Beware UN food systems summit trojan horse
Undoubtedly, the world needs to reform existing food systems to better serve humanity and sustainable development. But the United Nations World Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) must be consistent with...
Is covid-19 vaccine safe for pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers?
Pregnant women and lactating mothers have not been included in the Covid mass vaccination programme in Bangladesh since the beginning, and the rule is still in force.
We need safety net for garment workers
After all the talk of “bouncing back better” in our industry during the past 18-months, we are still failing the people who make our clothes.
Untamed Jamuna turns 20 families homeless within hours
Within just a few hours, more than 50 people became homeless, as their houses were engulfed in the riverbank erosion caused by the untamed Jamuna.
'It was like the morning after a nuclear attack'
The following is the field report on trip to Jessore, Khulna, Chalna and Kushtia submitted by Hendrik Van der Heijden, Economist, Pakistan Division, the World Bank, dated June 23, 1971.
The Dhaka Muslin Industry
The subject of this paper is the old muslin industry of Dacca [Dhaka] and its neighborhood. I shall not deal in this article with the Muslins produced here with British yarn.
The China wave in literature
At the Hay Dhaka Literary Festival of 2012 the celebrated Indian writer Vikram Seth, after reading some of his fine translations of Chinese poetry, remarked that he found it odd that his fellow...
