There is a common confusion around the subject of health.
The focus of local governments should be ensuring that child protection protection services are prioritised.
What can we learn from the American disaster? First, that democracy isn’t easy.
It is time to greatly restrict the use of private motorised vehicles and make our cities more liveable.
If we have learnt nothing else in the last several months, it is not to underestimate the power of young people.
The belief shared by corporate and government leaders that bigger is always better is founded on the false assumption
Play is not a unique human construction: baby animals engage in play, using it to learn a variety of important skills
As children and others continue to die on our roads, we ought to reconsider just how highly we value our current traffic system.
Toilets do not, admittedly, make for a great dinner table conversation—though a few younger people might disagree.
Anyone who has recently started exercising in a public space has probably heard this question, or seen people ask it to their acquaintances. There is no need to specify the “it”—everyone knows that a diagnosis of diabetes is the most common spur for people to begin exercising.
On the first Saturday in November, Bangladesh observes the National Cooperatives Day.
In the past few generations, the world has changed extremely rapidly—and it is likely to continue to do so. Artificial intelligence threatens many of our existing jobs and even raises the question as to what need there will be for human workers in the future.
Growing up in a small city in the southwest United States, I thought I didn’t like cities. I loved hiking in the nearby mountains, from the top of which a grey haze hung over the city, which itself offered a few charms.
Today, on October 22, we celebrate National Road Safety Day. But why? Not why we care about safety—the devastating toll of accidents makes it clear why it is important—but why call it Road Safety Day? If we are using roads to travel from place to place, and we want to be able to do so safely, why not call it Safe Travels Day?
Having lived in Dhaka for more than 20 years and, prior to Covid-19, travelled to many other cities, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to reflect on what makes a city great.
Imagine if aliens came to Earth. If they landed in just about any major city, they would be forgiven for believing that people are simply batteries for automobiles, and that automobiles are the true life form, with everything designed around their needs for housing, fuel, and socialising with other automobiles on congested streets.
Here is an important but little-known fact about car parking: the more that is provided, the greater the demand.
