Currently ZEE Bangla is airing a very entertaining and educative reality show-‘Happy Parents Day’ hosted by the renowned film and theatre personality, Mr. Debshankar Haldar. Whenever time permits I watch this unique program because such type of program appreciating parents’…
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Expectations of Mayors and Councillors
City dwellers long awaited swearing in of Mayors and councilors of three city corporations in Dhaka and Chittagong will be held on Wednesday morning.
Dissuade farmers from committing suicide!
I am rather shocked to learn from the international press that a dozens of debt-laden poor farmers in the Indian State of Punjab have committed suicide in the past two months as they couldn’t grow their rice, wheat and potato…
Alarming facts on World wide wage rates
According to the rich world’s politicians, economics has a new villain. The modish scoundrel of the past seven years—the immoral banker outwitting inept regulators—has been edged out by a returning blackguard: the tight-fisted boss crushing the hopes of honest workers…
China, Japan and South Korea committed policies to support global growth
Central bankers and finance ministers from China, Japan and South Korea said on Sunday they remained committed to policies to support demand in the face of moderate and uneven global growth.
Earthquakes: Course of nature or Human Civilization
Earthquake has become the most talkative issue now-a-days all around the world especially in South Asian region because they have experienced the vulnerable shock. Researchers are saying that Bangladesh is positioned at the juncture of several active tectonic plate boundaries.…
Maldives: An imperiled democracy
After a Newsmaker event held at the National Press Club in Washington DC on 30 April, attended by Mohamed Nasheed’s wife Laila Ali, his legal team has submitted a petition to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. The…
Solar power lights Bengaluru cricket stadium, Tihar Jail
Two recent news items of huge significance from the perspective of providing electricity service to all on a sustainable basis. The news that Solar power light systems have been commissioned on the roofs of a Bengaluru cricket stadium and Tihar…
‘Chiro shukhi jon’ — Can they feel?
The other day I came across a school-days idea expansion –“Chiro shukhi jon bhrom’a ki kokhon, bethito bedon bujhite pare, ki jatona bishe bujhibe sha kishe, dongshe ni jare kobhu ashibishe”. The in-depth message of this quote is – those…
The Rural Resilience Initiative- R4
In the present changing and uncertain climate condition global agriculture is under threat and shock. Farmers, particularly the small farmers in the agro-based countries like Bangladesh are already experiencing the negative effects of climate change. In order to protect small…
Hillary runs for US Presidency
It is heartening to learn that the former US First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton will run for the US Presidency as the likely 2016 Democratic nominee. If she wins the election she would be the…
Finding superhighway to peace
The line of demarcation between benevolent and malevolent is increasingly getting murky which is, in my opinion, contributing to social indiscipline and moral degradation. Perhaps shrinking of the mark of delineation between good and evil, right and wrong is destabilising…
World Health Worker Week
World Health Worker Week 2015 is being observed throughout the world from 5 to 11 April. World Health Worker Week is an opportunity to mobilize communities, partners, and policy makers in support of health workers. The health workers actually operates…
GM purple tomatoes and pink pineapples
Genetically Modified (GM) heart-healthy purple colored tomatoes and cancer-fighting pink pineapples are awaiting the concerned authority’s approval for release in the United States. Good innovation indeed!
Women’s contribution must get equal treat
This year, the International Women’s Day is being observed on 8th March with the theme “Empowering Women – Empowering Humanity: Picture It!” This year’s event also marks the 20th anniversary of the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing…
Digital archive of agricultural theses of Bangladesh
A Digital archive of agricultural theses and journals of Bangladesh have been set up under a sub-project (CP-534) of Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) of the University Grants Commission (UGC). Prof. Dr. Md. Sekender Ali, sub project manager (SPM)…
Politicians then and now …
“Montreer pola” is a phrase I heard being used to rebuke somebody when I was in a vegetable market. It is now very known to most of us. Once devoted, learned, patriotic and honorable persons from the society did politics…
This Valentine’s Day: Banish hostility!
Every year ‘Saint Valentine’s Day’ is observed on February 14 by exchanging messages of affection love and devotion around the world. A lot of stories are in circulation centering the Valentine’s Day origin. To me, the episode between St. Valentinus…
People suffer, who cares!
Undoubtedly, no one is in favour hartal or against fair election. Everyone is in favour of fair election except a mad. Now, the government and the opposition would like to win grounds by ignoring people’s loss and sufferings including children’s…
Professions of teachers and politicians
In olden days the positions of teacher and politician used to be occupied by devoted, honest, learned persons form the society. In most of cases teachers also led the society. Actually, these are the key positions in our society to…
Restore peace and harmony in society
Bangladesh is one of the countries in the world where Hindus, Muslims and people of different opinion groups belonging different political parties used to live very peacefully. But now, the situation has changed dramatically and fear grips all of us.…
Stop blame game, give congenial atmosphere of election
I am used to writing my opinion in the dailies. But for the last couple of weeks I am writing nothing and even I am not scanning the news in the dailies. I know this is unusual but this is…
Teixobactin with great hope!
Researchers at Northeastern University in Boston have discovered an unusual method for producing antibiotics from bacteria that live in dirt. According to the researchers’ report published in the journal Nature said the new powerful antibiotic-the Teixobactin as they named is…
Omniprocessor-a new water treatment machine!
Janicki Bioenergy with the funding of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently built a magical machine – the Omniprocessor which is capable of transforming sewage into potable water. The machine not only produces clean drinking water but electricity as…
Aus school girls’ green X-mas tree formula!
A group of Australian school girls have discovered a method for keeping Christmas tree green afresh for a longer period by spraying hairspray on the plant. Spraying with hairspray found effective to keeping the tree greener and healthy for long…
Save the Sunderbans taking prompt actions
Save Suderbans not only verbally but also by taking actions immediately. Not very long ago, Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina urged the world leaders to save tigers in order to save nature from the 2nd Global tiger stocktaking conference held at…
Agri journalism course at DU
It is encouraging to learn through the Press that the Dhaka University (DU) is going to introduce a specialised course on agriculture journalism under the assistance of the agriculture development project, Catalyst. William H Allen, a professor of agriculture journalism…
School should be a safe place
Recently more than 100 children have lost their life and several others injured in a horrific attack at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. Gunmen entered the school premises and indiscriminately opened fire on innocent children who were attending classes and…
Universal Health Coverage Day
On December 12, 2014, the first ever Universal Health Coverage Day was observed throughout the world. The United Nations in its 67th General Assembly unanimously endorsed Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as an important step in the global fight against health…
Self-assessment skill of students
Self-assessment is an important skill to learn by the students so that they can themselves assess their academic work and performance. A number of researches have been done on students’ self-assessment skill and it has been found that high-achieving students…