promotion or mass mess-up?

Recently I have come across a news report which summarised the mass scale mismanagement in the public administration sector through mass promotions.
8 April 2015, 18:00 PM

World Health Worker Week

World Health Worker Week 2015 is being observed throughout the world from April 5 to 11.
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Defaming our country abroad

I have come across a news report which states that a Bangladeshi trainee diplomat was apprehended while trying to shoplift in The Hague.
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM

COMMENTS

So she has finally surrendered before the court and hence proved that no one is above the law.
7 April 2015, 18:00 PM

COMMENTS

He's a known razakar and there shall be no mercy for him.
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Partiality towards BD in cricket arena

Ever since Bangladesh came into the international cricket arena, losing to Bangladesh has become a matter of embarrassment and disgrace, especially for teams like India and Pakistan.
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Malpractice rampant in private healthcare

It is very sad that most of the glossy, multi-storied private hospitals and clinics in Dhaka are running unscrupulous business in the name of healthcare.
6 April 2015, 18:00 PM

COMMENTS

“Dangerous desensitisation”
5 April 2015, 18:00 PM

California water crisis

This refers to the report, "Strict water limits for California" (TDS, April 3). We have heard of water crisis in a third world nation but it is a surprise that a state like California is facing water crisis and that too in a first world nation like the USA.
5 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Narrowest footpath in the world

The eastside footpath of the Airport Road, from Khilkhet to Kaola, is barely a foot wide.
5 April 2015, 18:00 PM

COMMENTS

No doubt security is a priority. But with continuous blockade and hartal imposed by her party, security of general people is in grave danger.
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Preserve our film industry

There is a big cinema hall on the way to my university. Everyday I notice different deshi movie posters above the façade of the cinema hall.
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM

People should change abhorrent habits

We speak so ambitiously about the so-called 'green revolution' but that is not only dependent on technology but also on the lifestyles of ordinary citizens.
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Transmitting electric power without wires

Recently, I came across an AFP news report from Tokyo on the transmission of electric power without wires using microwave technology.
4 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Unabated coaching business

A few years earlier, the education ministry provided guidelines to curb teachers' involvement in coaching business.
3 April 2015, 18:00 PM