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Editorial

Of security and fear culture

Juliana Perciavalle :A few weeks ago I went on a school trip to Ireland. As a relatively wealthy nation where everyone speaks English and...

Climate science in media

Recently the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has analysed the major cable news networks' climate science coverage in 2013 and found that each network...

Hold back the artificial price escalation during Ramzan

THOUGH the kitchen market has become volatile ahead of Ramzan, the situation does not bother the government high ups or even the bureaucracy. The...

Don’t lie in Parliament

EDUCATION Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Thursday told the Parliament that there was no allegation of question paper leak of any public examination in...

Readers’ Forum

Can Brazil win the hexa?Though Brazil have outplayed Cameroon 4-1 in their last Group 'A' match, many critics still doubt their abilities to win...

Its like friction

Valdenor Junior :With the World Cup underway, the problem at hand is: How to fight state abuse during the World Cup?We may harken back...

A challenger in Turkey

Kemal Kirisci :Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, finally has a challenger in August's presidential elections. The main opposition parties, the Republican People's Party...

Budget 2014-15 : Some observations

Saleh Akram :The Finance Minister presented a wide-bodied budget of Taka 2.5 lakh crore for 2014-15 financial year - so far the biggest budget...

Let’s be serious and revise the growth target

THE World Bank has said that this year's proposed national budget was bigger than the government's implementation capacity. Although the budget had some positive...

The drug menace

SINCE 1987, June 26 is observed as the international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. Drug abuse is a serious public health problem...

Readers’ Forum

WC makes Football popularI asked a rickshaw puller: Do you enjoy the World Cup Football matches? He said, "I do." To the question, which...

To name or not to name

Bushra Alvi :Be careful with names. Some are so funny it's hard to believe! Have you ever wondered why we find it so difficult...

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