Do lower taxes encourage investment?
Pierre Poret :Conventional wisdom holds that countries with lower taxes attract higher levels of foreign direct investment (FDI). At first glance, this intuitive assumption seems...
Editorial
Training of teachers must for better education
NEWS reports said about 46 percent of teachers of the country’s secondary schools, colleges and madrasahs are not professionally trained as per disclosure made by...
Spurious medicine endangering public health
THE New Nation reported on Tuesday that the illegal business of producing and selling adulterated medicines is going on unrestricted ignoring mobile court drives and...
Readers’ Forum
Set up more para-medic institutions Like physician and nurse, Bangladesh has shortage of medical technologist. Medical technology covers subjects like pharmacy, laboratory, radiography, radiotherapy, physiotherapy,...
Coal is not the solution to energy crisis
Coal power plants are not the solution to help billions of people without electricity or clean cooking facilities, aid agencies have warned.Analysis by Cafod, Christian...
The US options on Turkey-Russia situation
Sabria Chowdhury Balland :On November 24, 2015 a Russian fighter jet was shot down by Turkey, resulting in a direct NATO versus Russia confrontation. Not...
What Europe needs to solve the refugee crisis
Judy Dempsey :Hours after the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, the blame game began. Populist, conservative and Eurosceptic parties and movements across...
We stand behind North City Mayor
THE forced confinement of Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq on Monday for several hours by truck workers at city’s Tejgaon Industrial Area was...
Universities without research makes no sense
A NATIONAL daily reported on Sunday that over 38 universities including 12 public universities almost have no research funds for imparting empirical knowledge to students...
Readers’ Forum
Career in private banks Nowadays many graduates are taking up banking jobs for attractive remuneration packages as well career development opportunities. But some banks, particularly...
The election that offered more hopes
Gro Harlem Brundtland and Martti Ahtisaari :Myanmar’s election has captivated and inspired the world. The people have spoken and their desire for change has been...
Making the cities inclusive, safe and resilient
Polin Kumar Saha :Today, 3.5 billion (about half of the global population) people lives in cities and expected to be increased by 10 percent in...