Editorial

A NUMBER of private universities are mired in irregularities and corruption, continuously flouting laws in the absence of monitoring and enforcement of rules, shows a...

TO mitigate the vulnerability of climatic chaos, the most likely victim countries of the world have been preparing themselves with the necessary initiatives. But Bangladesh,...

P. G. Bhaskar :No!’ My school teacher would roar from a great height, even as I trembled in my little khakhi shorts and stared fearfully...

M.N. Hebbar :Like a long-running West End play, the Ukraine saga shows no signs of closure. And European politicians, seemingly fatigued by the unending drama,...

Dr. Idris Miah :Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh decided to increase retirement age from 59 to 67 years for the scientists of Bangladesh...

TWO alleged muggers were killed in a “shootout” between “criminals” and detective police in Motijheel, claimed police. The wife of one of the deceased claimed...

WITH the monsoon knocking, the inhabitants residing inside the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) floodgate area fear the extreme possibility of water logging like the previous years. The...

The fear psyche I do not know how to express the grief, despair, fear and all sorts of negative emotions, which have got hold of...

All for tuition Parents are now more worried about their children doing well or bad in exams. Almost all guardians want that their children should...

Sabria Chowdhury Balland :An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order...

Khwaja Mohammad Zubair :It was in the second year of Hijra that fasting during the holy month of Ramadan was made obligatory for Muslims. It...

Jonathan Power :War is all over the place. It seems. Not just Syria and Iraq but now inside Pakistan. Not to mention Somalia and Sudan....