Our society still considers violence against women to be a women's issue and holds the view that only women should talk about it or protest it.
Questions have been raised by road safety activists as to whether a human life can be valued at only Tk 5 lakh.
As soon as we got onto Mirpur Road, I felt suddenly unable to breathe properly
Md Ziaul Haque, the director of Air Quality Management at the Department of Environment, talks with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about the factors behind severe air pollution in the country and why concerted efforts are needed from all ministries and government agencies concerned to fight it.
NHRC Chairman Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed talks about how the commission has dealt with the cases of enforced disappearance.
Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), talks about how corruption and a lack of good governance have crippled the country's healthcare services.
The time has come now to question these malpractices and demand the much-needed reforms in our healthcare system.
The fact that two children would have to die in the “safety” of their own home just because a pest control agency did not do its job properly is inconceivable.
Our society still considers violence against women to be a women's issue and holds the view that only women should talk about it or protest it.
Questions have been raised by road safety activists as to whether a human life can be valued at only Tk 5 lakh.
As soon as we got onto Mirpur Road, I felt suddenly unable to breathe properly
Md Ziaul Haque, the director of Air Quality Management at the Department of Environment, talks with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about the factors behind severe air pollution in the country and why concerted efforts are needed from all ministries and government agencies concerned to fight it.
NHRC Chairman Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed talks about how the commission has dealt with the cases of enforced disappearance.
Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), talks about how corruption and a lack of good governance have crippled the country's healthcare services.
The time has come now to question these malpractices and demand the much-needed reforms in our healthcare system.
The fact that two children would have to die in the “safety” of their own home just because a pest control agency did not do its job properly is inconceivable.
I have been writing about water development issues since the 1988 flood and, over time, developed a conceptual framework for discussing these issues.
Professor M Shamsul Alam talks to Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about the reasons behind the recent electricity price hike and how the energy sector can be made more efficient.