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...
Editorial
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...
Why does highway construction need 3-times more money than similar ongoing projects?
THE relevant authorities in Bangladesh usually estimate the cost of a public project at an incredibly high amount. After a project starts, its completion time...
Urban food waste can be a source of renewable energy
BANGLADESH is still way behind in converting food wastes into a valuable and renewable source of energy. When the waste disposal systems especially in cities...
Living in a world of polycrisis
Dr Matiur Rahman : A polycrisis is a situation in which multiple crises are happening simultaneously and interacting with each other in a way that...
The economics of nature
Lei Lei Song : Nature’s ability to regenerate is dwindling as human demands on it increase. To reverse this trend, we need to incorporate natural...
Developing non-life insurance sector
Ahmed Saifuddin Chowdhury : Considering the present situation of non – life insurance industry in Bangladesh, I think, though it is my personal opinion, that...
Muktir Gaan and a Tareque Masud
Badrul Huda Sohel : ‘Muktir Gaan’ – a documentary on our Liberation War is, so far, one of the most remembered works after Stop Genocide,...
A child beaten today could be impaired for life
Sir Frank Peters : Bangladesh could have amazing bridges, transportation systems, and other top-notch infrastructures that people would come to admire in awe. It could...
Under Narendra Modi and his BJP, it’s a communal India all along
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP government have all along let down the minorities in India especially the Muslims whom their ideological mentor, RSS,...
Foreign debt payments have started to create pressure on economy
Bangladesh is facing mounting pressure on foreign debt payments as its annual loan repayment rose by more than 37 per cent in the outgoing fiscal...
Bangladesh and Pakistan in election transition
Smruti S Pattanaik : In South Asia, election results are often contested by the losing parties. Most countries in the region have instituted election commissions...