The drug menace
SINCE 1987, June 26 is observed as the international day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking. Drug abuse is a serious public health problem that...
Editorial
Readers’ Forum
Can Brazil win the hexa?Though Brazil have outplayed Cameroon 4-1 in their last Group ‘A’ match, many critics still doubt their abilities to win the...
Its like friction
Valdenor Junior :With the World Cup underway, the problem at hand is: How to fight state abuse during the World Cup?We may harken back to...
A challenger in Turkey
Kemal Kirisci :Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, finally has a challenger in August’s presidential elections. The main opposition parties, the Republican People’s Party (CHP)...
Budget 2014-15 : Some observations
Saleh Akram :The Finance Minister presented a wide-bodied budget of Taka 2.5 lakh crore for 2014-15 financial year – so far the biggest budget in...
Let’s be serious and revise the growth target
THE World Bank has said that this year’s proposed national budget was bigger than the government’s implementation capacity. Although the budget had some positive aspects...
Readers’ Forum
WC makes Football popularI asked a rickshaw puller: Do you enjoy the World Cup Football matches? He said, “I do.” To the question, which is...
To name or not to name
Bushra Alvi :Be careful with names. Some are so funny it’s hard to believe! Have you ever wondered why we find it so difficult to...
Generating power at cost below gird parity
Nadeem M. Qureshi :Generating electricity is expensive and tapping the sun could be the answer. For more than a century the model for generating and...
The business goes as usual in same old fashion
Pratap Bhanu Mehta :It seems that the NDA has not learnt the first lesson from the UPA’s mistakes. It appears hell bent on continuing the...
Too many incidents of rape
THE incidents of the violations of girls on two separate occasions in the city within the last seven days simply stunned the conscience of the...
Acute teachers crisis in district level govt colleges
MOST government colleges in the capital Dhaka have more teachers than sanctioned posts while the academic normalcy is under threat in the colleges at district...