Review VAT package for small business
SMALL and medium traders are set to observe a day-long strike in their business establishments under the banner of Byabosayee Oikkya Forum tomorrow to protest...
Editorial
Life at high risk in city from frail buildings
NEWS report said six years passed since the concerned government authorities have identified risky buildings in the capital, but they are yet to take measures...
Congratulations Bangladesh Cricket Team
BANGLADESH Cricket team played superb and secured the first ever victory in the Test match over England on Sunday at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium....
Record breaking questions leakage at DU adm test
DHAKA University came on the headlines of national dailies again for leakage of questions of ‘Gha’ unit admission test for students to various departments under...
Readers` Forum
Make salt prices reasonable Adding iodine in edible salt was made mandatory by government two decades ago because of goiter – an uncommon disease in...
Debate over `forms of racism`
Mike Cole :It is a commonly held belief in the UK that racism can only be related to skin colour. However, the focus in the...
Dangerous biomass delusion
Linde Zuidema. :Over the past few years, power plants and heating installations across Europe – spurred on by government subsidies – have switched from burning...
The free-trade miracle
Bjørn Lomborg :Global free trade provides the greatest opportunity to improve human welfare over the next decade and a half. It has already helped lift...
Readers’ Forum
‘All-time best XI’ in Football Holland’s Johan Cruyff, architect of total football, has announced the names of the footballers of his ‘All-time best X1’. Cruyff...
Of corporate accountability
Jerome Chaplier, Urs Rybi and Sandra Cossart. :Earlier this year, eight EU parliaments sent a letter to the European Commission, urging the institution to take...
Two lessons for the next US President
Chris Patten :Looking out of my window across the harbor of the remarkable city of Nagasaki, Japan, two thoughts of considerable relevance to the next...
Demographics and development
Mahmoud Mohieldin :Achieving the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals – which aim to end poverty, boost shared prosperity, and promote sustainability, between now and 2030 –...