Reasons behind Ctg port’s security lapse must be investigated thoroughly
Chattogram Port in recent months has experienced a spike in theft and piracy, endangering the brighter image it had earned with a whole slew of...
Editorial
Quietly crushing a democracy: Millions on trial in Bangladesh
Atul Loke : From previous issue Just as Bangladesh was working to get its garment industry back on track after the pandemic disrupted global demand,...
Quietly Crushing a Democracy: Millions on Trial in Bangladesh
Atul Loke : The most active rivals to the country’s ruling party face dozens, even hundreds, of court cases each, paralyzing the opposition as a...
Proper sanitation management
Md. Arafat Rahman : The process by which human waste and used water are recycled and reused is called the ‘Sanitation Value Chain’ or ‘Sanitation...
How could 55 kg gold be stolen amid the airport’s tight security?
Bangladesh has turned into a veritable land of thefts now. Banks are being looted one after another. Public funds are stolen from the mega projects...
DNCC men can’t spend taxpayers’ money to learn the use of fogging machine abroad
Four government officials including a ward councillor of Dhaka North City Corporation visited Germany August 17-23 for training at pulsFog, a prominent thermal fogger manufacturer;...
Economic transformation
Riaz Riazuddin : Nobel laureate Simon Kuznets described this long-term, complex structural transformation in terms of three simple shares of GDP of any country: agriculture,...
Gender difference in charity
Quazi Saleh Mustanzir : Who is more charitable- man or woman- is still a debatable issue. Researchers found that women are more charitable than men...
Authorities concerned must strengthen banks financial security
Cyber security is now a major area of concern for the banking industry, with repeated hacking attempts, phishing attacks, malware attacks, OTP bypassing, and exposure...
Shift from online gaming to gambling must be put under lens
A recent report of police detention of some online gamblers from Dhaka and Sirajganj has caused furor among the conscious section of society. Gambling equipment...
Geopolitical ascendance of BRICS nations
Muhittin Ataman : BRICS was established as an economic bloc by the fastest-growing countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. BRICS has positioned...
Unraveling the social impact of price hikes in Bangladesh
Dr Matiur Rahman : The ‘Ripple Effect’ is a concept often used to describe how a single action or event can set off a series...