No normalcy in fruit market
FRUIT wholesalers and importers in Dhaka today threatened not to sell or import any fruits during the month of Ramadan if the use of “faulty”...
Editorial
Global refugee agenda : Fighting the demons within
Amanda Fisher :For the first time since World War II number of people forced from their homes due to conflict has eclipsed 50 million, a...
Iraq’s cure is not US
Dr N. Janardhan :Baghdad needs a homegrown inclusive power-sharing mechanism. The goings-on in Iraq and the Middle East bring to mind former Pakistani prime minister...
Of strategic calculations
The former Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao-Tse-Tung said, “Enemy’s enemy is friend.” The thought is becoming fact once again. The governments of the USA and...
Readers’ Forum
Delay in pipelines completion The work of underground concrete pipelines installation began in April on the Shantipur-Tilpapara Mosque Road, the length is about one-eighth kilometer...
Economic clout not enough
Peter Morici :Russia is pushing into the Ukraine and threatening Eastern Europe; China is bullying Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam in the East and South...
The meltdown in Baghdad
Martin Jay :The shaky news footage of piles of uniforms spoke a thousand words. The Iraqi military fled the battlefield, leaving behind tanks, Humvees and...
Role of civil societies in implementing rights-based agenda
Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Nasir Uddin :Human rights recognized and proclaimed by United Nation Convention (UNC) have drawn serious attention from Global Civil Societies...
They are not political activists, they are criminal activists of the govt
A RECENT report in a local daily stated that Chhatra League activists started hogging headlines more frequently for their infighting, acting as mercenaries, extortion, attacks...
Too harsh sentence for Ashraful while others are out of blame
AN Anti-Corruption Tribunal, set up by the Bangladesh Cricket Board to prosecute the alleged Bangladesh Premier League match-fixing, suspended former national captain Mohammad Ashraful for...
Readers’ Forum
Protecting the basic rights I was watching live talk show Front Line on Bangla Vision on June 16, 2014. In that show viewers ask questions...
Improving public sector service delivery system
Md. Bayazid Khan :Ensuring corruption free and complicacy free services in both public and private sectors is pre-requisite to rapid and sustainable development of a...