TIB can`t be so wrongly and so baselessly biased against World Bank
WORLD Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, concluding a two-day trip to Bangladesh on October 18 pledged $2 billion over the next three years in...
Editorial
Over subscribing in Govt saving tools will only increase its debt obligations
THE New Nation on Saturday reported, people in recent years are very much hesitant to keep their money in banks due to squeezing or negative...
Fighting climate change needs multi-dimensional capacity building
Dr Mike Cherrett :Capacity building has traditionally been the developed world empowering the developing world. That direction of travel fits, to an extent, the demands...
CETA failure reveals Lisbon Treaty`s structural flaws
Iana Dreyer :Trade policy is at the heart of the EU, because it is inherent to the bloc’s customs union and to the EU’s single...
Smuggling through Maitree Express must be stopped
ACCORDING to recent media report Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) alleged that many passengers of Maitree Express, a Dhaka-Kolkata train service, were involved in...
Losses should worry PDB
THE New Nation reported on Friday that the Power Development Board (PDB) has become a reckless loser on state exchequer as its cumulative loss stands...
More attention for Hatirjheel to keep it clean
THE scenic Hatirjheel-Begunbari Lake area, with drive-way and other infrastructure for recreation of city dwellers is steadily losing its charm and beauty due to lack...
Life in orphanage homes needs improvement
GOVERNMENT-owned orphanage homes across the country are struggling with many predicaments like poor infrastructure, irregularities in services, inadequate food, fund and manpower shortage. News reports...
Readers’ Forum
A great singer indeed Renowned folk-lore singer Abbas Uddin Ahmad was born on October 27 in 1901 in West Bengal of India, but the day...
Why farmers respond differently to higher food prices?
Jomo Kwame Sundaram :Higher food prices are supposed to induce farmers to increase production for sale. In reality, however, their supply responsiveness is influenced by...
Cyber bullying against men : Think before you type
Barrister Miti Sanjana :Fayaz lives in abroad for higher education. He met a girl from Dhaka randomly online. Her profile said she was a graduate...
Sher-e-Bangla : The mover of Lahore Resolution
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Dr. M. Abul Kashem Mozumder : ‘Brave and intelligence’ seem one of the characteristic traits of his leadership. His charisma...