Readers’ Forum
Bring back art films :Film Director Abdul Jabbar Khan made the first movie of Bangladesh (it was East Pakistan at that time) in the year...
Editorial
Higher tax target must also ensure better use of public money
MEDIA reports said that the government aims at trebling the number of regular taxpayers to 40 lakh by 2019 raising the proportion of direct taxes...
Rush for Rly tickets and passengers` ordeal
HOMEBOUND passengers’ ordeal for train tickets on forthcoming Eid festival caught public attention in the past few days as thousands of people were crowding at...
Readers’ Forum
Can new soccer coach kindle light? The draw of the 11th edition of the SAF Football championship begins in the Indian capital of New Delhi...
Good governance: A driving force for peace
Roja Heydarpour :While it may seem that conflict is constantly bubbling up around the globe, there are scores of people working to keep tensions from...
Designing a poor-friendly policy matrix
Gina Lagomarsino :The application of innovative models in international development has captured the attention of program implementers, funders, researchers and policymakers alike. Numerous innovations have...
Hospitals must have more ICU units to serve patients in need
THE incidence of cancer, heart diseases and kidney ailments has increased sharply in recent years but many of the patients find the high costs of...
Lower duty on mobile phone may reduce smuggling
THE New Nation on Wednesday in a report said high cost mobile cell phone sets of international brands that are brought in illegally have occupied...
VAT is not ‘Vet’
A. Mannan :The VAT means value added tax and ‘VET’ in Bangla Ò‡fUÓ means presents. The case in point here is that it is a...
Sustainable development: Something new or more of the same?
Charles Eisenstein :Two years ago when he was 14, my son Matthew grew six inches. Last year he only grew two inches, and this year...
High cost of trade license will only discourage new business
THE government has increased trade license fees by up to 263 percent from Tk 3,000 to Tk 6,900 based on category of business in the...
Massive skill development of work force need of the time
BANGLADESH Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the government will run a skill development programme to be funded by the Asian Development Bank. Under...