Defaulted loans bleeding Chattogram economy with no visible steps from authorities
The report is very disconcerting. Loan defaulters of the port city of Chattogram in their large numbers are leaving Bangladesh and settling abroad rather easily...
Editorial
Private health service must be monitored effectively
That Bangladesh’s prevailing public healthcare system is in a very sorry state cannot be overemphasised, but due to absence of proper monitoring the country’s private...
OPINION: EC guidelines on election reporting unacceptable
Al Mamun Harun Ur Rashid : The Election Commission (EC)’s recent guidelines restricting journalists from using motorbikes, staying in polling booths for more than ten...
The Middle East: Venture capitalists’ port of call
Ehtesham Shahid :“If you build it, he will come.” In the 1989 film Field of Dreams, a mysterious voice says these words to a farmer...
Without necessary reforms, an inclusive society remains elusive
Quoting the International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh (ICC, B), a recent newspaper report said that the country’s very richest have become dramatically richer and corporate...
Dhaka not sustaining as a healthy city: Decentralisation is the solution
Decentralisation is key to making Dhaka a livable city. For quite a long time – several decades – the necessity of Dhaka’s centralisation has been...
Hundi still unabated: Need to be regulated by laws
Salim Ahmed, CDCS, CAMS :Bangladesh has two major sources of foreign currency earnings. One is export and another is inward remittance from expatriate workers. The...
Ongoing heatwave – is it the impact of El Niño?
Dr Matiur Rahman :The country is burning in the intense heat of April. The intense heat wave is flowing over eight districts, including Dhaka. The...
Readers’ Voice
We are feeling very sad by the incidents of fire in market places Almost every day, news of fire breaking out in many places is...
120 hills disappeared from Chattogram city in 4 decades, despite court orders
ENVIRONMENTALISTS have asked for taking legal steps against those who were involved in the heinous hill razing and destroying the ecology in Chattogram. All administrative...
Festival after the month-long fasting
Mohammad Rukanuddin :The “Festival of Breaking the Fast,” also known as Eidul Fitr, is one of the most significant religious events in the Islamic calendar....
DSA: A safeguard or a threat?
Ziaur Rahman :Nowadays, a lot of talks, arguments and controversies are going on centering the use of cyber security laws and digital rights. The debate...