Sectarian killings can`t be tolerated
THE GUNFIRE on the Shia mosque in a remote village in Bogra district on Thursday killing the Muazzen and injuring three others including the Imam...
Editorial
What is wrong with Mugda hospital
A NATIONAL daily reported on Thursday that the 500-bed Mugda hospital in the city is lying almost idle with 143 physicians but the patients has...
Readers’ Forum
Leave the wrong path The ISIL does not surely follow the principles of war in Islam and code of conduct in dealing with the prisoners...
When people kept out of law-making
Anaïs Berthier :With its Better Regulation agenda, the Commission talks big about making EU decisions more transparent and increasing public participation. But the reality is...
Attacks difficult to prevent, you only manage fall out
Joe Penney :Over Mali’s northern border, the power vacuum that followed the Nato intervention in Libya has allowed arms to circulate freely. In a ransacked...
The business agenda in sustainable development
Badr Jafar :The 193 member states of the United Nations last month unveiled a new global agenda for sustainable development. The 15-year plan, titled Transforming...
Our Bangladeshis cannot seek refugee status
THE New Nation published a tragic news item on its front page on Thursday that projected three Bangladeshi young men shouting among Syrian refugees for...
Municipal elections must not be for getting people-defying people’s representatives
A LEADING daily reported on Thursday the government has appointed 175 returning officers from Additional Deputy Commissioners and Upazila Nirbahi Officers for Municipal Election, despite...
Readers’ Forum
Knowing the turns of history We feel proud introducing ourselves as Bengalees, but we are shy to say that we are Muslims. It is really...
Why antibiotic resistant bacteria will bug you
Michael Loughlin :The researchers in China believe that the resistant E. coli bacteria evolved the ability to withstand colistin as a result of their intensive...
Achieving lower middle income status
Anu Mahmud :World Bank’s July, 15 report that puts Bangladesh in the category of lower middle income economies is no doubt very uplifting. The people’s...
Police must work to combat crimes
A VERNACULAR daily on Wednesday reported that a businessman in Chittagong detected a person at a public place who, along with two others, robbed huge...