Mid-point between ‘Quit or Die’ for smokers
Dr. Ziaul Huq : In Bangladesh, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are increasing rapidly and account for approximately 68 per cent of mortality and 64 per cent...
Editorial
Cenbank must take its share of blame for banks suffering trust deficit
After independence, depositors of money never lost their trust in banks to the degree as they have done during the 14 years tenure of this...
How could DNCC give larvicide importing task to company without an importing licence?
The company that imported the much-hyped BTI pesticide to destroy Aedes mosquito larvae for the Dhaka North City Corporation does not have an importing licence....
Deal heavily with encroachers of water bodies
RESPONDING to a writ petition, the High Court recently asked the Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police of Munshiganj, Upazila Nirbahi Officer of Srinagar and Director...
Bleeding economy has a damaging impact on real estate business
Overall, sales of flats declined nearly 17 percent in the last fiscal year of 2022-23, owing to economic uncertainties and a rise in prices of...
Suu Kyi’s sentence reduction a hollow gesture by Tatmadaw
Dr. Azeem ibrahim : In a surprise announcement, Myanmar’s military leaders this month reduced Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison sentence by six years. Suu Kyi,...
Dream of a peaceful, humanitarian Bangladesh
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed : Ours is a democratic state and all the ideas for a welfare state ensuring Human Rights declared in the Declaration...
Gamification, nudges can foster sustainable finances
Lotte Schou-Zibell and Swati Chowdhary : Financial services are a key imperative for development, with clear evidence that households with access to financial services can...
Combating hate crimes through AI
Mohd Ziyaullah Khan : Hate crimes are criminal acts committed against individuals or groups based on their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or other...
Without a fund management plan, why is govt introducing universal pension schemes?
Since the time when late AMA Muhith was Finance Minister, the government was talking about a pension scheme for all people in Bangladesh and four...
Why do culprits go scot-free in chemical warehouse fire incidents?
If the policy of ‘no chemical warehouse in residential area’ adopted after Nimtoli fire, which killed 124 people, yielded in a befitting manner, Churihatta fire...
Immigration can be fixed. So why aren’t we doing it?
Fareed Zakaria : In May, it seemed obvious that the United States was going to face an unmanageable border crisis. In the previous fiscal year,...