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BAF's 'seed ball' programme

Two print media news items about the country's forest resources must have attracted the readers' attention. One shows the pace of the disappearance of coastal trees on the Kuakata beach; the other comes up with a project of reforestation adopting a style novel to Bangladesh. Shifting from the age-old method...

Pandemic is not over, so are scams

The everyday scenes on the streets, markets and other places might lead an outsider to believe that the deadly virus does not exist in this country anymore. Nearly 70 to 80 per cent of people do not bother to wear masks when they are outside their homes. Markets, hotels and...

Cyber crimes on the rise

The arrest of Nazmus Saaqeb Nayem, an IT virtuoso, has surprisingly not made screaming headlines. According to the police, the tech wizard has confessed to swindling Tk 30 million through online forgery of a visa card of a Bangladeshi businessman based in Papua New Guinea. He has to his credit...

Corona reshaping relationship, society?

As more and more people, if still not the majority, are coming back to working life outside of home, they are yet to find the old vibrancy at public places. In Bangladesh, a more visible thing is a lull in visits to friends and relatives for adda (rendezvous). Perhaps, there...

Migrants becoming loan-burdened

Many expatriate workers who returned home before and immediately after the outbreak of the Covid-19 have lost their savings and are struggling to cope with the situation. These people have no option but to go back to workplaces. That's why, we've seen desperation among many workers to secure visa or...

Laptop sales and next business

Sales of laptop computers have surged in Bangladesh following the coronavirus attack in the country in March. This shows that people are using technology to continue their day-to-day activities despite restrictions in movement and lifestyle. However, this trend has not benefited all,especially the ones who cannot afford to purchase such...

Let culprits be punished

Reports of incidents of rape, repression of women and stalking are frustrating and, of course, a shame for us all. A girl was killed near Dhaka and another girl with disability was raped in hill region. The rape of a Dhaka University student in Kurmitola months back is still in...