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...
Editorial
Zakat : Wealth liable to be paid to the poor
Javed Ahmad :Zakat – a due of the poor and the needy for purity of wealth, is one of the five pillars of Islam. It...
Financing education: The need for bold global action
Liesbet Steer :Next week, the government of Norway, in cooperation with the U.N. Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, will host the Oslo Summit...
Bring new blood in state-owned bank management
THE New Nation on Monday reported that the government is giving extension of service tenure to the incumbent managing directors (MDs) of most state-owned banks...
Readers’ Forum
Time to end cruelty to children It’s been almost five years since the Justices Md. Imman Ali and Md. Sheikh Hasan Arif banned corporal punishment...
The notion of greatest good
Derek Thompson :(From previous issue)It is hard for the casual donor to determine on her own which charities do the most good. For example, compare...
Let the Tigers play in the field freely
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :Before the Indo-Bangladesh first ODI, I posted a plethora of suggestions for the Bangladesh team management to reach the avouched goal....
Physicians and ruling party thugs rule DMCH
RESPONSIBLE news reveal inhuman irregularities in health sector. One can of course want to know which public sector is not suffering from negligence and exploitation?...
Poor farmers’ concerns are ignored
A NATIONAL daily on Friday published a lead story captioned ‘Farmers are yet to get reasonable price of paddy’ highlighting the perils of the people...
Readers’ Forum
Inducement to regional violent conflict Given the impasse between Israel and the Palestinians in the peace negotiations, the formation of a new right-wing Israeli government...
The notion of greatest good
Derek Thompson :(From previous issue)II. The Scientific Method of Goodness: Effective AltruismThere are so many causes that focus on improving lives, but the spectrum is...
Evolving a climate-resilient health system
James Close, Paula Caballero and Tim Evans :In a new report released today, the Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change tells us that “tackling...