Unpaid gas bills and big users apathy to pay
NEWS report said different gas distribution companies have a total of Tk 4369.74 crore unrealized gas bills with public and private entities till June 2016....
Editorial
At the basics of water and climate change
Justus Wanzala : With the clock counting down towards the November climate summit in Marrakech, Morocco, where parties to the climate treaty agreed in Paris...
Ambitious energy efficiency targets for 2030
Marion Santini :The report also shows that there is significant room for manoeuvre to achieve further structural changes. As energy consumption falls much faster than...
Pulses reduce gas emissions!
Baher Kamal :Lentils, beans, chick peas, and other pulses often produce negative “collateral social effects” on people hanging around, just a couple of hours after...
Readers` Forum
The core elements of Faith :A Saudi grand mufti has refused to recognise the Iranian Muslims as believers after Tehran’s call for international management of...
BTCL`s management must be overhauled
BANGLADESH Telecommunication Company Limited (BTCL) is in default of Tk 1,830 crore to national exchequer since October 2008 when it should have earned huge profit...
Low cost rice for poor must be open to all
MEDIA report says, the newly launched ‘food friendly programme’ for ultra-poor across the country to sell rice at Tk 10 per kg to make their...
Nuclear weapons in civil war zones
Bennett Ramberg :The recent failed military coup in Turkey has produced instability, paranoia, and a crackdown on the regime’s perceived opponents, including many journalists. Luckily,...
Why China`s cities will drive global growth
Chang Ka Mun, Jaana Remes :For 15 years, China has been a key engine of global growth. But now that China’s investment-led boom has run...
The growing illiberalism
Slawomir Sierakowski :Stalin, in the first decade of Soviet power, backed the idea of “socialism in one country,” meaning that, until conditions ripened, socialism was...
Ceasefire is slow death for Syrian people — shame to US betrayal
THE ceasefire in Syria that was implemented on Monday after marathon negotiation in Geneva by US Secretary of States John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister...
Ensure proper handling of rawhides
EID-UL-AZHA brings the biggest opportunity for tanners to procure hides and skins of cattle and other animals slaughtered during the event. Over 50 percent of...