Write to the editor @newagebd.com Main Page « Front Page « Metro « Business « International « Sports « National « Editorial « Op-Ed « Home « Timeout « Letters « Others Archive « Launch Supplement «   February 29-6 March, 2008   On the cover Doctor, negligence and death Two recent cases of medical negligence involving a leading private hospital of the country has left many shocked and enraged. Tahmina Shafique investigates how there remains no recourse to law, no accountability, and many loopholes Can our national treasures top the chart? In a list of 200 natural wonders of the world, Cox’s Bazar and Sunderbans topped the list for a month. With active campaign, promotion and awareness, both the places stand a real chance of making it amongst New7wonders of nature list, writes Golam Ishfaque And where is the patient’s right? To err is only human but the mistakes of medical professionals or by the health care providers — which may result in death or permanent impairment can be particularly costly. Needless to say, that in case of Bangladesh, it is anything but an exception. A legacy of love, inspiration and creation Kutubuddin Kamal charts the life and work of Devdas Chakraborty, veteran artist who lost his struggle with old-age complications and left the world on February 5 ‘I want to write precisely 200 books’ Golam Ishfaque talks to rhymer Lutfar Rahman Riton, who received the Bangla Academy Award for his work in children’s literature just last week The sacred fortunes of Jessore Faizul Khan Tanim visits an archaeological site in Manirampur upazila, Jessore from where an ancient terracotta plaque was discovered on December 18 EKUSHEY DIARIES 2008 The Ekushey statistics combo Somehow most of the month seems to have been spent sitting in traffic, waiting in line and pushing through crowds. At the end of February there seems to be just as much of a mass of people as at the beginning of the month when the Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela 2008 first opened. Also ‘I shelter in fiction to escape life’ ‘Research supplies a writer’s lifeblood’ ‘Publishing is not just printing stories’ ‘New young publishers have the spirit of Ekushey’ ‘I want to write precisely 200 books’   COPYRIGHT © NEW AGE 2005 Mailing address Holiday Building, 30, Tejgaon Industrial Area, Dhaka-1208, Bangladesh. Phone 880-2-8153034-39 Fax 880-2-8112247 Email xtra@newagebd.com Web Designer Zahirul Islam Mamoon