A little Ebola panic might be helpful
Kathleen Parker :Now, now, let’s not panic.Yes, we have a second health-care worker infected with Ebola after treating the Liberian man who apparently concealed his...
Editorial
IMF’s not-so-simple fix for the economy
Charles Lane :The story is told of three professors – a chemist, a physicist and an economist – who find themselves shipwrecked with a large...
Business of fake FF certificates
PROFITEERING and the taking of undue privileges over the Liberation War are currently taking place by some bureaucrats even after 44 years of Independence. Five...
Nonchalant approach to Ebola may prove fatal
BANGLADESH seems nonchalant about the spread of the deadly Ebola virus and the fact that cases have already started being reported in the United States...
RMG owners should not ignore WB/IMF recommendations
THE World Bank and the International Monetary Fund under their separate lending programmes to boost the country’s economic growth asked the government to improve labour...
Malnutrition related stunted children becoming a national burden
ACCORDING to recent statistics, at least 37 percent of children under five in Bangladesh are stunted due to malnutrition and a local English daily reported...
Readers’ Forum
Honouring the dead one It has been a tradition in our society to criticize a man/woman after death in a very ugly manner. This is...
Promoting organic agriculture
Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir :The practice of organic agriculture combines traditional methods with today’s knowledge of health and environmental sustainability. In Morocco it is generally observed...
Putin shows his hand
Joe Nocera :A few days ago, The Financial Times published an interview with a Russian businessman named Sergei Pugachev. Once an ally of President Vladimir...
Jointly they can make it
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :It is really heartening to note that Nobel Peace Prize (2014) goes to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi for their active...
Maternity law needs to be reasonable for both sides
MANY factories and corporate groups deny maternity leave to women employees flouting the country’s Labour Law. Many apparel factories, multinational companies, international NGOs and schools...
In our situation a course on spoken English is welcome
THE Education Ministry is likely to introduce courses on ‘spoken English’ and ‘spoken Arabic’ mandatory at secondary level in order to improve students’ oratory skills...