Offshore gas exploration is a must to ensure country’s energy security
The yield of the Kailash Tila gas field was on average 69 million cubic feet per day in 2016, but it dropped to 29 million...
Editorial
Unbearable Price Rein in Inflation, Manipulation
Alaul Alam :Price hike of the essentials in Bangladesh without any logical ground is noticeably a common phenomenon. The poor and middle class people bear...
Recurrence of Deadly Fire How Long We will be Unaware of
Dr Matiur Rahman :A terrible fire accident happened again in the country. On the night of June 4, a fire broke out at the BM...
Readers’ Voice
Plastic recycling to make garments! A number of businesses are trying to recycle plastic bottles and turn them into activewear, outwear, padding and other items...
Instead of showing ability to implement, govt discarded the old age allowance scheme
A news report on Tuesday said that the government is going to discard its plan to bring all elderly poor under its social safety net...
‘Green Islam’ To Save Indonesia from Climate Collapse!
Deutsche Welle, Asia : Calls for an environmentally conscious form of Islam are growing in Indonesia, as climate change poses enormous ecological challenges for the...
Sitakunda Tragedy Who should be held responsible?
ASM Anam Ullah :Who should be held responsible for this brutal incident in Sitakunda? The event was men-made and symbolised an inhuman state and poor...
Readers’ Voice
Empowering Teenagers It will be beneficent if teenagers are allowed to have their licence at the age of 16. The first reason for this is...
Gas price hike will hit ordinary people hard but does it matter to the government?
The government hiked the gas price by 22.8 percent, compounding the woes of the ordinary citizens who are already grappling with the spiraling prices of...
Padma Bridge Through the Lens of an Economist
Dr Matiur Rahman :The World Bank cancelled the Padma Bridge loan agreement on 29 June 2012. Right after that Bangabandhu’s daughter the Prime Minister Sheikh...
Foreign Policy of Bangladesh & a Few Thought
Mohammad Amjad Hossain :Bangladesh has achieved independence having fought along with India on 16 December 1971 with the struggle and sacrifices of millions of people...
We must protect our rivers from pollution as they are our life
Water quality of six major rivers flowing around Dhaka gets polluted, particularly in the dry season, to the extent that it cannot be treated for...