Tobacco fills 40,000 hectares in Kushtia

Temptations by the tobacco companies are the key causes for increased tobacco farming in Kushtia district (a district of western region) which is a clear threat to food security and having the higher risk of other fatal diseases as well, says a report by online news portal, risingbd.com, on 6 January, 2014. Farmers are on the view that three

The ill effects smacking corporal punishment has on children

It was encouraging read the article by Sir Frank Peters headlined “Spare the rod and spoil the child? – Totally bogus!” (Study Informer, 2013.12.18) As the author of the book, The Primordial Violence: Spanking Children, Psychological Development, Violence, and Crime (Routledge, 2013) from which Sir Frank gathered much material for his report, I agree with