Editorial

We congratulate the government for taking initiative to cancel fake freedom fighter (FF) certificates though late. We know that thousands of fake FFs appeared in...

EXTORTING money ahead of Eid from bus terminals or train stations is not a new phenomenon in Bangladesh. It’s mostly the youth who indulge themselves...

WE are fortunate to live in a land of dreams, where people toil against their fates day after day and still manage to survive the...

Farid Hasan Ahmed :The southwestern summer monsoons occur from June through September. The Bay of Bengal Branch of Southwest Monsoon flows over the Bay of...

Neil Berry :ISRAEL’S LATEST maniacal rampage in Gaza has unfolded not just against the background of the abortive US-led peace talks but also of an...

We are deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic death of 298 people including 80 children who were on board a Malaysia airlines flight MH17...

THE story and image of Kamalapur Railway Station before Eid-vacation have remained the same for the last several years, illustrating the incongruity of the railway...

AS the Gulf countries are the largest labour market for Bangladesh, so reaching a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is no...

A generalized comment I have started writing letters in the newspapers from 1991, when an elected government was in power. Since then I have written...

Catherine Rampell :But you know what? If you were running for office, you’d be wooing us single ladies, too. After all, we – unlike those...

Dr. Ali Al Khouri :Scientific and socio-economic advancements are utterly meaningless if their benefits do not reach all segments of the society. In fact, the...

Ibne Siraj :The first world countries, particularly the wealthy west, for years, decades and eras have been exploiting the other nations in various forms and...