More than 1.1 million Rohingyas, forcibly displaced from Myanmar, have been living in Bangladesh for over four years. Despite an agreement with Myanmar over their safe repatriation, not a single Rohingya has been taken by that South East Asian country. Myanmar is actually doing nothing to create a conducive environment
Author: Kamal Ahmed
Call for standing by Palestinian people
For over the last two weeks in occupied Jerusalem and besieged Gaza Strip in the Middle East, the Israeli military and extremist groups have been carrying out unprecedented attacks and killings on Palestinians. More than 225 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds more injured in both airstrikes and ground attacks.
Protect ecology of Sundarbans
The Sundarbans is the world’s largest tidal forest adjoining to the Bay of Bengal. It is our important national resource, a reservoir of endless natural resources, and a habitat of innumerable plants and animals. However, many adverse changes have been noticed in the Sundarbans for quite a long time. The
Steps needed to stabilise rice market
Callousness may lead to a catastrophe
Complete metro rail projects on time
Pay attention to children’s mental health
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, direct teaching in educational institutions has been stopped in the country for about 14 months. Online and distance learning methods are being run to continue the educational activities. Some schools and colleges are giving exams online on internal arrangements. There are about two and a
The question of road and waterway safety
The chaotic situation of the public transport system in Bangladesh gets starkly visible every year during two biggest Muslim religious festivals – Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha – when an increased number of passengers are bound to their village homes from cities. Regardless of the road or the water way, accidents seem
Ensure good stocks to deal with imminent food crisis
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) feared a global food crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Although agricultural production has increased a bit compared to that in last year, the fear of a possible food crisis has not gone yet. Global food stocks are declining in proportion to
