Gas price hike to make life even more burdensome for mass people
What will be the sure aftereffects of the increase in retail piped gas prices in four consumer categories up to 179 per cent that was...
Editorial
NRCC’s decision not to publish 37,000 new encroachers’ names as tantamount to siding with grabbers
The National River Conservation Commission (NRCC) has decided not to publish a list of 37,000 new encroachers of 48 rivers and the environment activists say...
We didn’t play but we owned it!
Sayed Ahmed :FIFA World Cup 2022 is over! Spectacular and luminous stadiums in Qatar are immersed in darkness. All the teams have returned to home;...
Misuse of information technology
Dr Matiur Rahman :Due to the incredible advancement of science worldwide, considerable progress has been made in information and technology. As a result, the meaning...
Disastrous textbooks for grade VI, VII must be corrected without delay
Facing huge criticism in the mainstream as well as social media, the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) has sought explanations from the panel of...
BTRC should allow use of all apps for smartphones along with ‘Bijoy’
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission’s order to pre-install Bijoy app in all imported and locally-manufactured android phones has drawn sharp criticism. According to the directive,...
My teacher Prof Dr Syed Manzoorul Islam
Mohammad Rukanuddin :One of the few exceptional professors who have left a lasting influence on their students is Professor Dr. Syed Manzoorul Islam. I would...
Democracy and good governance
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :Bangladesh is now an independent country. But, did we become free so easily? The answer is known to all. We had...
Prudent policy interventions needed to tackle 3.5m unemployed people in 2023
Around 3.5 million people in Bangladesh would remain unemployed in 2023, surpassing the pre-pandemic level by 0.4 million, necessitating prudent government policy interventions. The International...
Harness potentials of the country’s light engineering
The Business Initiative Leading Bangladesh (BUILD) sounded right when it said that the country’s Light Engineering Industry Development Policy-2022 does not feature any special provision...
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka Diplomacy
Dr. Srimal Fernando :The Bay of Bengal the northeastern portion of the Indian Ocean is emerging as the ‘centre stage’ of the 21st century, while...
The hype that ‘Digital Bangladesh’ only was
A survey by the government that has trumpeted for a long time that it has created ‘Digital Bangladesh’ reveals recently that only 8.7 per cent...