Unjust freezing of bank accounts
ACCORDING to latest reports, Bangladesh Bank has apparently asked Scheduled Banks and Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) not to close incomplete KYC (Know Your Client) accounts...
Editorial
Promoting foreign direct investment
Dr. Atiur Rahman :Governor, Bangladesh BankThe relationship between Japan and Bangladesh is very old and time tested. Both the countries have been maintaining close association...
Another shocking air tragedy
LATEST international reports say that the missing AirAsia (Indonesia) flight QZ8501 is likely to be at the bottom of the sea. Indonesia’s search-and-rescue agency based...
Death traps on Dhaka city roads: Govt is only ready to fight opposition
THE New Nation on Sunday ran a report on how open manholes on various city roads have become virtual death traps for the pedestrians who...
Readers’ Forum
Inhuman killings harm the religion most We are deeply shocked for the death of 141 persons out of which 132 are child students in an...
Dealing with Iran
Jonathan Power :The negotiations over Iran’s supposed nuclear bomb-building abilities seem to be stuck in a rut. Given the detailed undertakings by Iran incorporated in...
The wonky warfare
Tom Plate :In its latest angry shout-out, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea looks to be emerging as something of a computer wonk, the teen...
Corporal punishment is not only ineffective, it’s also harmful
Sir Frank Peters :Subjecting a child to corporal punishment in the home or schoolis no different to peeing against the wind -it all comes back...
Readers’ Forum
Implied social duties Often our political leaders say Bangladesh is a non-communal country and hence fight those who spread communalism. Perhap, they are mistaken in...
Why the next world war will be fought over food
Mark Koba :The world has a massive food crisis – so big that the World Bank and the United Nations say there won’t be enough...
Democracy matters – now more than ever
Richard Jones :Over the past three weeks, government officials, members of civil society, private sector actors and a broad range of representatives from the global...
People deserve better service delivery
Zahurul Alam :There are always genuine reasons for whatever happens. It would be naïve to imagine that something happened by chance or by means of...