Food Can Be the Best Medicine

Dr Shahidul Islam Long before modern medicine developed, people understood that food was closely linked to good health. Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates famously said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Modern medicine is now giving this idea a new meaning. The Food is Medicine movement does not suggest that food can […]Continue Reading

What Do We Expect from the State?

Rintu Anwar The biggest weakness of our national politics is our failure to understand the fundamental difference between overthrowing an authoritarian regime and building a sustainable democratic system. Bringing down an authoritarian system can be a heroic event at a particular moment, but building an effective democratic state is a daily institutional struggle. After Continue Reading

Bangladesh Must Stand With Nepal

Nepal, a landlocked country situated at the foot of the Himalayas, attracts millions of tourists from around the world every year because of its breathtaking natural beauty. Known as the “daughter of the Himalayas,” the country’s tourism sector is a major source of remittance income. However, Nepal has faced a series of devastating natural disasters […]Continue Reading

Today is Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi (PBUH)

Today is 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal, the holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi (PBUH), commemorating the birth and death anniversary of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), the greatest of the prophets and the supreme guide of humanity. He was born in 570 AD in the holy city of Makkah, the spiritual centre of the world. He is regarded not only as a guide for […]Continue Reading

Holy Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH)

Today is 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal, the holy Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH), marking the birth and death anniversary of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), the greatest guide of humanity and the greatest of all prophets. He was born in 570 AD in the holy city of Makkah, the centre of the world. He is not only the guide of his followers […]Continue Reading

Law, order and citizen security must be ensured

The remains of four members of the same family were recently found in a three-storied house in Rangpur city’s Kamalkachna neighbourhood, causing shockwaves of sorrow and fear across the neighbourhood. At first, it was thought that the victims, including Ganapati Chakraborty, a former Rangpur Zilla School teacher, his wife, daughter, and son, were the victims […]Continue Reading