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Nation's poor health indicators

The third ICDDR, B-initiated policy dialogue on 'Urban Health and Universal Health Coverage in Bangladesh' gives an indication of how challenging it is to get health-related information. If the information is scanty, health research is bound to suffer a lot. Notwithstanding the limited information on public health, the picture of...

Let children glow in happiness

Except during merrymaking on the national holidays, the faces of happy urban children have lately been absent in the country's media. The media includes both print and electronic worlds. Images of blithe and buoyant children in villages and cities used to be a normal media feature. Not long ago, the...

Moon-Kim summit - a harbinger of peace on Korean Peninsula

Republic of Korea (ROK) President Moon Jae-in seems to be playing a major role in establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula. Peace has been elusive in the Peninsula since the 1950-1953 Korean War. The South Korean President, along with his wife, visited Pyongyang at the invitation of Supreme Leader of...

Hi-tech parks can help fight unemployment

A government plan to set up hi-tech parks was mooted in early 2000s. These were initially planned on lands in the outskirts of Dhaka. But such a government plan could not be materialised despite persistent pressure from the software development and export companies in the country. This group of businessmen...

Mustafiz, Mahmudullah keep the dream alive

Fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman showed his class and magic in the last over of the Bangladesh-Afghanistan Super Four match of the Asia Cup 2018 on September 23. He gave only four runs to the Afghans when they required eight to win the match.It was a do-or-die match for both the...

'Doob' set to compete in 91st Academy Awards

It is really exciting that noted filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's much-appreciated film 'Doob' (No Bed of Roses) has been officially selected as Bangladesh's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 91st Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars.The Federation of Bangladesh Film Societies is responsible for selecting...