Restore investors’ trust to achieve optimum economic growth
THE deeds of the incumbent government are battering its goal to achieve a GDP growth rate of 8.0 percent within 2015 by encouraging all pervasive...
Editorial
Rohingya repatriation deal needs vital realization
FOR the first time since 2005 Myanmar has agreed to take back its Rohingya nationals who are living in Bangladesh. The decision was taken at...
Readers’ Forum
Bangladesh in Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the XVII Asiad, is the largest sporting event in the continent governed by the...
A new Berlin Wall
Dr Adil Rasheed :Although the Berlin Wall fell a quarter of a century ago, German hearts still appear divided between the West and Russia. On...
Worsening law and order situation due to drug proliferation
Dr Md. Shairul Mashreque :Crisis syndrome, violence and terrorism interact with each other in a society passing through the stage of transition. Socio-economic and political...
Meagre means of ‘relief’ not enough to sustain flood victims
THE overall flood situation of the country has worsened as new areas have been inundated due to the rise in water levels in almost all...
Capital injection not the solution for scam-tainted banks
THE loan scams of two state owned banks have put the country’s banking sector into a tangle of mistrust even after two years for which...
Readers’ Forum
Violence against women Violence against women is on increase alarmingly in the country. Whenever we read the newspaper or watch television news, there is news...
Mobile court should regulate spurious, harmful drinks
M Alamgir Hossain :Soft drinks, sports drinks, fruit juices, etc., are popular but they are making us fat. What a different world we live in...
Managing vulnerabilities and crises
Dr Atiur Rahman, Governor, Bangladesh Bank :We at the SEANZA Forum are from countries at all stages of economic and financial development, viz., Developing Economies...
Readers’ Forum
Implement new law to encourage BCSIR scientists Nearly six months back, the government passed a new law under the title “Bangladesh Biggan O Shilpo Gobeshona...
Dealing with Kremlin
Jonathan Power :IN HIS magisterial book “Europe”, Norman Davies writes, “Europe is a relatively modern idea. It gradually replaced the earlier concept of ‘Christendom’ in...