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Rape in Banani again

RAPID Action Battalion on Friday morning said the lone accused in the case of raping a 21-year old young woman in the capital’s Banani area,...

1997 Asian crisis lessons lost

Jomo Kwame Sundaram :After months of withstanding speculative attacks on its national currency, the Thai central bank let it ‘float’ on 2 July 1997, allowing...

Readers’ Forum

President Trump be magnanimous :At the very moment when Donald Trump became the President of the United States, things started to happen in a very...

Nutrition in early childhood

Dr. A M M Anisul Awwal, PhD :Although, latest data depicts that the extent and magnitude of malnutrition has reduced significantly from that of the...

SDGs and sustaining women’s literacy

Rifat Zafreen :Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all is pointed in the recently declared Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....

Readers’ Forum

Empty football stadium A friend of me said: Why does the football stadium in Bangladesh remain empty? I said:: There are three reasons. First one...

Merkel Vs Trump at Hamburg G20

Fraser Cameron. :Traditionally G20 summits are meticulously prepared in advance by a group of senior officials known as Sherpas. The final communique is often drafted...

Fighting the illicit tobacco trade

Juan Yañez :There’s widespread consensus that illicit tobacco products damage public health and thwart efforts to collect tax excise.Indeed, a recent European Commission report suggests...