Editorial

Swarna Kazi and Ignacio Urrutia :Once a country with catastrophic cyclone-related death tolls, Bangladesh has, in 50 years, become a world leader in coastal resilience and an inspiration for other climate-vulnerable nations. A primary school that doubles as a cyclone shelter – capable of withstanding winds over 260 km an hour – is just one strategy that this river delta nation of 165 million is employing to shore up its coastal resilience and to confront the terrifying cyclones that pummel...

Impose strict ban on polythene It is a matter of pain that the ban of polythene has no effect whatsoever on the everyday use of polythene bags for grocery shopping. Someone says that there is no alternative use of polythene but if we can use all of our jute to produce Sonali Bags, then we can meet one-fourth of the global demand. So, it is a foolish to say there are no alternatives.Since September 2002, using and producing polythene is...

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) has defaulted Tk 2,259 crore to the exchequer as its main instrument landline telephone has fallen out of favour with the advent of mobile phone. And as per licensing terms, the state-run company has to share a portion of the revenue earned from the services with the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC), which then deposits the sum to the state coffer. Since October 2008, the BTCL has been skipping its payments to the BTRC. The...

PTI Experimental Schools: Put an end to recruitment complications Although three and a half years have passed since the publication of the notification, no progress has been seen in the appointment of PTI Experimental Schools. Now the educational program of the pilot school is being conducted by the primary school teachers. As a result, due to the lack of teachers, the educational program of the PTI Experimental Schools is being disrupted at the field level. Experimental Schools attached to PTI...

Huge heaps of garbage, composed of polyethene and fabric scraps from nearby factories, were dumped on the 13-kilometer-long Subhadda canal at Keraniganj. In many places, the canal has been filled with water hyacinths. In some areas, the polyethene layer is so thick that people can walk through the canal without getting their feet wet. Besides local grabbers, the Zila Parishad had also built a market by grabbing the canal’s land in the Aganagar area, the starting point of the canal.One...

Adieu Queen Elizabeth Death is inevitable but nobody can escape death. Having served 70 years as the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the Queen Elizabeth II expired at 96 years on September 6 in 2022 who in fact showed her strength and sympathy in her conduct of in domestic and international relations. She was the longest serving monarch in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. As a matter of fact, Queen Elizabeth paid visits...

A.T.M. Nurun Nabi :The Islami economy aims at establishing a society where no man shall exploit another. ‘Live and let live’ is the basic objective of Islam contrary to the theory of Herbert Spencer who prescribed survival of the fittest and elimination of the unfit.The Quran says in Verse No.5 of Sura An Nisa, “Give not unto the disable your wealth, which Allah has given you to maintain, but feed and cloth them from it, and speak kindly with them....

Bangladeshi students in German universities have demanded that 1,000 students, who applied for a German student visa through the country’s embassy in Dhaka in 2021, be given the visas by December. The students from 70-80 German universities have been stuck in the country due to visa complications and taking online classes for 14-15 months. However, with the universities resuming in-person classes, there are possibilities of their studentship being canceled if they cannot join the in-person classes soon.The students also demanded...