Dhaka is often making headlines for ranking as the most polluted city in the world in the Air Quality Index (AQI). The air quality of the city of around 20 million people remains in the "very unhealthy" and "hazardous" categories around the year, but its pollution level reached catastrophic levels
If walking is beneficial for health, it is certainly not for walkers opting for the length stretching from Hatirjheel-Modhubagh intersection to the Moghbazar wireless junction in the city of Dhaka. They are sure to confront two major obstacles. The first one is several makeshift shops on both
A Bangla contemporary has recently run a report on the perennial gap between male and female agriculture labourers in Bangladesh. The report shows a female labourer in the northern region of the country is paid only Tk 250-300 a day in wage, which is simply half of the wage her male counterpart rec
The decision of China to construct the world's largest dam on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, known as the Brahmaputra downstream, has sparked significant concern in India and Bangladesh. The $137 billion project has given rise to fears about possible disruptions to water flow and do
While it is a sacred duty of society to develop children as worthy citizens with knowledge and excellent human qualities, many of them are made to meet the end of their life prematurely because of wrong academic targets set before them. Inordinate pressure on students for achieving top grades in ex
There was euphoria in Gaza following the announcement of ceasefire deal between the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, and Israel on Wednesday. The ceasefire deal that came into effect on Sunday (January 19) following approval by the Israeli cabinet was brokered by the US, Qatar and Egy
The Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB), The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Commission, the Ganotantrik Odhikar Committee and a student group have voiced their concern about as well as severely criticised the attacks on peacefully protesting indigenous people on Wednesday and the students wh
In the midst of the collective national endeavor to transition to a healthy democratic culture and practices, the recent assault on aggrieved indigenous students in front of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) building in Motijheel will go down as an unfortunate incident under the cur
Lately, there are heated public debates about electric rickshaws: should these be allowed in Dhaka city or not? Plying of cycle rickshaws on the main roads in the city is also under scrutiny. Amid the hullabaloo a most important issue--- their design flaws--- escapes notice. Let alone the ele
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh with a population of about 20 million crammed into an area of 300 plus square kilometres, is one of the worst liveable city in the world, in terms of air pollution level. Even the day before yesterday, Dhaka ranked first, according to IQAir, an air quality monitorin
The second most populated city and an important cultural and commercial hub of the United States, Los Angeles, has been burning since January 7. The catastrophic wildfire that so far reportedly claimed at least 16 lives had been raging for the seventh day on Monday (January 13) and roughly spread a
The litany of assurances of measures to solve any crisis including containing price hikes of essentials is a trademark playing-to-the-gallery ploy resorted to by a political government. This is not expected from an interim non-political government. Results of its actions should speak for itself. Bu
A video clip of aggrieved farmers destroying their cauliflower in the field as they fail to recover even the basic costs of production is doing the rounds on social media. Mainstream media is also abuzz with stories of farmers not harvesting some of their winter crops due to a lack of fair
