Asian financial crisis : Lessons learned and unlearned
Yilmaz Akyuz :Much of what has recently been written about the Asian financial crisis on the occasion of its 20th anniversary praises the lessons drawn...
Editorial
Cost of doing business has gone up
BUSINESSES pointed out that the cost of doing business has been increasing due to inefficiency of the country’s premier port in Chittagong. The oldest port...
Growing unfair practice in public exams must be checked
UNFAIR practices like copying and helping each other by the students in public examinations are increasing throughout the country. It is indeed an alarming reality...
Readers’ Forum
Football in empty stadium The Bangladesh League (B-League) 2017 started on Friday in almost an empty stadium. Defending Champions Abahani Limited fought hard to beat...
Can the right be liberal?
Patrick French :(From previous issue)All sorts of assumptions about the centrality of America in the international liberal order no longer hold true. It may be...
Implementation of SDGs effectively
Roshni Majumdar :Discussion around the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a list of 17 goals listed by the UN, was all the buzz in the...
Integrating migrants into mainstream economy
Tharanga Yakupitiyage :Despite the “undeniable” benefits of migration, barriers including public misconceptions continue to hinder positive development outcomes, participants said during a series of thematic...
Unprecedented brutality in Bogra: Arrests are made but crimes go unabated
WHAT happened in Bogra the day before yesterday exceeds even the brutality of medieval times. The convenor of the Bogra Town Sramik League is reported...
Unregulated soft drinks pose serious health risks
A DAILY reported that the country’s mostly unregulated market of soft drinks poses serious risks for public health but the concerned governmental agencies are unaware...
WASA must be overhauled to stop water-logging
WATER-LOGGING is now a serious headache for Dhaka city dwellers. Dhaka streets are over flooded every time even if there is moderate rain, mainly because...
Readers’ Forum
Deplorable roads Monsoon has been playing havoc with the roads and alleys of the capital. Bus commuters, especially the elderly, are having an especially hard...
Be civil, it keeps the conversation going
Thomas G. Plante :Sadly and perhaps tragically, our culture and society seems to be getting more and more uncivil. We are certainly all too familiar...