Beef, mutton going beyond reach: Strategies on livestock needed

Shammi Ahmed, a housewife at Mirpur, asked her husband to buy two kg of beef as her parents will visit her. Her husband Shahidul Karim, who works in a business house, requests his wife to entertain her parents with chicken as price of beef sells at Taka 750 per kg and that of mutton of ranges Tk 1000-1100.

০৯:০৫ এএম, ৫ এপ্রিল ২০২৩ বুধবার

SMA disease: Parents only wait to lose their loved ones

Most of the people have never heard of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic disease. But it is the truth that many children are born with the rare disease around the world including Bangladesh every year and they are to die without treatment and knowing about the disease.

০১:২৩ পিএম, ৪ মার্চ ২০২৩ শনিবার

Cooperatives sector faces new challenge

Manzurul Alam Mukul: The 48th National Cooperatives Day is being observed in the country today (Saturday) under the auspices of the Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry.

০৪:৩৪ এএম, ২ নভেম্বর ২০১৯ শনিবার

Country needs strong higher education system

Manzurul Alam Mukul: The government should mull over setting up more universities on PPP (public-private-partnership) basis across the country against the backdrop of limited seats at the public universities.

০৬:৪৭ এএম, ২৮ অক্টোবর ২০১৯ সোমবার

Indian restriction gives a boost to cattle rearing locally

Manzurul Alam Mukul: It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. This proverb is reflected now in the dairy and cattle-fattening sector in Bangladesh.

০৪:২৩ এএম, ৫ আগস্ট ২০১৯ সোমবার

Is it possible to revive Buriganga like Thames?

Manzurul Alam Mukul: The Thames is the beauty of London, a jewel in its crown. London’s financial district, information technology industry and many tourist spots such as the iconic London Eye, Sea Life Aquarium and O2 arena are built on the beautiful banks of the river.

০৮:১৬ এএম, ২৬ জুলাই ২০১৯ শুক্রবার

Bangladeshi tourists boom in India

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Over 21.50 Bangladeshis visited India in 2017 posing over 60 per cent growth over the previous 2016.
 

০৩:১০ এএম, ২১ জানুয়ারি ২০১৮ রোববার

EU countries should liberalize their visa process

By Manzurul Alam Mukul:  European Union (EU) countries are now struggling with influx of thousands of refugees, slow economic growth and high employment, terrorist attacks and presence of network of the Islamic State with a negative perception about Muslims in the Middle-east.

০৫:৪৪ এএম, ১৯ জানুয়ারি ২০১৭ বৃহস্পতিবার

Hilsa scarcity, astronomical prices shake Pahela Baishakh culture

Manzurul Alam Mukul: For the first time in the history, a debate has been created on the practice of eating Panta-Ilish on Pahela Baishakh (Bangla New Year).

০২:৩৭ এএম, ১৪ এপ্রিল ২০১৬ বৃহস্পতিবার

Awareness can help prevent 60 percent kidney diseases

Manzurul Alam Mukul: The number of kidney patients has increased alarmingly as two crore people in the country are now somehow suffering from kidney disease, says leading health experts.

০৪:৫২ এএম, ১০ মার্চ ২০১৬ বৃহস্পতিবার

Cancer care facility should be increased in country

Manzurul Alam Mukul: The health sector of Bangladesh is facing a serious challenge as non-communicable diseases like cancer pose a grave threat, especially because facilities for treatment continue to remain poor.

০৬:২০ এএম, ২৯ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০১৬ সোমবার

Bangladesh, India should start dialogue on visa issue

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Bangladesh and India should start dialogue on the visa issue at the official level to ease sufferings of common visa seekers, sources in the Computer Science and Electronics Department of the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), Bangladesh Computer Council and Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission.

০৫:২৫ এএম, ২২ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০১৬ সোমবার

Myanmar next giant RMG market

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Myanmar has emerged as a new competitor to Bangladesh in the world apparel market, sources in the industry said.

০৫:৪২ এএম, ২৫ জানুয়ারি ২০১৬ সোমবার

Paris Climate Deal: Blessing or symbol of injustice?

Manzurul Alam Mukul: After about two decades of fraught meetings and talks including the two weeks spent in an exhibition hall on the outskirts of Paris, the World governments on December 12 agreed on a historic international agreement to fight global warming.

০৭:৩৬ এএম, ২৭ ডিসেম্বর ২০১৫ রোববার

Vitamin A capsules to help kids increase chances of survival

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Vitamin A is essential to the immune system. The supplements increase children`s resistance to disease, as well as improving their chances for survival, growth and development.

০৩:২০ এএম, ১৪ নভেম্বর ২০১৫ শনিবার

Foreign arrivals very less than outbound tourists

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Simply speaking, outbound tourism is when a resident of a given country leaves that country to visit another one. It can be for holidays, business, trip, etc. On the other hand, inbound tourism is when a non-resident or foreigner visits a given country.   

১০:১৬ এএম, ৩০ অক্টোবর ২০১৫ শুক্রবার

Local cattle breeders, traders earn more

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Cattle breeding and trading have got a momentum in the country due to drop of smuggling and import of Indian animals.

০৯:৩২ এএম, ২১ অক্টোবর ২০১৫ বুধবার

Indian restriction can be blessing for local livestock sector

Manzurul Alam Mukul:  September 25 marks the Eid-ul-Azha festival, which is also known as the ‘Feast of Sacrifice’. Over the course of this holiday period, Muslims across the globe have been slaughtering their best halal animals as a symbolic homage to the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his first son as an act of supplication to Allah. 

 

০৭:২৫ এএম, ১৯ সেপ্টেম্বর ২০১৫ শনিবার

Brutality galore: A view of degenerate society

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Every day when we look on media we are to see stories of brutality, death, torture, atrocities, fear, repression, etc. But the brutal incidents including killing of children, are taking place one after another, and those are shaking the whole society and raising various questions.

০৫:৪১ এএম, ৩০ আগস্ট ২০১৫ রোববার

Yasmin a symbol of fight against crime perpetrators

Manzurul Alam Mukul: As a South Asian country, Bangladesh is no different from its neighbors. Violence against women is amongst the most serious threats and its estimated prevalence rate of violence against women is extremely high. Due to a lack of reliable base-line surveys, the exact number of women affected by violence is unknown, but it is the reality that it is an obstacle to the achievement of equality, development and peace.

০৪:৫১ এএম, ২৪ আগস্ট ২০১৫ সোমবার

Big cats in big danger of extinction!

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Tiger, symbol of the beast and beauty, is now a threatened species worldwide including Bangladesh. A century ago, there were hundreds of thousands of tigers roaming in the wild, but the species tigers now worldwide are in serious danger of becoming extinct.

০৪:৪৪ এএম, ২৯ জুলাই ২০১৫ বুধবার

Drug addicts spend Tk 70cr everyday in Bangladesh

Manzurul Alam Mukul: When the `International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking` is being observed in Bangladesh like elsewhere in the world today (Friday) then it is unfortunate that about six million who are drug addicted in Bangladesh spend over Tk 700 million (Tk 70 crore)  every day on illegal narcotics.

০৯:২৬ এএম, ২৬ জুন ২০১৫ শুক্রবার

Hotel industry sees bright prospect in Bangladesh

Manzurul Alam Mukul:   According to World Trade Organization (WTO), one incoming tourist in a particular country provides direct and indirect employment to nine persons. Travel and tourism is now one of the world`s fastest growing business segments.

০৯:১৭ এএম, ১৯ জুন ২০১৫ শুক্রবার

The Journey of Death

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Over recent years, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have left their homes in what has become the largest regional sea migration since the end of the Vietnam War. Some Bangladeshis are thought mainly to be economic migrants and desperate fortune-seekers are leaving the country to get better jobs in South East countries. Some also are becoming victims of human smugglers.

০৩:৩৫ এএম, ৩০ মে ২০১৫ শনিবার

We must get ready to face earthquake damages

Manzurul Alam Mukul: The Big Himalayan Quake has been predicted for years. In the Himalayan belt, where an active Indian tectonic plate is said to be pushing up against the Tibetan tectonic plate at upwards of 4cm a year, considering a breakneck speed in geological terms.

০৭:৩১ এএম, ২৯ এপ্রিল ২০১৫ বুধবার

A capsule, a future!

Manzurul Alam Mukul: According to a study, each year 4,013,000 children are born in Bangladesh, of whom 277,000 do not live to see their fifth birthday.  Impact of vitamin-A deficiency is one of the causes of the deaths.

০৩:৪১ এএম, ২৫ এপ্রিল ২০১৫ শনিবার

`Good taste, good contributor to economy`

Manzurul Alam Mukul: In Odisha, there is a popular saying that `Machha khaaiba Ilishii, chakiri kariba polisi`,  which means that eating hilsa and getting a job in police department are of equal status, meaning that eating hilsa is respectable.

১০:৪৪ এএম, ৭ এপ্রিল ২০১৫ মঙ্গলবার

Is it possible to recover eco-balance in south-western region?

Manzurul Alam Mukul: By visiting the south-western parts of the country just 30 years ago or it`s before, one could watch a special natural system and lifestyle, but those are far difference at present. There were many special organisms and features in the region. One could watch rivers, canals, beels, boats, mangrove trees, shrubs, birds and many more. People and many kinds of living things were in the circle of nature. There was an excellent ecosystem and a food chain relationship which used to play an imperative role in ecological balance of the nature. But all of those have been lost as the eco-balance has been disturbed due to some natural reasons and man-made causes.

১০:১২ এএম, ৩১ মার্চ ২০১৫ মঙ্গলবার

Water key to sustainable development

Manzurul Alam Mukul: A drop of water is flexible. A drop of water is powerful. A drop of water is in demand. Water is at the core of sustainable development. Water resources underpin poverty reduction, economic growth and environmental sustainability. From food and energy security to human and environmental health, water contributes to improvements in social well-being and inclusive growth, affecting the livelihoods of billions.

০৬:৫৭ এএম, ২২ মার্চ ২০১৫ রোববার

Recession in property market

Manzurul Alam Mukul: The price of property at the up-market is going through correction like the stock market, and has nosedived by one-third in recent times, according to developers, economists and bankers, according to developers, economists and bankers.

০৬:২৫ এএম, ৯ মার্চ ২০১৫ সোমবার

Political unrest a threat to tourism sector

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Bangladesh is endowed with so many natural beauties like sea beaches, parks, forests, eco tourism, wild life sanctuaries, hill tracts areas, tea estates, island, etc. Moreover, two international standard sea ports, hundreds of museums, attract people from all over the world. Bright historical background has blessed Bangladesh with so many historic places, heritages, monuments, historical buildings, and archaeological sites.

০৫:৫১ এএম, ২০ ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০১৫ শুক্রবার

Is Bt Brinjal is poisonous or nutritious?

Manzurul Alam Mukul: There is none who prefers a dish of Brinjal like fried, mashed or Brinjal curry with fish. The vegetable is not only testy but also very nutritious. It is a very good source of fiber, calcium, phosphorus, folate, and vitamins B and C. It is also helpful for curing diabetes, hypertension, obesity and colon cancer and increasing memory and skin’s brightness.

০৫:০৫ এএম, ২৮ নভেম্বর ২০১৪ শুক্রবার

Frog reproduction cycle now at bathhouse of Mughal’s Nabab!

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Hammam means a community bathhouse or only a bathhouse. Basically, it comes from the Persian word ‘hu-mam’. The idea of hammam was developed in the Muslim countries.

০৪:০৯ এএম, ৩১ অক্টোবর ২০১৪ শুক্রবার

Last struggle of Hanumans!

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Having survived for several centuries in Keshabpur of Jessore district, the Hanuman species (Grey Langur) is now facing extinction.

০৪:১৮ এএম, ২৬ আগস্ট ২০১৪ মঙ্গলবার

Sufferings in the month of Ramadan

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Ramadan has come again with huge sufferings like the previous years. A fasting day starts through eating Sehari, a meal eaten before the sun rises, and after the sun sets. The fast is broken with a meal known as Iftar. During the period, Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, smoking, and marital relations from sunup until sundown.

০৪:৩০ এএম, ২ জুলাই ২০১৪ বুধবার

Motorcycle helicopter service gains popularity in southwest region

Manzurul Alam Mukul: Motorcycle helicopter is now one of the popular vehicles among the commuters in the southwestern part of Bangladesh, especially in the districts of Satkhira, Khulna and Jessore.

০৫:৪০ এএম, ২৫ জুন ২০১৪ বুধবার