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Editorial

Make DND zone livable

WITH the monsoon knocking, the inhabitants residing inside the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) floodgate area fear the extreme possibility of water logging like the previous years....

Readers’ Forum

The fear psyche I do not know how to express the grief, despair, fear and all sorts of negative emotions, which have got hold...

Taking stock of time

P. G. Bhaskar :No!' My school teacher would roar from a great height, even as I trembled in my little khakhi shorts and stared...

The political earthquakes in Europe

M.N. Hebbar :Like a long-running West End play, the Ukraine saga shows no signs of closure. And European politicians, seemingly fatigued by the unending...

Debate on superannuation age of the scientists

Dr. Idris Miah :Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh decided to increase retirement age from 59 to 67 years for the scientists of...

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All for tuition Parents are now more worried about their children doing well or bad in exams. Almost all guardians want that their children...

The private prison business—a potential slavery

Sabria Chowdhury Balland :An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in...

The spirit of Ramzan

Khwaja Mohammad Zubair :It was in the second year of Hijra that fasting during the holy month of Ramadan was made obligatory for Muslims....

Worse or better world

Jonathan Power :War is all over the place. It seems. Not just Syria and Iraq but now inside Pakistan. Not to mention Somalia and...

Finance Minister backtracks and legalizes black money

THE government has allowed unquestioned legalization of black money in real estate, a move that reflects the Finance Minister's apparent U-turn and surrender to...

Misuse of foreign donation

IN just one year, Health Ministry officials have misused at least $70 million of funds provided for a major development programme primarily financed by...

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Pack of cardsSpain ruled the world of football for three years only, and not six years as propagated by the western media (and a...

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