Soaring prices of commodities worldwide have negatively impacted Bangladesh's agriculture, especially by increasing production cost of food grains. A 23 per cent hike in the price of diesel has triggered a spike in the costs of various agricultural inputs including fertiliser, irrigation and transportation by 15 to 18 per cent...
Read moreKremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov's comment that there has not been much progress in the negotiations one day after the Ukrainian and Russian delegates sat in Istanbul of Turkey has only confirmed Western misgivings about any positive outcomes from the talks. In fact, none of the similar talks between Russia and...
Read moreA commuter in Dhaka usually takes at least double the time to reach his/her destination. This is nothing but a waste of precious time and working hours along with costly fuel. Moreover, the waste also leads to air and sound pollution. All these are due to bad traffic on roads...
Read moreThe number of diarrhoea patients is rising day by day in Dhaka city. The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) is reportedly struggling to tackle the diarrhoea patients and has had to set up tents on its premises to accommodate them. A contemporary has recently reported that breaches...
Read moreIn Bangladesh, there has been a significant rise in rapes and other crimes against women and children in past several years. Unfortunately, we have failed to act against this rising epidemic of violence and crime against women and children. Every day we come across news of yet another episode of...
Read moreWhenever there is a food crisis or price hike of essential commodities, many urban people start talking about food self-sufficiency and support to farmers. In other times, we simply forget our farmers. We even feel shaky over giving them their due recognition. They, on the other hand, always face enormous...
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