Taiwan’s new President to follow a stable cross-strait relation
Masum Billah :Taiwan has elected her first female President named Ms Tsai who leads the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which wants independence from China. In...
Editorial
The economics of the refugee crisis
Zoe Williams :The Germans want to introduce a pan-European tax to pay for the refugee crisis. The Danish want to pass a law to seize...
Using RAB for VAT is an absurd idea
NEWS reports in a national daily on Sunday said RAB has shown interest to involve the specialized law enforcement agency for realizing Value Added Tax...
Gas supply deeply disturbed
SINCE the winter set in, inadequate gas supply for household uses has plagued the city life in many areas and halted industrial productions in many...
Readers’ Forum
Use stadiums for meetings Whenever political processions and celebrations are held, activists occupy streets causing traffic congestion resulting in the waste of thousands of litres...
Foreign assistance must be part of primary dialogue
George Bruno and Dan St. Hilaire :With the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary just weeks away, our state’s voters have a chance and a responsibility to...
Mainstreaming gender issues in line with SDGs
Khaleda Begum :World leaders on 25 September 2015 embraced a comprehensive 15-year global plan of action to end poverty, reduce inequalities and protect the environment,...
Improving plastic waste management
Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh Bank :It is encouraging to see the representatives from the APF member countries gathering here not only to promote their...
Cost of traffic gridlock is too high
TRAFFIC congestion in capital city Dhaka is taking away lots of working hours of its residents causing a loss of about Tk 300 crore a...
No visible initiative to fight arsenic crisis
DRINKING arsenic contaminated water by a large number of people is the largest mass poisoning of a population in history, as per a declaration of...
Tolerance of time limit of judgment writing after retirement
A. Mannan :My hat’s off to the Hon’ble Chief Justice (CJ) of Bangladesh for his remarks on writing judgment after retirement as unconstitutional. He made...
Doctors serving humanity cannot abandon patients
PATIENTS were left to suffer on Thursday as doctors stopped providing all sorts of healthcare services in private hospitals and diagnostic centres in Chittagong. They...