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Overcoming the condition of data deficit

The question of free flow of or the right to information is not a convenient catchphrase with political overtone. Quite to the contrary! In truth, it is crucial to the country's economic growth. Sooner the policymakers become alive to the issue, the better. Especially, the criticality of the issue has...

Pulling Afghans back from the brink

The US has thanked Pakistan, the host of a recently-held meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)'s foreign ministers in aid of Afghanistan. The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan has been deteriorating since mid-August when the US-led foreign forces left Afghanistan and the rebels who were fighting against them, the...

Corporal punishment is a crime against man, society and God

A school classroom is no place for misery, lost hopes and the grief-stricken tears of children shamelessly shed; nor should it be a colosseum where the flames of joy, excitement, mystery, and adventures of learning are extinguished. Schools should be sanctified establishments like churches, mosques and temples - the custodians...

Raising awareness of uterine cancer

The uterus, or womb, is the place where a baby grows when a woman is pregnant. And the cancer that is caused in its mouth is the cancer of the cervix. When this uncontrolled cell division occurs, a lump or wheel is formed in the body. It can be benign....

Timely distribution of free textbooks

The government of Bangladesh has been providing free textbooks to primary and secondary level students since 2010. The tradition of handing out books to students on the first day of the year can be termed one of the successes of the government. However, it was not possible to hold the...

Education to fight corruption

Bangladesh routinely finds itself among the most corrupt countries in the world. The country has reportedly slipped two places in the Global Corruption Perception Index 2020 released by the Transparency International (TI), and is ahead only of Afghanistan in tackling graft among its South Asian neighbours. We often hear the...