The grounds for independence
A Reader :The great leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman placed his famous six points in Lahore on February 5 in 1966. The ultra-left and the reactionaries...
Editorial
Making e-banking user-friendly
ATM Haidar Khan :The world is moving towards internet, most things in these days are getting digitalised, electronic commerce (e-commerce) has changed the way of...
It’s time for preventing technological disasters
Cihan Sultanoglu and Rastislav Vrbensky :An expected 8,000 people will take part next week, March 14-18, in a historic World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction...
No real investment under PPP initiatives yet
THE country is yet to see a breakthrough in attracting investment under the PPP initiatives, although projects in diverse sectors of the economy involving nearly...
Poor performance in core subjects only indicates poor education
MOST National dailies on Sunday in their reports mentioned that the quality of classroom teaching in Bangladeshi schools is poor. The matter is supported by...
Readers’ Forum
Laws for sharing properties On the occasion of International Women’s Day on Sunday, I heard a live TV talk-show demanding equal rights for women in...
Earth’s biggest threat to biodiversity
Jonathan Atteberry :Earth is a planet of unfathomable biodiversity. Scientists have already identified nearly 2 million individual species, and even conservative estimates state that more...
Climate change makes refugees in Bangladesh
Lisa Friedman :One by one, the men in Gaurpodomando’s family walked out of this mud-caked village and never returned.First, his uncles went. Both fishermen, they...
We must be watchful on India’s peripheral policy
NEWS reports in a national English daily on Saturday highlighted on India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sri Lanka with the observations that India...
Too many factories without safety clearance
ONE in two factories in the country does not have a safety clearance from the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments. DIFE statistics show...
Govt cannot disown responsibility of producing BNP leader
THE mystery over the reported abduction of BNP joint secretary general and party’s spokesperson Salahuddin Ahmed remained unresolved even four days after the incident occurred...
Create atmosphere to help exports
A NATIONAL daily in a report early this week has laid emphasis on achieving quick export diversification to reduce staggering dependence on export earnings from...