Thursday | January 01, 2026 | Dhaka
Dr. Anu Mahmud :Business leaders and associations, in their response to the new budget, have clearly stated what we as citizens have long felt. In simple terms, the success of the economy or a...
Juliana Perciavalle :A few weeks ago I went on a school trip to Ireland. As a relatively wealthy nation where everyone speaks English and shares deep cultural roots within the United States and United...
Recently the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has analysed the major cable news networks’ climate science coverage in 2013 and found that each network treated climate science very differently. The result shows that Fox...
THOUGH the kitchen market has become volatile ahead of Ramzan, the situation does not bother the government high ups or even the bureaucracy. The Commerce Ministry about one month ago assured that the prices...
EDUCATION Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Thursday told the Parliament that there was no allegation of question paper leak of any public examination in the last five years.Replying to a starred question from Md...
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 the ‘hexa’ because of their poor performance against Croatia and...
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 to Henry David Thoreau. He used to criticize the idea...
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 (CHP) and Nationalist Action Party (MHP), just announced an agreement...
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 in our history. It appears, the Finance Minister who has...
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 aspects as the government included some commitments to eradicate poverty...
SINCE 1987, June 26 is observed as the international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. Drug abuse is a serious public health problem that affects almost every community and family in some way....
WC makes Football popularI asked a rickshaw puller: Do you enjoy the World Cup Football matches? He said, “I do.” To the question, which is his favourite team, he said: Argentina. To the similar...