Readers’ Forum
Spare innocent people Since the emergence of the Taliban Muslim Militia in Afghanistan and the Al-Qaeda in the Middle East, mosques have been made death...
Editorial
Save the starving children
Sonia Faleiro :GANDHI famously denied himself food. And by starving himself to protest British rule, he ultimately made India stronger. But India’s leaders today are...
Refocusing on maladaptation
Lindsey Jones :“Maladaptation” is a hot topic in the climate change community. With increasing global attention and finance being poured into adaptation, people are understandably...
Special allocation to MPs may lead to misuse of public fund
THE Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved Tk 6076-crore ‘Important Rural Infrastructure Development on Priority Basis Project (phase-2) under which...
Flattening export growth calls for urgent remedial measures
The country’s overall exports increased by only 3.35 percent in the outgoing fiscal 2014-15 to $31.2 billion showing it is flattening based on a single...
To remove oppression from judicial process bail should be liberally granted and no police remand without lawyer’s presence
CHIEF Justice Mr Surendra Kumar Sinha has remarked recently as reported in the media on ineptitude of our prosecution lawyers and police in framing cases...
The poor must get better access to education
WHILE the country is gratifying for elevation to lower middle income status from low income as reported by World Bank, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)...
Readers’ Forum
Is this signal of friendship! We have become numb with shock and dismay by the news that Amiya Ghosh, the BSF Jawan who brutally shot...
Zakat : Wealth liable to be paid to the poor
Javed Ahmad :(From previous issue)Zakat can also be termed as the ‘wealth tax’ payable to Allah in His cause. Zakat is payable over a Nisab...
Admission in higher secondary level is in shambles
Masum Billah :The government for the first time this year initiated online admission to all colleges of the country. It also decided that the boards...
Readers’ Forum
Speed brings success At length, speed brought first ever major international soccer title for Chile on Saturday shattering Argentina 4-1 in the Copa America Cup...
The notion of greatest good
Derek Thompson :(From previous issue)There are four reasons why AMF is currently the top-rated charity at GiveWell. “First and foremost, giving out nets to prevent...