Readers’ Forum
Crowd crisis in Asian Games The 17th edition of the Asian Games suffers from spectators’ crisis. Most of the disciplines are being held in almost...
Editorial
Some thoughts on Asia’s future game-changers
Jusuf Wanandi :(From previous issue)He also has a tendency toward authoritarianism, which will be hard to apply in India, as Indira Gandhi’s experience has shown....
Be more kind to the daughters
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :Violence against daughters is obviously gender specific violation of human rights. Notwithstanding global concerns about Human Rights (H.R) as a movement...
Readers’ Forum
Hard to believeAccording to a newspaper report, only two candidates qualified for admission into the Honours’ course in English Department at Dhaka University, and all...
Some thoughts on Asia’s future game-changers
Jusuf Wanandi :The future of Asian power was the main theme of the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) annual meeting on July 4, 2014, entitled...
Using Teesta water on equitable basis
A. Mannan :The Teesta river emanates from the glaciers of the Himalaya’s in Sikkim. The weariest river travels 172 k.m. through the mountain range and...
Raising price of household will add to hardship
THE government has prepared a proposal to raise the household gas prices with a view to reducing consumers’ reliance on piped gas and encouraging them...
RAB is everywhere even at universities
AUTHORITIES of Dhaka University and law enforcers have detained 36 people for their alleged involvement in using means of plagiarism in admission tests of the...
Setting the course of future global development trend
Manola De Vos :Global development has come a long way since the Millennium Development Goals were set in 2000. Not only have great strides been...
Posting of Labour Attachés should get due priority
A NATIONAL daily said that twelve of the 20 labour attachés failed to join Bangladesh Missions in Brunei, Male, Hong Kong, South Africa, Canberra, Athens,...
Rescheduled bank loans may be ultimate burden
WHAT seems like an endeavour to support and encourage damage control for businesses suffering from last year’s political backlash, banks in Bangladesh rescheduled and thus...
Readers’ Forum
Poor coverage The Asian Games 2014, the continent’s greatest show and second to the World Olympic in gradation, is underway in Incheon, South Korea. Naturally...