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Reining in Ramadan market manipulators

The holy month of Ramadan begins in less than a fortnight. The pious Muslims of the country have started taking preparations for observing the month of fasting. As the month requires the observant to go through daylong fasts, it warrants the fasting people to remain physically strong and fit while...

Women's rights and progress of human civilisation

Despite increasing participation of women in almost all spheres of social, economic and political activities, the reality that women across the world are largely denied of their due privileges, even dispossessed of legal rights, is a stark reality that undermines the progress of human civilisation as a whole. While some...

Satisfying the demand for higher education

Governments across the world are struggling to keep pace with the rapidly rising demand for higher education as many families cannot afford it. Recently, the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) reported that the number of university level students doubled to 207 million from 2000 to 2014....

Mistakes in physics question paper

A Bangla daily reports that there were mistakes in Saturday's HSC first paper physics question paper. Errors were there in creative part. Question 4, 5 and 7 contained the mistakes. The English version question paper of the same paper also contained some errors. Whenever students are in the exam hall,...

WASA water drinkable?

The Managing Director (MD) of the Dhaka Water Supply Authority (WASA) has rejected Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) report that mentioned the people of the city have to burn gas worth Taka 3.32 billion every year to boil water to make it drinkable. The MD claimed that the water of WASA...

Eating healthy in Ramadan

The holy month of Ramadan is just around the corner. It is a very important month for the Muslims all over the world. Religion is a constant source of solace and hope in human life. It inspires everyone to lead a good life. Ramadan is a time when we should...

Playgrounds for children

Playgrounds are essential for balanced growth of our children. In Dhaka city, there are very few playgrounds. Children have few places to play, so they lose touch of Nature and become dependent on smart phones and computers. Touch of Nature is very essential for mental and physical development of children....