Conquering cholera: A silent golden jubilee

That Bangladesh, previously East Pakistan, would one day find itself among the nations credited with overpowering a killer disease was unthinkable five decades ago. But the country could achieve the distinction by offering the world a simple, home-grown cure for acute diarrhoeal disease, a euphemism for cholera. Prior to the...

The case for research universities

Among the total educational institutes of a country, universities play the critical role in producing skilled human resources. Besides the mission of teaching-learning, the modern universities now have a new identity as the locus of knowledge creation through research on meeting the diverse challenges in society. A quick check reveals...