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Two doctors for 500,000 people!

It is unthinkable that in two upazila health complexes (Amtali and Kukua) of Barisal district, there are only two doctors appointed.
22 October 2016, 18:00 PM

MP's comment on NGO's freedom of speech

We are shocked at the implications of a comment by Suranjit Sengupta that NGOs do not have the right to freedom of speech and the precedence it sets.
22 October 2016, 18:00 PM

'Union centres to cut digital divide'

The government has set up 4,550 Union Digital Centres (UDC) across the country in a bid to reach information and
22 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Kuakata road in bad shape

Around half of the 22 kilometre road from Kalapara upazila town to Kuakata has become virtually unfit for vehicular
22 October 2016, 18:00 PM

AL Council promises more grassroots leaders

The excitement surrounding the AL's Council today and tomorrow underscores the anticipation of party members and the public, of a positive change in the party.
21 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Vicious attacks on girls

We are horrified by the direction we are headed in regards to the security of women and, indeed, their treatment in society in general.
21 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Dead militant Abdur Rahman is Neo JMB chief Sarwar Jahan: Rab

Rapid Action Battalion claims to have identified militant Abdur Rahman, who was killed during a raid in Ashulia on October 8, as Neo JMB chief Sarwar Jahan.
21 October 2016, 03:59 AM

Sonaimurir Tek draws tourists

Sonaimurir Tek in Narsingdi, with its abundant greenery and red soil, has been attracting an increasingly larger number of tourists every year.
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Unbridled urbanisation

An unprecedented number of people are migrating to Dhaka and a few other eastern cities while western cities and towns are witnessing a
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Putting newborn lives at risk

It is astonishing to learn that some hospital staff of the Bangladesh National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases actively stopped a firm
20 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Discrimination against female farmers

It is inexcusable that underprivileged people are forced to pay bribes or lobby with local influential people to get government services related to the food and agricultural sector.
19 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Unprofitable BRTC

It is unthinkable that 1,018 out of 1,539 buses of Bangladesh Road and Transport Corporation (BRTC) earned Tk 226.93 crore in profit while Tk 220.36 crore was spent for operation and maintenance, even more so when one considers the price of each of the buses.
19 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Ramshackle BADC building makes staffs' life risky

The BADC officers and employees in the district have been working in a very old and dilapidated office building risking their lives as it can collapse any time.
19 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Females migrating towards cities more than males: Study

Large cities of Bangladesh now experience more female migration than those of the male, according to a new study by the UN Population Fund.
19 October 2016, 11:11 AM

Khulna’s rail link restored after 5hrs

Rail communication of Khulna with the rest of the country has been restored five hours following derailment of a freight train at Singia Railway Station in Jessore Sadar upazila.
19 October 2016, 05:13 AM

One third goes abroad illegally

It is indeed unsettling to note that one-third of Bangladeshi migrant workers resort to illegal channels to go abroad.
18 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Significant World Bank pledge

The visiting World Bank (WB) chief has stated that Bangladesh has made “great progress in reducing child malnutrition and stunting” and committed to provide US$1billion over the next three years to that effect.
18 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Betel leaf business makes Khasi women self-reliant

Housewife Mira Yangyung, 45, from Jaintapur Khasi Para village in Sylhet's Jaintapur upazila used to be bound to
18 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Schoolbags for Teesta river basin students

Several hundred students of different schools in the Teesta river basin area of Hatibandha upazila are now attending
18 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Disregard for public safety

Our attention is drawn by two reports, one pictorial, showing a young man walking on the rail-lines with a phone held to his ear in the capital's Nakhalpara area, completely oblivious to the danger he is exposing himself to, and the other a report of three children run over by a train in Brahmanbaria, while they were shooting a video of another train with a mobile phone.
17 October 2016, 18:00 PM