DURGA Puja, the largest religious festival of Bengali Hindus, is fast approaching. And, rights groups are voicing security concern, fearing attacks on temples and festival sites. Maitree Jatra, a platform for the protection of minority rights, raised its concern at a press conference in Dhaka on September 20, urging the government to take urgent preventive steps to ensure that Durga Puja is held without violence.
MENTAL health remains a deprioritised public health concern with no updated national data and a bare minimum budget allocation for prevention and treatment. The latest national mental health survey was conducted in 2018, which showed 16.8 per cent of the adults and 13.6 per cent of children suffered from mental illness
A recent study traces how anti-migrant narratives targeting the Rohingyas migrate across borders 鈥� from Myanmar to Bangladesh, India and beyond 鈥� transforming humanitarian sufferings into socio-political fiction.
The story of Badruddin Umar is, in many ways, the story of an exception. In a country where opportunism and compromise have been too often elevated to the level of virtues, Umar chose to tread a different path.
WIDESPREAD bacterial contamination in retail meat shops in Dhaka is alarming, mounting a threat to public health and food security. A recent study published in the Journal of Biosciences and Public Health finds that beef and chicken sold on the local market carry high loads of harmful microorganisms, many resistant to common antibiotics. Researchers collected 45 samples from cutting boards and cleaning water drums in meat outlets in March鈥揗ay, for laboratory analysis.
THE chief adviser to the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, coming to have said at a meeting with the members of the European Parliament at Jamuna in Dhaka on September 17 that although certain forces were still trying to delay the elections, the government was resolute about holding the national elections in mid-February, before Ramadan, the month of fasting for the Muslims
AN INCREASING number of illegally modified covered vans plying the road is another example of a regulatory failure in the transport sector. A Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh report shows that 23.33 per cent of the road accidents in 2024 involved covered vans, trucks and pickups. The modified bodies of the vehicles, usually illegal extensions in length and width...
THE failure to implement the National Education Policy 2010 stands as a stark reminder that education, the backbone of the nation, remains neglected. The policy was welcomed as a landmark for reform, promising to extend primary education up to Class VIII, secondary education up to Class XII, introduce a uniform curriculum, strengthen vocational training and...
TRAFFIC in Dhaka and the sluggish plan for a remedy remain worrying. Urban planners, transport specialists and government at a seminar, which the Bangladesh Institute of Planners has organised on September 15, painted a stark picture of a city...
CUSTODIAL death continues in the changed political context that took place after August 5, 2024 when the Awami League government was toppled, with the installation of the interim government on August 8 that year which spoke of promises that...
ROAD submerged in rainwater causing extreme public suffering remain a perennial crisis for Dhaka. A photograph published in 抖阴精品 on September 15 showed how public buses are wading through rainwater collected on a road in the Mirpur area of the capital. Pedestrians are walking in knee-high water. In addition to traffic congestion and suffering for commuters...