Editorial

Cumbersome transport tax payment procedures The process of depositing payments to the BRTA is very inconvenient for vehicle owners. Southeast Bank on the New Elephant...

Roberto Savio :Immediately after the vote on Brexit, thousands of young people marched in the streets of England to show their disagreement over the choice...

Peter Wolff :Last weekend saw Chinese President Xi Jinping welcome guests to Beijing for a major Silk Road forum. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)...

Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :Contemporary concerns about human rights have now been focused on empowerment of the children as a vulnerable group. But empowerment of...

WORSENING situation of our roads has not only made Dhaka’s inhabitants difficult to commute, but rampant digging and uncountable tons of dusts due to heavy...

AS the growing non-performing loans are depleting the treasuries of state-owned banks, the government has been pouring huge chunks from the National Exchequer in every...

THE government’s plan to increase food subsidy as well as subsidy to agricultural sector is surely a good move in the post flood situation when...

Containing crimes We are sorry to say that crimes, particularly rape and murder, are going unabated, which mocks our claim as a civilized nation. The...

Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Tan Zhai Gen :Advocates of genetically engineered (GE) crops have long claimed that genetic engineering is necessary to raise crop yields...

Dr. M. Abul Kashem Mozumder and Dr.Md. Shairul Mashreque :In 1989 LGRD approved CVDP project for two years to continue experimentation with total village development...

HIGH land prices, unavailability of land at suitable location and ransom taking are some of the major factors driving away prospective foreign investors as well...

The Sundarbans under threat My hometown is Khulna. It gives me great pride to have grown up close to the Sundarbans. Ever since the signing...