Saturday | January 03, 2026 | Dhaka
IT is reported in the media that foreign seeds, plants and plant products are flowing into Bangladesh without proper pest risk analysis. Reports have it that the Plant Quarantine Unit, the designated government agency,...
Robotics in agriculture Robotics is a branch of artificial intelligence which is devoted to the engineering of robots. Now robots are everywhere, in our homes, factories, hospitals and even in the battle fields. One...
Nathan Goodman : The abduction and murder of three Israeli teenagers is a contemptible crime. But the Israeli government’s response has been to engage in a violent crime spree of its own.When someone commits...
Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir :There really is much to consider on this day of Cooperatives – which this year highlights the message that these enterprises achieve sustainable development for all – especially when we thiecially...
Eric S. Margolis : FORMER FRENCH president Nicholas Sarkozy’s dramatic criminal interrogation last week shows once again that the politics of the French Republic remain waist-deep in sewage.Sarkozy was picked up from his Paris...
AMID the widespread call for his dismissal from different corners of the society, Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu, the Chairman and prime suspect behind BASIC Bank’s fiasco, has finally stepped down. The resignation comes just...
IN every year ahead of the Eid festival criminal gangs become more active in circulating fake currency notes to shopping malls, as the shoppers transact large amounts of money to purchase new clothes, ornaments...
Fringing freedom of religion The freedom of religion is universally recognised. None can encroach upon this right. If any individual or any association or any government does it, it must be condemned with call...
Chris Patten :In Bertolt Brecht’s great anti-war play, “Mother Courage and Her Children,” one of the characters says, “You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.”The play is set during Europe’s Thirty...
Ibne Siraj :The ongoing conflict in Ukraine, admittedly an attempt to expand both NATO and the European Union (EU), has escalated in terms of dominating Europe’s energy markets. Attempts to halt the ongoing construction...
THE funeral of three Israeli youths took place on July 1 as a gag order was lifted on a last desperate call made by one of the boys shortly after the abduction. In a...
THE rising growth rates of the country’s economy is in trouble as the country has seen negative growth of inward remittances for the first time in 13 years in the just concluded fiscal year...