Highway police have to accept responsibility for deaths on highways
Life is cheap in Bangladesh so frequent deaths on highways are no longer shocking to the authority. But the people pay for safety and security....
Editorial
Readers’ Forum
Congratulations to Ms Ivy & others We congratulate Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor-elect Selina Hayat Ivy, her main rival Sakhawat Hossain, other Mayor candidates, all the...
The empathy trap
Peter Singer :Soon after Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, he told a young girl: “We don’t have enough empathy in our...
Syrian refugees must be part of the solution
Mohammed Alsaud :Over the past six years, five million Syrians have been forced to become refugees, and counting. The number of first time asylum applicants...
Economists versus the economy
Robert Skidelsky :Let’s be honest: no one knows what is happening in the world economy today. Recovery from the collapse of 2008 has been unexpectedly...
Needing coaching centres means teachers not needed
REPORTEDLY the government has decided to allow guidebooks and coaching centres as education assistance and supplementary tutoring in the final draft of the Education Bill...
Drop in vital trade index is worrying
NEWS report on Sunday said Bangladesh lost three points out of seven in global trade performance rating. Its position fell to 123 in 2015 from...
Readers’ Forum
Dowry – Social epidemic It is surprising to see the dowry culture still persisting in our societies. Worse still, the shameful practice is increasing at...
Looking at environmental performance across the supply chain
Christian Ewert :The latest round of global climate change talks – COP22 – should have been a celebratory affair. The historic Paris agreement on climate...
Trump’s Chinese scapegoat
Eswar Prasad :US President-elect Donald Trump has once again managed to turn facts on their head. As part of a broader effort to take China...
Christmas – Joy to the world
Rev. Shourabh Pholia :Today the whole world is celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. The Christian community believes that on this day the Almighty showed...
To Trump nuclear weapon is a game of competition
PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald J. Trump on Friday intensified his threat to “expand” America’s nuclear arsenal, saying he was willing to restart a nuclear arms race even...