Post-disaster Reconstruction
Kamran Akbar :No two disasters are the same, and neither are their aftermaths. Pakistan was hit with a 7.6 magnitude quake in 2005, which took...
Editorial
Readers’ Voice
Global Cooperation to Protect the Environment Climate change is the gravest of all challenges facing the world today. Its costs are incalculable and damage irreparable.It...
Edible oil supply crisis needs pragmatic policy directives to change the situation
The recent export ban of edible oil announced by Indonesia, the world’s biggest supplier of vegetable oil, has created wide-ranging problems for the consumers, especially...
Taxation in Bangladesh Past, Present & Future
Dil Afrose Duetee :Taxation is one of the major sources of public revenue to meet the revenue and development expenditures with a view to accomplishing...
Classroom Environment Need To Make It Safe For Learners
Masum Billah :A child needs to feel safe in the classroom for learning to take place. As teachers, it is our responsibility to provide an...
Readers’ Voice
Job Application Fee Should Be Free The curse of unemployment seems to have fallen on the fate of the educated youths. As the population grows,...
Rethink the proposed Data Protection Act to mitigate people’s concern
London-based human rights campaigner Amnesty International said the proposed Data Protection Act is a sensitive bill aimed at usurping people’s right to privacy in Bangladesh....
Laylatul Qadr The Night Of Mercy
Md. Mamunor Rashid :‘Laylatul Qadr’, two Arabic words where ‘Laylatun’ means night and ‘Qadr’ means glorious, sublime, stately. So Laylatul Qadr means glorious night. It...
US Sanction On RAB Is It A Sort Of Symbolic Matter?
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :The United States has accused the RAB of extrajudicial killings and disappearances as examples of human rights abuses. This is not...
Govt needs immediate action plan as gas reserve drying up
In case of any supply crisis due to reserve depletion, Bangladesh’s gas-based industrial units will suffer a big setback. That is why serious endeavours to...
Mandatory dope tests yet to implement due to insufficient lab facilities
Though the government has decided to make dope tests mandatory for all public and private recruitment, and even for university admissions, but due to insufficient...
Is defending a playground a ‘crime’?
City dwellers, including green and rights activists, on Monday protested the role of police officials in detaining a mother and her young son for protesting...