China should not ignore environmental issues in its urban plans
Daniel K. Gardner :Premier Li Keqiang wants to wean the Chinese economy off its dependence on export trade in cheap electronics, clothes, toys and tchotchkes...
Editorial
Bangladesh’s sweatshops: A boycott is not the answer
Doyle McManus : One year ago this week, the eight-story Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka, killing 1,129 people. The...
FM does not know many things and can’t stop money laundering
THE Finance Minister on Sunday admitted that it is very difficult to trace those who are involved in money laundering. He said, everyone knows that...
Foot bridges are of no use
REPORTS in a local daily mentioned that The Under Clean Air and Sustainable Environment project which started in June 2009, the then Dhaka City Corporation...
Readers’ Forum
Its a shame THE founding president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is reported to have once said: ‘Everyone gets a goldmine but I have got...
The West disapproves, but Russia has admirers
Timothy Garton Ash :Tell me your Ukraine and I will tell you who you are. The Ukrainian crisis is a political Rorschach test, not just...
The shocking suicide rate
Sonora Jha :As politicians scramble for India’s 815 million votes in the most expensive and closely contested general election in the nation’s history, an unexpected...
Risks of babies of smoker mothers
Munshi Jalal Uddin :Smoking during pregnancy exposes a woman and her unborn child to an increased risk of health problems. These include ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage,...
Govt has to prove it can produce a realistic budget
GROWING corruption and irregularities in using the budgetary resources and lack of transparency and accountability in handling the funds in a highly charged political environment...
Enormous loss of agro-productivity from withdrawal of common rivers water
A FORMER UN water expert on Saturday made the disclosure that Bangladesh suffers an estimated annual loss of Tk 135 billion in agricultural productivity alone...
Business friendly tax policy to lure FDIs
BUSINESS friendly policies and predictable tax and tariff regime are some of the fiscal issues which are very important to lure enough Foreign Direct Investment...
Change of life style makes fight against cancer easier
CANCER is taking lives of millions of people every year and scientists are working relentlessly to combat its spread and make it curable by developing...