Who is police and who is not — that is the question
THIS daily has reported that some “fake detectives” on Saturday snatched Tk 700,000 from a businessman at gun point in broad-daylight at the Dhaka University...
Editorial
Like violence everywhere torture on child domestic aids on rise
Political violence has contaminated in every aspects of the social life. A national daily reported on Monday that 57 percent child workers in Bangladesh are...
The good side of CSR
Ryan Scott :With the pile-up of data proving the bottom line benefits of employee volunteer and giving programs, more companies are clamoring to launch or...
Mega projects often end in failure but breed corruption
THE 20km Dhaka-Gazipur Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), scheduled to begin in June, will be at least 50 percent costlier due to four years delay in...
Where life is not safe, forget tourism
PEOPLE said that the tourism sector in Bangladesh should start working towards implementing MICE, meaning meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions, to give the largely untapped...
Readers’ Forum
Name roads after all sector commanders I have no idea whether there are roads, streets, bridges or institutions after the names of Major (Rtd) M.A....
Rapidly rising diabetes closely linked to poverty
Lyndal Rowlands :Diabetes, which now affects more than 400 million people worldwide, is closely linked to poverty in most regions of the world, World Health...
Brilliant teachers produce better scientists
Marc Durando :What is especially worrying is how many of our educators are not well-prepared to address gender-specific interests or attitudes in STEM education. This...
Readers’ Forum
A cricket-record indeed The first Test between hosts Australia and the visiting West Indies at Brisbane from December 9 to 14 in 1960 has been...
A world impacted by terrorism
Emma Tobin :I was four when the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened, effectively meaning that I grew up in a country full of fear, anger, and...
China seeks a ‘new chapter’ with Myanmar
China and Myanmar pledged to open a “new chapter” in their sometimes strained relationship, raising the prospect that stalled Chinese investment projects in the Southeastern...
Building safer cities
WB Feature Story :A year ago in April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal killed nearly 9,000 people and demolished thousands of schools, homes,...