The future of Bengal Delta
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Big Picture
Is a global goal on adaptation possible?
29 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Column
Can we make lockdown work this time around?
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Column
It’s time to talk about cotton
27 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Column
Managing environmental resources for green growth in Bangladesh
27 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Column
Why can’t they get their fair share in our budget?
26 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Column
Have we done enough to address the problem of drug abuse?
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Column
Street violence and gang culture 2.0
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Column
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
Column
Save Lawachhara campaign begins
Lawachhara Bon O Jibo Boichitro Rokkha Andolon launched a signature campaign on Friday to boost support from the tourists and
9 July 2016, 18:00 PM
In terror-hit Kishoreganj, a bullet cuts short a life at home
A bullet comes through a window of her house and hit 40-year-old Jharna Rani Bhowmik on the forehead. She dies instantly.
7 July 2016, 14:32 PM
Anti-militancy Islamic leader says he was the target of attackers
Noted Islamic thinker Maulana Fariduddin Masud says he was the target of the attack at famous Sholakia Eidgah during Eid prayers on July 7, 2016.
7 July 2016, 13:14 PM
Brave Musa still faces trouble
Jamal Ibne Musa, whose efforts helped a trafficked Indian boy to reunite with his family, has received a fresh threat yet again on Sunday
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Malnutrition hits poor children in Lalmonirhat
Many children in the district do not attain normal physical and mental growth due to severe malnutrition.
4 July 2016, 18:00 PM
'Extremists not welcome in Hatiya'
At an iftar event held at Sagoria High School in Burir Char Union of Noakhali's Hatiya Island last Saturday, popular ex-MP Mohammed Ali
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Making the most of a better status
BANGLA-DESH currently belongs to the official United Nations recognised group of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), along
2 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Unrepaired embankments cause years of hardship
With monsoon beginning, people living in villages on the banks of the Kacha and Baleshwar rivers in Pirojpur are afraid. Since cyclone
2 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Penny Wise, Euro Foolish
The mighty British pound falls like a pound of bricks. Hey, it's not called ounce, is it?
1 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Delayed trial turns 'patience test' for justice seekers
A staggering 66,049 cases are waiting for trial in different courts of the district, causing immense sufferings for the justice seekers.
30 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Are friends really that important?
In a larger context, friendships actually allow societies to function and this includes countries that may turn them into formal unions or agreements. Hence the disastrous effects when friendships sour – you get Brexit, you get hostile neighbours, ruthless aggressors and worst of all, you get wars.
30 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Extremism and the bamboo brigade
Of late we have seen pictures of the police handing over bamboo sticks to groups of people in various districts ostensibly for the purpose of combating militancy and extremism in the country.
29 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Vegetable price fall frustrates farmers
Surprisingly this Ramadan the prices of various types of vegetables dropped sharply in the local kitchen markets due to poor demand
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Bogra women's college limps
The academic activities of Government Mujibur Rahman Women's College, Bogra, are being hampered as the institution has been facing
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM
The unfortunate idiṓtēs
LISA, a thorough Texan, had left the United States only once for a vacation. She had never travelled the world before.
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Jamuna erosion worsens as dyke damaged in Sirajganj
The overflowing Jamuna has flooded its protection embankment at Baligugri point of Sirajganj Sadar upazila, further worsening the
27 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Exotic banana agnisagor faces extinction
Agnisagor, an exotic variety of banana that assumes different colours at different stages of growth, is on the verge of extinction in the
26 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Brexit: Rise of neo-nationalism and protectionism?
While European leaders dreamt of an intertwined economy across Europe 43 years ago, the British people desired something else.
26 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Pleading for a merciful glance
While in the middle of writing my column for this week, I was hit by a deeply disturbing piece of news - the assassination of
25 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Jute yield target lowered in five northern districts
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has curtailed jute production target in five northern districts under Rangpur agriculture
25 June 2016, 18:00 PM