Expatriates must not wait for MRP longer
WHEN time is running out to give machine readable passports (MRP) to expatriate Bangladeshi workers abroad, our concerned government officials are taking expensive tours abroad...
Editorial
Reinvigorate banks to avoid recapitalisation
NEWS report on Friday in a national daily said that the finance ministry has agreed to inject Tk 900 crore into six cash-strapped public sector...
A decision reversed too late
REPORTS in a national English daily on Thursday said the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry has decided to allow workers to take jobs in...
Rules are there but authorities do not care to ensure compliance
NEWSPAPERS on Thursday reported that earth excavation for raising the underground foundation of the 12-storey Twin Tower building of National Bank caused the collapse of...
Readers’ Forum
Wars in Middle-East! Right now, blood flows unabated through the deserts in the Middle-East when thousands of poor Muslims in search of jobs in the...
Global politics at a turning point
Prem Shankar Jha :President Barack Obama’s Nowroz greeting to the Iranian people earlier this year was the first clear indication to the world that the...
Jungles are another casualty of warming
Pete Spotts :As global warming progresses, look for increasing expanses of majestic forests worldwide to become short and scrubby.That is the implication of a new...
Saving women from devastating health hazard
Hilde Vautmans :Obstetric fistula. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s likely that you’re living in a country in the industrialised world, where the condition...
Good design is essential for improving global health
Melinda Gates :A few years ago in a rural part of East Africa, one of our foundation’s grantees was having an unexpected problem: its treadle...
Innovative policy conundrum for developing countries
Dany Bahar :National and local governments around the world often struggle to design and implement new policies to foster the creation of new firms. The...
Save subsidy for buying power tillers from goons
NEWSPAPER reports on Wednesday said that government subsidies to poor farmers to buy power tillers aiming at promoting mechanized crop cultivation have been allocated to...
Suitable projects, manageable budget for education
NEWS report on Monday said the Education Ministry is having highly prioritized plans, policies and projects in the budget in recent years for development but...