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90pc RMG women labor faces mental torture

Around ninety percent of the females laboring in the factory are subjected to mental torture while 51 percent of women to physical abuse.43 per cent of women were sexually assaulted, the Bangladesh Labor Rights Forum and Citizens’ Initiative Research paper reported. The report is based on a su...

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Arable land decreases alarmingly

Agricultural arable land sharplylessening in the country. On the contrary,the demand for food is increasing. For its consequences, the agricultural land must be protectedand at the same time crop production must be increased, experts said.Human expansion throughout the world caused that agriculture ...

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Antibiotic resistance grows alarmingly

Frequent use of antibiotics is creating stronger germs, posing a serious threat to public health with some bacteria already ‘resistant’ to common antibiotics, experts say. In this context, as most of the people in the country live in remote villages, they usually take treatment from quac...

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90pc female RMG workers face mental torture

Around ninety percent of the females laboring in the factory are subjected to mental torture while 51 percent of women to physical abuse.43 per cent of women were sexually assaulted, the Bangladesh Labor Rights Forum and Citizens’ Initiative Research paper reported. The report is based on a su...

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Goat rearing making people self-reliant

Black Bengal goat rearing is sharply increasing day by day in many districts of the country as goat farming is notably contributing to reducing unemployment and poverty. Cattle farms are growing at a rate of 25 per cent every year, since cattle stopped coming from India.There are now about 12 l...

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Mental illness still a taboo

Although a huge number of persons in the country are suffering from different levels of mental illness, very few people are aware of curing it through proper medical treatment. Ignorance, the fear and shame of being labelled a mad are the reasons behind no treatment and often mistreatment of the men...

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Patients at great risks

Patients admitted in public hospitals face risk of being injured as many of the uncared shabby looking hospital buildings are found to be worn-out with visible cracks which may fall apart any time.During visits to many such dilapidated appearing hospitals in the city this correspondent witnessed evi...

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Misuse of antibiotics causes drug resistance

Without any prescription selling of antibiotics is banned in Bangladesh like in many countries of the world. Yet antibiotics are being sold over the counter without proper prescription.Doctors warn that misuse of antibiotics can lead to drug resistance in the human body which is now known to be one ...

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No let up in road crash

There is no let up in road crashes in the country as at least 80 people were killed and many others injured in the first 11 days after the enforcement of the Road Transport Act-2018.The Road Transport Act-2018 began on November 17 with creating mass awareness on the law.But reckless driving continue...

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Mosquito menace takes serious turn

With setting of the winter mosquito menace in the capital Dhaka is taking a serious turn gradually, giving many dwellers sleepless nights.Most people living in different residential areas of the city have begun complaining against the increase in mosquito menace over the last few days.The mosquitoes...

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Illegal brick kilns serious health threat

Thick black smoke emitted from illegal brick kilns around city’s five districts posing a serious health threat to its people. Over 1300 brick kilns around city’s five districts --Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur, Munshiganj, and Manikganj are running illegally under the very nose of the autho...

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Hatirjheel reeks of garbage

City people know Hatirjheel as a symbol of art for its construction, and style for its beauty. But now city people have to bear a lot to live with it. The colour of the Hatirjheel water has taken on that of dirt, a smelly dirty mess. At the same time, the quantity of garbage floating on the water ha...

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Acute crisis of forensic experts deny justice

Shortage of forensic experts in the country’s 36 government medical colleges and hospitals is creating ‘serious difficulties’ to perform an autopsy of dead bodies. There are only 27 forensic experts are currently working at 36 government medical colleges and hospitals. As a result,...

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42 percent people go to quacks

About 58% of patients seek treatment from drugstores, homeopathy doctors, Hakim-Kabiraj, Ojha, Pir, Baidya and others. According to stats given by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), more than half of the patients do not receive proper medical care. It further says that most people in the country...

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Alarming rise in diabetes, urgent awareness highly recommended

Majorities of the 84 lakh diabetic patients in the country don’t know they have diabetes, according to the Diabetes Association of Bangladesh or better known as Bangladesh Diabetic Somiti (BADAS). The organization also reveals that out of every 10 persons at least one develops diabetes in Bang...

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Fear of session jam grips public varsity students

Acute session jam may grip several reputed public universities pushing thousands of students’ education life as well as career into uncertainty as there is no sign of easing longstanding unrest in those academic institutions. The current unrest in Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh Univ...

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People benefit from free legal services

Two years ago, Salma Begum of Krishnapur Paikpara village of Kurigram went to the District Legal Aid office to seek legal assistance. She returned to her father's house two years ago after being tortured by her husband. After bagging dowry, her husband Saidul divorced her.In November 2017, she a...

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Unsafe electric wires, poles pose threat to life

The tilted electric poles and live wires hanging ominously overhead in public places pose a “serious” threat to human life. A little contact and this might be the end of a precious life.  A number of electric poles in capital Dhaka, other metropolitan cities, district downs, upazila...

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Drug prices show stunning hikes

Prices of different life-saving medicines continue to show alarming hikes, a matter of serious concern, and forcing the lower income general patients away from essential drugs. The prices of many drugs are logically expected to remain within the buying capacity of the common patients as the National...

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More than 6000 die annually

Showing an increasing trend of death from snakebite, more than 6000 people die from the bite of venomous snakes every year in the country. On average 16 people die from snakebite per day in the country which has become a silent concern yet snakebites are not considered a major health problem in Bang...