Elections and the technocratic ideology
Erick Vasconcelos :People who vote for politicians such as Brazilian presidential candidate Aecio Neves, as well as many of his party’s supporters (the Social Democracy...
Editorial
Mideast imperium pushing for military actions
Eric S. Margolis :President Barack Obama is being lambasted by US Republicans for admitting, “we don’t have a strategy yet” for dealing with the rise...
Poor credit risk management causes capital deficit in banks
Saleh Akram :The banking sector of Bangladesh has of late been bogged down by a number of scandals involving pilferage of incredible sums of money...
Purchasing dollars against bonds by BB to put banks in trouble
THE trouble-mired commercial banks are on the road to insolvency in terms of reserves as Bangladesh Bank (BB) is purchasing dollars from the banks in...
Japanese help and assistance depend on our competence and political stability
THE just concluded 21-hour visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Dhaka ushers a new hope to cementing the traditionally deep rooted bilateral relations...
Unauthorised presence of local AL leaders in Pry teachers’ viva
AS per report of an English daily, the much disputed primary teachers’ selection process has further been tainted as the local AL leaders (of concerned...
Readers’ Forum
A political process in crisis It seems imminent that Pakistan is going to have a quasi-military government within the next few days. Military rule is...
Bridging trade deficit with Japan
Dr. Atiur RahmanGovernor, Bangladesh Bank :Growth of trade and investment relationships between businesses in Japan and Bangladesh have however remained sluggish and far below potential....
Literacy is much more than an education policy
M.A. Jabbar :As the only United Nations agency with a mandate to cover all aspects of education, UNESCO’s work encompasses educational development from pre-school through...
Readers’ Forum
Farmers need agri-loan Farmers are the worst sufferers in the month long flood in several districts from Jamalpur to Kurigram. Their corns and crops being...
A no-talks strategy
Dr Maleeha Lodhi :THE LATEST twist in Pakistan-India relations has been Delhi’s cancellation of talks that were to be held between the foreign secretaries of...
Global threat is used to deflect attention from domestic woes
Mahir Ali :Barack Obama’s recent confession that his country did not so far have a strategy as far as the so-called ISIS is concerned has...