Desecration of Quran: A burning question of freedom
Yusuf Ziya Durmus :Insulting values held dear by millions of people appears to be a new favorite pastime of certain fringe groups in Europe. A...
Editorial
State money but health centres named after parents of high officials in feudal vein
MANY bureaucrats today seem to have forgotten the job requirement that while delivering their service to the state they have to be on guard that...
Economic crisis going to deepen because of falling remittance
MIGRANT workers sent home $1.97 billion in July, down 5.86 percent from a year earlier, in yet another bad tiding for the country’s strained foreign...
Politics behind gun violence in the US
Tariq A. Al Maeena : On Jan. 4 of this year, 8 people including children were mercilessly gunned down and killed by a shooter who...
Gang culture – a serious breakdown in social order
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed : Teenagers around the country are becoming increasingly reckless, which is alarming. Although this was once-urban problem, has now spread across...
Three new univs to become crime centres like others
The three new universities to which the University Grants Commission gave permission Tuesday to start academic activities from the next year will no doubt become...
BB server glitch halts interbank transaction
Banks have failed to settle transactions with other banks as the Bangladesh Bank’s relevant server was down for much of the banking hours on Monday,...
End of democracy
Farrukh Khan Pitafi : In fantasy stories, you may encounter a common plot where magic is shown to be dying, if not already dead. In...
Shadow actors in politics
Dr Matiur Rahman : In politics, “shadow actors” typically refer to individuals or groups who wield influence and power behind the scenes without holding formal...
Continued decline in investment blamed for the country’s waning healthcare services
AN acute shortage of doctors, nurses, and other health workers, specially trained for handling critical patients, has been badly affecting the quality of service in...
Beef price can be brought down by a large margin
BEEF is a source of complete protein that comes with its salivating taste. There was a time when even poor people in Bangladesh could buy...
Battle against dengue
Lt Col Nazmul Huda Khan, MBBS, MPhil, MPH : Bangladesh is experiencing a large dengue outbreak that is unusual in its scale and seasonality. DGHS...