Editorial – Page 6 – The News Times

Recalling Bangabandhu, the architect of our liberty

- Kamal Ahmed - August 15, 2021August 15, 2021

We, on the 46th anniversary of the death of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, recall him with great respect and due homage. Sheikh Mujib is the most blazing name in the firmament of the glorious history of Bangladesh. He was a man with a mission that boldly

Take quick steps to prevent possible floods

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- Kamal Ahmed - August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

Bangladesh is one of the worst victims of global climate change impacts. On the one hand, climate change is causing excess rainfall before the monsoon here, while on the other hand, most of the country’s rivers and canals are being filled up, causing decline in their navigability. All these are

Proposed project on building day-care centres and some questions

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- Kamal Ahmed - August 12, 2021August 12, 2021

Day-care centres for the protection of children of working parents have become very important in these times. At one time, day-care centres were considered necessary only for large cities and metropolitan areas. But due to the huge increase in the number of working women across the country, the need for

Full buses, half buses and corona management

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- Afsan Chowdhury - August 12, 2021August 12, 2021

Corona has ushered in an era of new realities. Not only do we not know what is going on , we don’t know what is going on to manage it. This has become most obvious in case of the lockdown management policy of the GOB. Many have expressed bewilderment at

Take effective steps to control crazy rice market

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- Kamal Ahmed - August 11, 2021August 11, 2021

Low-income people are at risk the most when prices of daily necessities including rice go up. Especially for those who have lost their jobs during the covid period and those whose incomes have declined, this instability in the market is nothing more than a slap on their poverty-stricken faces. In

Ensure special care for pregnant, breastfeeding mothers

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- Kamal Ahmed - August 10, 2021August 10, 2021

The effects of the covid pandemic on pregnant women and new mothers are usually higher. Higher covid infection rates in the country have reduced people’s access to treatment for other diseases. The outbreak of dengue fever has made the crisis even more austere. The fact that many hospitals in the

Arrange for quick distribution of potatoes stored in cold storages

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- Kamal Ahmed - August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

The cold storages across the country now have stocked 5.5 million tonnes of potatoes, thanks to various reasons including restrictions on movement and a declining demand. Potatoes are not being unloaded from the cold storages as the market price of the product is lower. In this situation, Bangladesh Cold Storage

Why the 5th match is so important for Bangladesh?

- Afsan Chowdhury - August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

Every country has sports but few countries need it as desperately as Bangladesh does. In a world where most days are spent feeling down and in the dumps, cricket provides us hope, flickering as they are. Even though most of the time Bangladesh loses, we still keep on hoping that

The 19th over by Mustafiz

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- Afsan Chowdhury - August 8, 2021August 8, 2021

As Australia mounted their best challenge to date and were slowly but certainly not certainly crawling towards victory, Dhaka was down and dejected. Many don’t watch many matches but follow the game. Cricket really doesn’t matter much, what matters is the flag. On Friday , against all previous cricket history

Naughty little boys, ladies of the night and Ammus

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- Afsan Chowdhury - August 4, 2021August 9, 2021

So here came another mega dose of sleaze, making Dhaka’s rich look exactly as they are: rich, powerful and banal not to mention the bearer of rural cultural disorder in urban settings. As one pointed out, female criminality is rising whatever that means. Haillas expect them to stay home and