Editorial

SMALL farmers in the country are bearing the brunt of the months long political crisis as they were unable to sell their produce to markets...

Suchitra Sen dies in seclusion Indian film actress Suchitra Sen died in Calcutta, West Bengal on Friday. She was in her 82 years. Suchitra acted...

Mohammad Simon Rahman :In most cases, despite having the knowledge of a potential disaster, we fail to realise the importance of adopting the necessary risk...

Barrister Nazir Ahmed :The whole nation was stunned, thundered and surprised having seen the accumulation of mountainous income and wealth of ruling party’s Members of...

LEAVING the controversy about the January 5 parliamentary election unresolved, the Election Commission (EC) has taken the new move to hold elections for upazila parishads...

CHEMICAL industries still operate in the densely populated old part of the city despite the tragic fire at Nimtali three years ago which had originated...

Hats off to Ronaldo We congratulate Portuguese star Ronaldo for his winning the ‘footballer of the year’ award walking past Argentine Lionel Messi, French star...

NEWS reports said senior trade officials of Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to raise the two-way trade between the two countries to US$500 million annually...

EXPERTS’ findings showed that the groundwater level in the city is falling at a rate of 9.21 feet per year creating new threat to the...

Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman :We are overwhelmingly shocked to have observed the violent incidents that have been taking place one after another across the country. Recent...

Kathleen Parker :As we evaluate the efficacy of the War on Poverty, a single, unquantifiable factor stubbornly demands attention: luck.When it comes to the fortunes...

David Grobgeld :A new report from the Swedish Prison and Probation Service claims that 46 percent of Sweden’s inmates are mentally ill, that 70 percent...