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Editorial

Not another cold war!

Eric S. Margolis :VICTORIA NULAND, the US assistant secretary of state for Europe, used a four-letter word to indicate her feelings about Europe. Nuland...

We don’t want Bangladesh Bank to monitor activities of business concerns

NEWS reports said that the Bangladesh Bank has decided to monitor the business performance of big corporate bodies in a bid to secure the...

Surging medicine price hurts patients

THE prices of essential medicines are increasing by leaps and bounds over the last six months. According to a report published in a local...

Readers’ Forum

Sagar-Runi killers still at large!February 11, 2012 is the day when Sagar Sarwar and Mehrun Runi, two very promising journalists were brutally murdered in...

The power of doubt

Farook Ahmed :Skepticism is a congenital element ingrained in every human soul. If we nurture or give leeway to this pervasive element of dubiety,...

Passive super power

Dr N. Janardhan : When Barack Obama won the presidential bid in 2008, it was tough to be even remotely critical of the first...

Geopolitical interests that dominate politics in Bangladesh

Ibne Siraj :The 10th parliament election took place on January 5 despite boycott from opposition parties including Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its ally...

Nepal’s new government: Lessons for Bangladesh

NEPAL'S parliament elected Sushil Koirala - a center left social democrat as its new prime minister after a last-minute power-sharing deal on Monday, report...

High numbers of dropouts at SSC exam

THE incidents of dropouts is a common occurrence at our school levels. But a new anxiety has been added to this phenomenon in recent...

Readers’ Forum

Debate on corporal punishmentHere in the USA we are aware that Sir Frank Peters has long campaigned forcefully for schoolteachers to respect the Bangladesh...

Bangladesh at a cross-road

M. Serajul Islam :(From previous issue)Dangers for the economy: The dangers of the country moving ahead with a government devoid of legitimacy do not...

Ensuring transparency in religious charities

Barrister Nazir Ahmed :Bangladeshi Muslims living in the United Kingdom and Europe are very kind and generous when it comes to donating money to...

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