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Hugo Chavez on cancer

Ameer HamzaThe Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wondered last week whether the United States could be giving cancer to Latin American leaders! Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, her predecessor Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Paraguay's Fernando Lugo have all been diagnosed with cancer in recent years. And Chavez himself has been...

All is not well with civilisation

Nilratan HalderWith the world players remaining unconvinced of the merit of taking immediate action for reining in carbon emission to the extent that limits global temperature two degrees above the pre-industrial level, the onus is now on environmental scientists, green activists and of course small countries like the Maldives and...

Still a long way to go for women journalists in Bangladesh

Fauzia SultanaOn completion of her Master's degree in Journalism from Rajshahi University, Shirin moved to Dhaka in search of a job. But she had little idea that having a job these days is not an easy catch. After a long search, she got one as a trainee in a private...

Critics of capitalism

Prof Dr M Azizur RahmanAccording to the critics of capitalism, distribution of wealth, power and freedom is not equitable in a capitalist society. Knowledge is power. Similarly wealth is power. In the capitalist society, a powerful man enjoys more freedom. Accordingly, wealth, power, freedom and right of expression are correlated...

The brand calling

Mohammad Ruhul KaderWhen I was a college kid, my father often bought me pen. Sometimes he also took me to buy one. But what I'm trying to say is not a creepy story of father-child sweet relationship. Rather, a different story. However, whenever I went with my father for buying...

Co-operation among art museums

Samar Paul In the new millennium, museum is no more mere a depository of collections, nor even only a store-house of curiosities and artifacts. Traditionally, a museum needs to have collection, conservation, exhibition, research and publication, mass communication and education processes through systematic and planned methods. Now-a-days much more emphasis...

Need for getting rid of anxiety and having patience

Mohammed Sohel HaraAnxiety is part and parcel of modern life. In our day-to-day life, everyone of us feels and deals with anxiety more or less but when it becomes chronic, it is a real health hazard. This invites heart palpitation, muscle weakness, shortness of breath, headache etc.We are living a...

Working children at stake in old Dhaka

Habib Toriqul The fire accident in the old part of Dhaka, Nimtali on June, 2010 has led to our realization about the distress of living amid the devils in the city and again, the earthquake on September 18, 2011 reminded us of the risks of living on a shaky ground....