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Mental healthcare facilities need care

The death of a senior assistant superintendent of police in a private mental healthcare clinic located in the city's Adabor has raised more questions than can be answered. Reportedly, the clinic is one of those running illegally in the area comprising Mohammadpur, Shyamoli and Adabor. In recent drives against other...

Battling Child Marriage

UNICEF has released a report in October on the state of child marriage in Bangladesh, which provides a grim picture of this pervasive social malaise in the country despite progress in recent decades. Titled 'Ending Child Marriage: A Profile of Progress in Bangladesh', it claims based on countrywide surveys that...

Worries over farmland depletion

Over 69,000 hectares of agricultural land have been shrinking annually due to rapid industrialisation, unplanned urbanisation and increase in rural settlements. Such a situation is pushing the country's food security at risk. A report on the loss of agricultural land based on a study indicated a regular and increasingly declining...

Keeping Dhaka's air pollution-free

As the pandemic situation is far from over, everybody is required to wear mask to get some protection against the virus. But at the end of the day, it is not a long-term solution. Even so, we have to take all possible measures to ensure our physical wellbeing.As the winter...

Smartphone addiction

Addiction to gadgets is increasing day by day among the youths and the adults are also not far behind. People, irrespective of their age, are often seen glued to their mobile phones. What is more horrifying is that many children are now fed while showing something on smartphones and many...

Mystery over police officer's death in hospital

Shfting of patients from the state-run hospitals to private facilities is not a new thing in the country. There might be a powerful syndicate of middlemen and hospital employees behind this immoral practice.The death of police officer Anisul Karim while taking treatment in a private hospital is probably an example...