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...
Editorial
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...
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...
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...
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...
Utility service providers make city dwellers life unbearable in this holy month of Ramzan
While Dhaka is burning with extreme heat waves, its utility service providers — such as water, electricity and gas authorities — have failed to provide...
Government must revise emissions standard following WHO to save public health
The recently enacted Air Pollution Control Rules-2022 has been adopted to protect the interest of the businesses that are responsible for polluting the country’s environment....
Tribute to Ullaskar Dutta: An anti-British revolutionary
Dr. Sheikh Shahbaz Riad : Today is April 16, the 139th birth anniversary of Ullaskar Dutta — an uncompromising revolutionary of the anti-British Swadeshi movement....
Resolve the Teesta issue under Obiter Dicta of the UN Charter
Sohail Arman : The Teesta is a transboundary river shared by India and Bangladesh. In response to West Bengal’s decision to dig canals to drain...