Broadening financial access to SMEs
Dr. Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh Bank :Although central bank is the key policy makers for access to financial services but other policy making public institutions...
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Readers’ Forum
Yemen crisis deepening The United States of America instead of resolving regional and international crises keeps those alive and thereby pursues that famous British policy...
World Cup Cricket 2015: Some reflections
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :World Cup Cricket 2015 happened to be a remarkable ever remembered by all cricket fans. Started in 14 February ending in...
Sustainable development needs locally led solutions
Tessie San-Martin :Local, developing country institutions should be the first and default option for delivering U.S. aid where appropriate capacity and conditions exist.Helping to build...
The US-Cuba new deal is good for co-existence and peace
US President Barack Obama and Cuba’s Raul Castro have shaken hands at the Summit of the Americas, a new milestone in efforts to shed decades...
Evictions need not be without human considerations
IT IS reported that the government is set to forcibly evict over 1,000 villagers who are refusing to leave their age-old homesteads on the land...
The Seven human virtues
On the night of receiving Prophethood at the Hera Mountain, the Prophet Muhammad (SM) was trembling in fear, sweating. Hurriedly he returned home and said...
Mutual trust for mutual benefits
Pankaj Saran : High Commissioner of India : The DCAB is an important and influential body of journalists who specialize in foreign affairs. They not...
Eradication of extreme poverty
Atiur Rahman, PhD : Governor, Bangladesh Bank : Bangladesh has made remarkable progress towards attaining most of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly in the area...
There has to be accountability for deaths on roads
A news item in The New Nation on Friday reported yet another tragic road accident at Faridpur on Dhaka-Barisal highway on the previous night that...
Admission using illegal means must stop
SOME English dailies reported on Thursday how a Chhatra League leader of the Dhaka University forged the signature of the Vice-Chancellor (VC) to get admission...
Food safety is a shared social responsibility
Amy Evans :This year, World Health Day on April 7th was concerned with improving food safety from the farm to the plate. This is a...