Getting the best out of a youthful nation
Sakib Khan's family has six members. The parents and two sons, aged between 20 and 55 years, earn a livelihood, while the two daughters aged below 15 attend school.
20 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Dev not possible without empowering women
State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan yesterday committed to investing more for gender equality, after attending a four-day global conference Women Deliver in Denmark.
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Equip women with technology, stresses Copenhagen conference
As soon as the session ended at 10:00am and the five high-level panelists began leaving the stage, dozens of youths started climbing up the podium and started taking photos with one of them.
18 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Invest in girls and women
Global leaders have called for greater investments for girls and women who are at the center-stage of development in the new global framework, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adapted by the UN in September 2015.
17 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Healthcare makes Denmark haven for mothers
Denmark was ranked the fourth best country to be a mother in Save the Children's annual Mothers' Index last year. But, what does it take to be that?
16 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Midwives to change maternal, child health scenario
Bangladesh is set to witness a new era in healthcare with the introduction of professional midwives who can dramatically improve the quality of maternal and child health.
15 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh students could make Mars rover
Imagine a rover wandering on the surface of Mars. It should not be too hard. We have plenty of films illustrating what it is like,
27 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Youth workforce to lead future development in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has a huge young and productive workforce that will continue to increase until 2030 and can contribute to
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM
160 doctors to lose job
Some 160 experienced doctors of the BSMMU, the country's lone medical university, are going to lose their jobs due to irregularities in recruitment by the authorities concerned 11 years ago.
5 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Flower business blooming
Flower is there in all our occasions -- be it a happy one or otherwise. It makes us feel better and soothes us in distress.
29 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshis look down the barrel
The rights of some six lakh Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia are being seriously curtailed due to policies adopted by the Southeast Asian country as part of its efforts to combat a slowing economy.
26 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Fund scarcity gnawing away at TB programme
Fighting tuberculosis remains an uphill task as the country faces budget shortage while some 1.5 lakh patients of the air-borne disease remain undetected annually, said experts and officials.
23 March 2016, 19:55 PM
Ordeal of an AIDS patient
Sultana (not the real name) was shocked when refused a surgery on an abscess at a public hospital in Dhaka sometime in 2013 because of being HIV positive.
14 March 2016, 18:10 PM
Not a worker to be hired by KL
Following a series of controversies, Malaysian deputy prime minister yesterday said the initial plan to bring in 1.5 million Bangladeshi
12 March 2016, 18:00 PM
The New Icons
Perfecting her swimming strokes in a pond for hours in her village home, did the thought ever cross Mahfuza Khatun
11 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Honeypot waiting to be exploited
If you have been to Chalan Beel, the country's largest marshland, which covers Sirajganj, Pabna and Natore, this winter, it is highly likely that you took notice of the vast mustard fields and the farmers working with dozens of wooden boxes there.
28 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Malaysia halts recruitment from abroad
In nothing less than a dramatic flip-flop, Malaysia yesterday announced suspending recruitment of foreign workers
19 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Private recruiters against monopoly
Private recruiting agencies yesterday wrote to the prime minister seeking her intervention in halting possible monopoly by a “syndicate led by a Malaysian company” in hiring Bangladeshi workers there.
16 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Family planning major challenge for development
The United Nations Population Fund has expressed worries over the fund shortages for family planning in the developing countries as
29 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Int'l confce stresses youths' reproductive health rights
Youths are deprived of information and services related to sexual or reproductive health.
27 January 2016, 18:00 PM