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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Scant rain hampers aman farming
Aman farmers of Thakurgaon and Panchagarh are struggling to save their recently planted aman plants from damage due to insufficient
21 August 2016, 18:00 PM
The tragedy of 21st August
As the nation observes the 12th anniversary of the ghastly grenade assault that was carried out at an Awami League rally in Dhaka city on August 21, 2004, discerning observers have to agree that the horrendous crimes committed on that day has left an indelible impact on the course and character of constitutional politics of Bangladesh.
20 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Less cost, more profit
Around 2000 vegetable farmers in Gouripur upazila under the district are benefiting by using environment-friendly
20 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Animal Kingdom
I hope Donald Trump doesn't get wind of this border. If so, he will surely be itching to build a wall and halt, once and for all, humans crossing it in both directions. But has he accounted for quadrupeds?
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Shibir-run messes get empty
Boarders of many privately run dormitories, especially those dominated by Students of Islami Chhatra Shibir in Rangpur city, are leaving
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Owners-BIWTA row over legality
Speedboats have been plying with passengers on the Aricha-Kazirhat river route illegally for the last 11 months. The service started
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM
University without a campus
Since July 1, private universities of the country have been in the spotlight and mostly for wrong reasons. In the cacophony of arguments for and against them, an important fact seems to have been lost. A lot of them do not have a campus.
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
A tit (Baluchistan) for tat (Kashmir)
To express support for a breakaway group on the soil of that country would be a diplomatic incivility, but the shield of technicality was invoked to show that the premises of the Pakistan High Commission were the territory of Pakistan. But be that as it may, there is no doubt that the incident has brought about a complete 'rerouting' of India's policy towards Pakistan.
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Rainwater leaves 5 lakh marooned in Jessore
Around five lakh people of three upazilas and three municipalities around Bhabadah beel in Jessore were marooned as water from the beel submerged their homes, croplands, educational institutions, temples, mosques and roads after heavy rain.
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Flood-affected people decline Jamaat's help
In a gesture of aversion to Jamaat-e-Islami's politics, the people of Teesta River basin village Thangjhara in Saniazan union of
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Scanty rain hampers aman farming in Nilphamari
A vast tract of land in the district is still uncultivated in the ongoing aman season as farmers are facing difficulties in preparing the land
16 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Discover Bangladesh: Kantaji Temple
If you have not seen the Kantaji temple of Dinajpur, you have not seen how artistic the late-medieval community Bengal had been.
16 August 2016, 09:09 AM
Farewell to a philanthropist
After working for the welfare of local Mandi (Garo) and other ethnic minority people for 57 years in Madhupur upazila of Tangail, Father
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
The Towering Courage of Bangabandhu
For the uninformed multitudes, remembering Bangabandhu on August 15 is perhaps a ritualistic observance when the mind does not delve deep to grasp the historical significance of the tragedy.
14 August 2016, 18:00 PM
SAARC meeting and Indo-Pak spat over Kashmir
Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh was in Islamabad to attend the 7th SAARC Home Ministers Meeting, which discussed SAARC conventions on “Suppression of Terrorism” and “Additional Protocol and Convention on Mutual assistance in Criminal Matters”.
13 August 2016, 18:00 PM
How not to win an election?
It's not easy, but one way to try and maintain sanity is by taking a worldwide view of every situation.
12 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Friends Forever
It's the first day of graduate classes at a brand new university, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. It's a brand new country, the US of A.
11 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Croplands turn into fish farms
A number of farmers in the district are using their lands for fish cultivation as they are losing their interest in paddy farming due to low prices.
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Country's largest seed firm to be powered by straw-based electricity
Work for a straw-based bio-gas cum power plant, first of its kind in the country, is going on in full swing to produce 500 cubic metres of bio-gas and 80 KW (kilowatt) of electricity for the country's biggest seed firm at Bashbaria in Dashmina upazila under the district.
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Cuchia, rise of a new hope
Even though, this fish looks like a snake, in reality it's not a snake. Neither has it had any feature of a snake. In many countries, cuchia (eel) has great demand as a tasty fish. But, I must remind my readers, it's not an electric eel as well.
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM