Mahmudul Hoque Moni The budget session of the 11th Parliament will begin on June 10, 2020, in Bangladesh. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the eighth budget session called by the Head of the State will be in some ways – abnormal. Journalists will not be allowed inside and a limited number of Member of the Parliaments will be allowed to admit and participate after being tested for Covid-19. Nevertheless, all sectors of the economy, people from all walks of …
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Mahmudul Hoque Moni Although tobacco’s effect on the environment is lethal, not much attention has been placed towards this issue. In this short blog, I will draw from several research works to explore tobacco’s diverse effect on various aspects of the environment, especially related to humans. We have an agreement that smoking can cause various respiratory diseases but second-hand smoking causes damages to the family environment and atmosphere of public places. Two American Psychologists – Paul Cameron and Donald Robertson …
Mahmudul Hoque Moni Today is the 3rd June – the World Bicycle Day. The United Nation’s General Assembly adopted the resolution on the 12th of April 2018 to observe this day annually. And, in today’s world especially amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown, bicycles become more important than any time before. Bangladesh started to observe this day immediately after the resolution was passed and a large community was seen riding bicycles in the capital. Several NGOs, environmental activists and cyclists’ communities …
Mahmudul Hoque Moni Amid the most deadly pandemic for the last few days, many cities across the United States have been experiencing severe protests over the death of George Floyd. Protesters claim that the incident was an act of killing and the policeman who was seen inhumanly kneeling him is to be held responsible and should be punished accordingly. However, these protests have brought lights on the movement of Black Lives Matter. On the 25th of May 2020, Derek Chauvin, …
Bangladesh aims to become a tobacco-free country by 2040. The goal was officially set in 2016 when the head of the government on the World No Tobacco Day announced that making the country free from tobacco can be pertinent to achieve sustainable development. Five years have passed, and the vision seems to lack clarity, direction, and purpose. Tobacco kills. Tobacco causes cancer. We came to know about these lethal effects of tobacco in recent years, since 1964 to be specific …
Mahmudul Hoque Moni Despite so many long-held debates, objectivity has become a widely accepted method of practising journalism in all parts of the world. In journalism, it refers to the reporting or describing of an incident as it is, and it is meant to be neutral as possible, without holding any kind of prejudices. Importantly, it is an achieved quality by a journalist or a news media outlet. Ironically, many analysts observed that this very objectivity is missing in sports reporting lately. …
Mahmudul Hoque Moni Sport has emerged as one of the most important departments of news media all over the world. People are crazy about sports. They want to know about sports and about sportspersons. News media comes up with news, views, analysis, statistics, interviews and sports updates to meet the interest of the readers. But, due to the unique nature of its reporting, many people treat sports differently from other departments of the news media. Some even call it the …
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