Potential health risks from COVID-19 healthcare waste
GB Today ।। Ohidul Alam ।। Inappropriate treatment and disposal of the infectious HCW may pose serious environmental and occupational…
Opinion
Freedom in chains (Politics and Play: The perilous state of press freedom in India today)
।। Ramachandra Guha ।। (The Indian press is less free, more vulnerable to State intimidation, than at any…
Rice and rise of Bangladesh
।। M. Abdul Momin ।। Since independence population increased two-and-half fold but rice production has increased more than…
Creating a chilling effect!
You are aware an island journalist named Mr Zubair Ahmed has been taken into police custody yesterday night…
The unfolding suspense around Masud Rana
।। Shamim A. Zahedy ।। Masud Rana is a series book, not just an alienated book that a…
Pandemic fear and literature of the past
।। Khandoker Montasir Hassan ।। The most important lesson that the present-day readers can learn from these pandemic-related…
From Churchill to Columbus: Idols Fall as George Floyd Killing Reminds World of Iconic Leaders’ Racist Past
।। Jashodhara Mukherjee ।। Protesters around the world are now turning towards statues and monuments of famed world…
Ram Guha is wrong. Gandhi went from a racist young man to a racist middle-aged man
।। ỌBÁDÉLÉ KAMBON ।। There is a reason why Ghanaians protested the Gandhi statue and said #GandhiMustFall. There…
India needs to know the real Gandhi
।। Ramesh Rao ।। A biography of Gandhi has been banned in Gujarat – but India should know…
A crack in the hornets’ nest: Strife within Bangladesh military order
।। Subir Bhaumik ।। Sheikh Hasina Wajed needs to take firm control of the situation before the army…
Is unwanted journalism killing medical ethics?
।। Dr. Joyeeta Talukdar ।। Since Hippocrates, confidentiality has been presented as the one cornerstone of ethics in…
Amid Uncertainty over NRC, 300 Foreigner Tribunals Expected to be Functional within a Month in Assam
।। Rajeev Bhattacharyya।। As many as three hundred Foreigners Tribunals are expected to begin the task of hearing…
Covid-19 pandemic and Higher Education: The South Asian Scenario
।। Arun Kumar Goswami ।। Now it is the time of ‘covid-19 pandemic’. On 12 January 2020, the…
Sundarbans the rescuer
A topical question now is how much economic damages of Amphan the Sundarbans has actually helped Bangladesh avoid.…
DATELINE INDIA: More to come?
The Indian government’s hands are more than full. Nature’s fury is of course one part. There is another,…
George Floyd and beyond
Shamim A. Zahedy: Can the US afford to ‘remain a leader in the effort to champion human rights…
Protect purity of every type of media
GB Today Shamim A. Zahedy: When lines between the social media and mainstream media especially news media are obscured, the…
The art and artists in the time of catastrophe
Niaz Majumdar: Guernica shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians.…
A question of ethics
Nabeel Khan: Is it only the suppliers’ responsibility to maintain standards? In international or bilateral issues, Bangladeshi counterparts…
A different approach
Forrest Cookson: Why Bangladesh Bank should lift restrictions on consumer credit In this article I suggest a different…