Heal woes of stocks, keep interest rate low
Borrowing money continues to feature prominently in most societies but to borrow money to invest in the share market by using existing shares, cash money...
Editorial
A closer look at France’s controversial dress code laws
Fawaz Turki : Warning to junior and high school students in France: The clothing police are watching. And they watched and watched as the 12...
Women in N Korea suffer from inhumane injustice
Muhammad Muzahidul Islam : North Korea had acceded to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in February 2001...
Readers’ Voice
Onions farming and preservation Onion is an essential ingredient for cooking daily food for inhabitants of Bangladesh. In recent years the government felt embarrassed owing...
AI in health sector: Prospects and challenges in Bangladesh
Lt Col Nazmul Huda Khan, MBBS, MPhil, MPH : Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought about a revolutionary transformation in the healthcare sector that has resulted...
G20 aesthetics: Modi’s brutal Delhi facelift
Dr Binoy Kampmark : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi really wanted to make an impression for his guests and dignitaries, and coarse realities would simply...
Student suicide is now a serious threat
The recent revelation by the Aachol Foundation about the alarming rise in student suicides in Bangladesh is a matter of grave concern that should not...
Stop destructing natural forest reserves
The natural forest reserves of the country have been facing highest deforestation due to the Forest Department’s (DoF) repeated failure to play its role, mainly...
Online gig work in developing countries
Iffath Sharif and Christine Zhenwei Qiang : Good, inclusive jobs provide the surest path out of extreme poverty, while boosting shared prosperity for all. But...
To change India’s name has a hidden agenda
Nitasha Kaul : The invitations to a state dinner to mark India’s hosting of this year’s G20 came not, as you’d expect, from the office...
Stop fleecing Hajjis and expatriate workers
Performing Hajj from Bangladesh is doubly costly when compared to India and Pakistan. Bangladeshi pilgrims can’t break the unholy alliance between Biman Bangladesh and Saudi...
Bus conductors now hardly give e-tickets to Dhaka commuters
E-ticketing in Dhaka was launched in 2022, first on Mirpur route and then on other routes for over 3,000 buses, aiming to bring discipline to...