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Care homes for children and the elderly

The government initiative to develop eight 'Shanti Nibas' (peace abode) for elderly people under a modest project costing Tk 800 million is highly appreciated. What is novel about the project is that eight such care homes will be integrated with eight child homes ---one in each division --- on the...

Waterlogging in small cities

The curse of Dhaka's monsoon waterlogging has for some time been plaguing the smaller cities and towns as well. These cities include district and divisional headquarters. A lot of upazila towns also become waterlogged during monsoons with heavy rainfall. These spectacles were veritably unthinkable one to one-and-half decades ago. Of...

A changed America!

Nothing unexpected happened at the first presidential debate in Cleveland. Given President Trump's past records since his debates with his Democratic Party contestant Hilary Clinton in the run up to the November 8, 2016's presidential election, everyone knew it would be another bout of trading insults, if not of name-calling....

Giving introverts space

Their attitude, interaction, gesture and posture may be visible but not their personality. Until or unless we manage to get permission to enter their inner world, we can hardly know them. One may blame them for their inability to mix with others, but it is nothing but a myth. Perhaps...

Helping street children

Street children are also humans. It's unfortunate that they are treated so badly only because they areon the streetmost parts of the day. Hundreds of them are seen on the streets in the cities especially in Dhaka.They are actually born in the families that live in the slums. So, they...

Motivating youths for a better future

Bangladesh is known to be a country of the youth and it's the younger people of the earlier generations who played glorious roles in our language movement, the liberation war and the movement for democracy. The kind of proactive role the youth had played earlier is no longer seen. Whatever...