ACCORDING to a report published by a renowned foreign specialist and a researcher on modern Dhaka – it was revealed that one of the main reasons for increased congestion experienced in the roads and communications system in Dhaka is because of its messy expansion on all the four corners. The point, however, the development of a city should be equal in all four corners so to deter indiscriminate pressure falling in any particular part. The balanced development in four sides...
ELECTION results in four Indian states elections and center administered region of Puduchery released on Thursday by the Indian Election Commission showed the diversity of the Indian voters’ choice in which parties were happy in one state or were to swallow defeat in another. As predicted the BJP, which has formed government at the center two years ago has been able to snatch power in Assam from the Congress. But in West Bengal Mamata Banerjee retained power despite formidable challenge...
Wares Ali Khan :Every year Rokeya Day is observed on 9 December marking her birth and death anniversary as a tribute to her majestic works and legacy. Begum Rokeya advocated all her life for women to be treated equally. This pioneer feminist and social activist wrote many short stories, poems, essays, novels and satirical writings characterized by creativity, logic and a wry sense of humor which flacked on the extreme form of prevailing Pordah system that endangered women’s lives and...
Speedy Trial For Rapes According to the provision of Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, the trial for rape has to be executed within 180 days. Because of the culture of impunity as well as absence of speedy trial, this heinous crime- rape has become multiple in recent time. It is worth mentioning that the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act is one of the most ineffective existing acts in respect of penalization. Statistics proves that only 3 per cent...
Diana Mendoza :The numbers are in, and there’s not much to celebrate: every year, about six million people die as a result of tobacco use, including 600,000 who succumb to the effects of second-hand smoke.Whether consumed by smoking or through other means, tobacco is a deadly business, and while usage statistics vary drastically across countries, time periods and age-groups, one thing is plain to policy makers all over the world: tobacco is going to be a huge development challenge in...
THE New Nation on Wednesday reported how the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics Rehabilitation (NITOR) has been suffering from shortage of qualified physiotherapists and proper equipment. Hospitals are run by public money but public are not getting the life saving treatment and many return home dead raising question how the money is being spent and where it is going. We must say there should be proper accountability to make the medi-care system serving the people. NITOR receives patients from...
Tharanga Yakupitiyage :The oceans’ health is only getting worse and the cycle of decline must be reversed, said representatives at the opening of a high-level UN conference.Approximately 5,000 representatives from governments, civil society, and the private sector from around the world have gathered at the UN for its first ever Ocean Conference, a high-level meeting which aims to address and mobilize action to improve the state of oceans.“The health of our oceans and seas are inextricably linked with the health...
Mustard growers in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts are elated thanks to the higher output in the ongoing harvesting season as well as the increased price of the cooking oil owing to rising consumption amid the volatile soybean oil market. Using the land between the gap of Aman and Boro paddy season, farmers take home additional incomes by cultivating the improved varieties of the crop. The higher yield and extra profits in a short duration have led to an expansion of...
The government is set to unveil its third stimulus package with offering cash aid to poor families amid coronavirus shutdown. It plans to transfer between Tk 2,000 and Tk 3,000 a month to each of 34 lakh poor families across the country through mobile banking. The aid will continue for three months starting from April. The stimulus package will also include a scheme — between Tk 5,000 crore and Tk 10,000 crore — to help farmers boost crop production. We...
The abrupt termination of ACC official Md Sharif Uddin has triggered the ACC officials in Dhaka and few other places in the country. According to media reports on Friday, Sharif took action against powerful persons over illegal activities. He exposed the land acquisition syndicate, which siphoned off public money, forgery in issuing national identity card and passport, and irregularities in Karnaphuli Gas Distribution Company. He also exposed those corrupt people who had arranged Bangladeshi citizenship and passports for the Rohingyas....
A NEWS report in a national daily on Wednesday said that the government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Qatar recently to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) to meet the growing domestic demand of energy to run the wheels of the economy and business. However details of the import agreement will be worked out in the near future when work on the construction of a CNG landing terminal will begin at Moheshkhali in the off-shore...
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :One of the goals of administration should be promotion of moral and ethical values among the public servants as well as the people. An officer can make his contribution in this area, if he himself is developed in ethical values. If he himself does not have of moral and ethical values, how can he help in this promotion of ethical values among the people? The first target of an officer would be himself. He must be...