The future of Bengal Delta
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Is a global goal on adaptation possible?
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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Can we make lockdown work this time around?
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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It’s time to talk about cotton
27 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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Managing environmental resources for green growth in Bangladesh
27 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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Why can’t they get their fair share in our budget?
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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Have we done enough to address the problem of drug abuse?
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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Street violence and gang culture 2.0
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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Fighting the Delta variant: Do we have a plan?
22 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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Apparel industry needs a clearer strategy for donor funding
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM
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A driver without use of legs
Not easily in Bangladesh.
25 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Family to go to court rejecting probe
The probe committee formed to investigate a "botched surgery" by Chittagong Medical College Hospital that led to amputation of a forearm of a girl did not find evidence of negligence of doctors during surgery.
25 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Armed gang abducts 3 people in Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh
An armed gang abducted three people from Ramu in Cox's Bazar early yesterday, less than a month after two tourists from the capital
23 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Mixed progress in Bangladesh’s textbook printing
Although a major chunk of the secondary textbooks for the next academic year have already reached different upazilas, the printing job
23 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh’s Karnaphuli River in peril
Widespread encroachment and mindless dumping of untreated waste are gradually killing the Karnaphuli River, the lifeline for Chittagong city and the country's premier port.
But the authorities have apparently turned a blind eye to it.
22 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Will our parties' culture change in poura polls?
Will the partisan elections to the local government bodies open a window for “nomination business” by the major political parties? Is it going to tighten the parties' grips over their grassroots level leaders?
21 October 2015, 18:00 PM
French firm gets contract
French company Thales Alenia Space has been given the job of launching Bangladesh's first satellite as part of the government's efforts to narrow the digital divide and create new opportunities.
20 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Roads of Bangladesh highly unsafe for pedestrians
Thirty-two percent of the people who die on the roads of Bangladesh every year are pedestrians, says a global report on road safety, exposing how deadly the roads are for pedestrians.
The pedestrian mortality rate is 10 percent higher than the global average, according to the Global Status Report on Road Safety 2015 released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva yesterday.
19 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Chhoto Katra on verge of destruction
Almost lost amid negligence and encroachment, it is hard to believe that Chhoto Katra was one of the places from where Bengal was ruled by Subedar Shaista Khan after he built it on the Buriganga river's bank in 1670.
19 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Beyond national borders
Brac has gone beyond the national boundary to take the benefits of its programmes and innovations in farm sector to other countries of the world.
18 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Appellate Division hamstrung by judge shortage
The Appellate Division has been facing a shortage of judges as five out of 11 have retired since 2013 but no new appointment has yet
17 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Youth makes a difference
Ramkhana is a union in the remote northern district of Kurigram.
17 October 2015, 18:00 PM
The World Of Insects
Which group of living beings on this earth are the most successful at survival? If you answered “humans” or “large mammals” you might
16 October 2015, 18:00 PM
A step forward in rice research
Genomes of 186 Bangladeshi rice varieties have been sequenced in Beijing Genomics Institute, China as part of a global collaborative project, opening up new opportunities for varietal developments.
16 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Killers of Japanese national ‘used a bus as cover’
Killers of Japanese national Kunio Hoshi, who was shot dead in Rangpur's Alutari village on October 3, appeared to have used a bus as a
16 October 2015, 18:00 PM
He showed no remorse
Even after injuring four people by hitting two rickshaws with an SUV, all that the underage driver apparently cared about was “the stuff” he had kept in the vehicle.
15 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Number of undernourished people in Bangladesh remains static
Number of undernourished people in Bangladesh has remained almost static in recent years despite the country's commendable improvement in food security status since 1990.
15 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh likely to double salaries
Following the recent pay hike for government employees, salaries of the president, prime minister, ministers and lawmakers are also
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
No stranger to controversy
For Zahir Uddin Sardar, the memory burns like fire.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Get your portrait done for 200 bucks (video)
Have you got the perfect apartment and decorated it to your taste, but still feel that something is missing to bring it all together? Maybe you need a portrait of yourself or your dear one on the wall.
14 October 2015, 06:46 AM