My Publications

Sweeping Away Carbon Footprints with Jute Revival Faizul Khan Tanim writes on the return of the golden fibre in Bangladesh and its immense significance Jute used to be the country's largest foreign exchange earner till the 1970s and then slowly with its decline, we saw the largest jute mill in the world – Adamjee in Narayanganj – shut down in 2002. Very recently, the discovery of jute genome sequencing has made us more optimistic about revival of the fibre. Bangladeshi scientists have successfully decoded the vital genome sequence of jute, of which this country is the world's largest exporter. After this discovery, opportunities have been created to evolve different stress tolerant (salinity, drought, insects and pests) jute varieties. According to Bangladesh jute research institute (BJRI) officials under the ministry of agriculture, jute was mostly used to produce packaging materials and there were hardly any other use. And jute materials lost its potential due to its non...

A personal Prologue not published in the newspaper: I lost my God daughter Afsheen to the negligences of ''united hospital'' and a brother Mashnoor to ''labaid''. Tears rolled as i wrote this report, i know i can never get them back but i URGE every friend of mine to REVOLT against these malpractices and doctors. It is time to STAND UP...PLZ share this n circulate Medical Malpractices – A Dangerous Trend Faizul Khan Tanim writes on the negligence of hospital services and why this has become an epidemic in our society R ecently, people have heard horrid stories of sheer negligence -- bordering on the criminal -- of the staff in the so-called state-of-the art hospitals. There have been reports of the death of a seven-month old baby girl, a 27-year old young man and several more, all caused by negligence. In cases like these, the verdict of public opinion was unanimous: professional negligence by the healthcare provider causing death of the patient, ev...