The queer case of city authorities’ buying insecticide
QUEER it is that Dhaka city authorities, the north and the south, have so far never bought insecticides meant to kill Aedes mosquitoes, the primary vector of dengue. They have ReadMore
Government must make Eid-time travel a priority agenda
THE way Eid-time passengers suffer on roads, railway and waterways speaks volume of the lack of seriousness of relevant government agencies about making travel safe and smooth. People leaving the ReadMore
Same old perilous journey for Eid home goers
Condition of more than five thousand kilometres of roads and highways is not safe for home-goers in the upcoming Eid vacation. The Police Headquarters say some forty lakh people will ReadMore
People must get into habit of donating blood
DENGUE having assumed an epidemic proportion, or ‘endemic’ as physicians struggling to cope with the rush of patients are reported to have preferred to say, has strained hospitals and clinics ReadMore
Dengue menace worsens
With more than ten thousand patients already diagnosed with dengue fever and around eight and a half thousand patients hospitalized in July alone, the mosquito borne disease has taken a ReadMore
Make milk safer for consumers
The High Court’s tough stance on the raging controversy over the purity of milk from certain brands of the country is indeed laudable and it is expected that the court ReadMore
The UN’s free speech problem
ANYONE willing to consult the international law book on the subject of free speech will find it heavy with protections for free speech. The UN Declaration of Human Rights features, ReadMore
Govt must stop railway accidents
LACK of people’s awareness and the poor maintenance of level crossings and railway bridges by the authorities concerned contributed to an increase in railway accidents, which claimed 209 lives in ReadMore
