More than 25,000 classrooms in some 8,000 schools damaged during April's devastating earthquake in Nepal begin to re-open.

THE aftershocks of the massive quakes epicentered in Nepal have resulted in damages to some 61 primary schools in nine upazilas of Pabna district.

It is impossible to remain unmoved by the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Nepal after last week's earthquake of magnitude 7.9. The death-toll has already crossed 5,000 as rescue operations are being wound down.

Slowly but surely, Dhaka city is becoming a death-trap in the case of a seismic disaster. Is it ignorance or greed in terms of promoting individual interest?

We are aware that the road to recovery will be long. It would take many years but we are resolute that we will rebuild those priceless monuments, and the cities and villages that have turned to rubble.