Enhancing capacity of the public sector to spend
Thomas Maier :It is said that often, statistics are used less for illumination than for support of one’s own position, but in the case of...
Editorial
French banks’ refusal to fund Rampal power plant
THREE French banks have reportedly turned down request to invest in Bangladesh’s Rampal power plant. Six months earlier, two Norwegian pension funds pulled out their...
Driving in wrong side of city streets
THERE is a common scene in city streets when powerful persons drive their cars in the wrong side of the streets to avoid traffic gridlock...
Diabetes blocking TB eradication
Sarabjit S Chadha , Sharath BN and Sachi Satapathy :Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health challenge, affecting 9 million people and claiming 1.5...
Readers’ Forum
Mustafiz needs compact care :Suddenly determination melted away, bowlers gave away 90 runs in last 10 overs, expanded India’s score and Bangladesh’s target, batsman crumbled,...
What makes a good manager
Dr Md.Aminul Islam Swapon :Does the manager mean having premium chair of the office? Calling bell, lavish car, so many office boys? Boss has his...
The future of humanitarian financing
Daphne Davies :The number of man-made and natural disasters is increasing year-on-year, with the number of people in need growing 75 percent from more than...
Dhaka city must be made liveable
INCESSANT downpour in late afternoon in the city over the past two days coupled with traffic gridlock and digging of streets by WASA have left...
More need to be done about FDI to stop downswing
MEDIA outlets reported that foreign direct investment in Bangladesh declined by 4.50 percent in 2014 as against a sharp rise of 16 percent FDI growth...
Tourism industry in Bangladesh
Dr. Saifur Rashid :Bangladesh is a country witha diversity of culture, religion, ethnicity, language and ecology; and is home to a variety of natural, archaeological,...
Usages and abusages of illicit substances
M. A. Jabbar :Every year on June 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed as per declaration of the United Nations...
New workers recruitment for Malaysia must be safe
AFTER the government to government (G2G) system failed to live up to the Bangladeshi migrant workers’ Expectation, Malaysia under a new mechanism has agreed to...