He took Singapore to new heights and retained it
Tom Plate :My differences of opinion with Lee Kuan Yew (which included views about the future role of China’s Community Party and other matters, but...
Editorial
Of expectations and achievements
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Dr. Md. Shakhawat Ullah Chowdhury :Liberation war was a movement for national reawakening – a sort of Bengali renaissance with...
Keep eyes on debt servicing liability
NEWS report published in The New Nation on Saturday said that the government is heavily borrowing from the public by selling high interest bearing saving...
A tragedy that could be averted
LOCAL newspapers reported that at least 10 Hindu devotees, including seven women, were killed and many others injured in a stampede triggered by rumours of...
Combat pollution, save groundwater
M.A. Jabbar :It deserves due attention and consideration when experts warn that natural resources of fresh water, especially rivers, are becoming poisonous with industrial effluents...
Readers’ Forum
A heart breaking tragedy :I am feeling deep sorrow by the news that a young German Co-pilot of Germanwings flight 9525 locked himself alone in...
Indian SC’s stand for free social media may be a lesson for BD
THE Indian Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a law that gave authorities powers to jail people for putting offensive online posts, a verdict hailed...
Look at human factors that cause plane crash
AIR passengers’ safety has become the biggest concern in the recent past and the crash of Germanwings AirBus-320 killing all 150 persons on board including...
Private sector involvement in humanitarian response
Dr. Atiur Rahman :Governor, Bangladesh BankIt is believed both the public and private sector have the responsibility to make their services more humane, and respond...
The negotiations must not fail
Jonathan Power :Where do Iran’s grand ideas about itself come from? From the history of its once great empire but also from the fact that...
Readers’ Forum
Sports patrons Abahani Limited (formerly Iqbal Sporting) has contributed a lot to the development of the country’s sports. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahaman’s eldest son Sheikh...
Policy support for climate induced displaced persons
Mustafa Kamal Akond :At a seminar on March 21 speakers held the view that issues related to climate induced displaced people deserve special policy options...