Editorial

MOST dailies reported that Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission hosted the hearing on the state-run Power Development Board’s (PDB) proposal to raise the bulk rate of...

Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :The essence of democracy is governance by consultation. It proclaims resolving any crisis through dialogue, share and care. In other words,...

Winnie Byanyima :Extreme economic inequality is out of control and getting worse. Within two years and, given current trends, the wealth concentrated in the hands...

Thomas Carothers :(From previous issue)4) A feebler policy commitment: Of course, not all aspects of the international environment are unfavorable for democracy work. New communications...

The innocent victims :Innocent people are being killed, injured, crippled and deformed in the underway blockade (and hartal) programme, which cannot be patronized and overlooked...

Following another disappointing year in 2014, developing countries should see an uptick in growth this year, boosted in part by soft oil prices, a stronger...

ANOTHER large-scale mass promotion in the civil bureaucracy is set to take effect putting the last nail on the coffin of the already near dead...

NEWS reports have it that different associations of the Bangladesh Film Industry organised a rally in front of the Jatiya Press Club in protest of...

Power of knowledge Knowledge is the most important part of life. Knowledge means wisdom, understanding, consciousness, comprehension and information. Unless a man knows something, he...

Minky Worden :The Olympic spirit has come to this: Two authoritarian countries are vying to host the 2022 Winter Games, competing to endure a huge...

DRUGS have almost spread its dreadful control over the students of Dhaka University (DU), a vernacular daily reported on Wednesday. The law enforcers recovered huge...

EXPRESSING deep concern over the ongoing inhuman and cruel manifestation of the excessive use of force, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Tuesday stated that the...