Designing a sustainable financial system
Dr. Atiur Rahman Governor, Bangladesh Bank :The central bank of Bangladesh strongly believes that conventional short term business cycle focused monetary and financial policies do...
Editorial
Too many travel alerts
AS the government suffers from remorse as to who are those people actually terrorizing the nation, frequent travel alerts by some nations are also causing...
Cost of waste disposal to rivers would be too big
A NATIONAL daily reported on Saturday that disposal of untreated chemical waste into rivers around the city is posing big threats to aquatic life and...
EP demands restoration of press freedom
THE European Parliament (EP) on Thursday adopted a ‘non-binding’ resolution asking Bangladesh government to restore the full independence of the media. Earlier, the EP witnessed...
Lack of training makes police force vulnerable to attacks
THE recent attacks on Checkposts in which two policemen lost lives and left another injured highlighted their vulnerability. Since the authorities provide no transports at...
Readers’ Forum
Football triumphs Australia badly needed three points on last Tuesday in Dhaka and they got it. Now they lead the Group B of the World...
Driving the benefits of sustainable innovation
Polin Kumar Saha :‘Industry, innovation and infrastructure’ is one of 17 SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) that form the framework of the 2030 UN mission for...
Are Islamist terrorists pious conservatives or drug-taking hedonists?
Usama Hasan :Which is the true face of suicidal jihadist terrorists? Are they ultra-conservative, pious devout Muslims who pray five times a day, eschew music...
The refugee crisis is Europe’s moral obligation, and America’s too
Katha Pollitt : “The refugees are showing us the best of Austria,” a Viennese friend told me over tea last month in one of the cozy...
Readers’ Forum
We must truly remember their sacrifice “Ek shagor rokter binimoyey Banglar shadhinata anley jara ,amra tomader bhulbona” this emotional patriotic song often comes to my...
When your neighbour has a complex
Mohammad Amjad Hossain :India, a big neighbor among the countries in South Asia, is showing its muscles to dominate the region for good or bad...
Asean Economic Community: Would it be an inclusive one?
Wan Saiful Wan Jan :ON Aug 8, 1967 the Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand signed a document known as the...