Green skills to save our planet
Yasmine Sherif : To save our people and our planet from the life-threatening risks of the climate crisis, we must invest in the education of...
Editorial
Through mindful dev, impact of post-flood disasters can be mitigated
In the wake of the recent devastating floods that wreaked havoc across three districts in Chattogram division, concerns over the consequences of mindless development on...
Boards of banks, NBFIs colluding economic collapse
A recent media report shows that 14 out of 35 Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) were in the red zone in 2022. This was an increase...
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,...
Blame for record dengue deaths this year has to be borne by the government
When there are visibly no efforts to eliminate Aedes mosquito and larvae, to control dengue is bound to become a hope against hope. That exactly...
BB discloses Tk 377,922cr as risky loans last year on IMF demand
The banking sector’s total risky loans amounted to Tk 377,922 crore at the end of last year, in a development that makes for a sobering...
Bangabandhu: Portrait of a patriot
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed : Bangabandhu is the architect of independent Bangladesh. He had the towering courage and personality. Bangabandhu was a real epitome of...
Brig Gen Jamil: A profile in duty and courage
Enayetullah Khan : In the dawn of August 15, 1975, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made one of his final phone calls to his military secretary,...
Does Suu Kyi’s house arrest bear any significant message?
M A Hossain : Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has recently relocated to the capital city of Naypyidaw, where she is now...
Political rise of the Global South
Kerem Alkin : Over 20 years, the importance of the Global South’s supply chain has diminished the Global North’s political sway in international organizations, fostering...
Why continues robbery on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway goes unchecked?
Robbery at different points of the busy Dhaka-Chattogram Highway continues unabated at night, causing severe panic among the commuters and transport operators. A newspaper report...
Manpower office undermanned, secretariat overstuffed
A recent media report exposes how a district manpower office is struggling with the shortage of manpower when the office is mandated to shoot the...