Paralysing Afghanistan Washington’s Regime Change Agenda
Dr Binoy Kampmark :Nation states are habitually doomed to defeat their best interests. Conditions of mad instability are fostered. Arms sales take place, regimes get...
Editorial
Readers’ Voice
Source tax on dividend income Almost all local origin listed companies have been paying a negligible portion of earned net profits as dividends and transferring...
If leaders do not take cognizance of people’s sufferings, what is the purpose of that politics?
Every day the media is rife with reports on the misery and crisis of people over the price spiral of daily essentials. They are also...
Unforgettable 1952 Spirit Of The Language Movement
Badrul Huda Sohel :The three words mother, mother tongue and motherland are embedded. It is like the three inevitable angles of a triangle. We, as...
Readers’ Voice
We salute the language movement martyrs February 21, the International Mother Language Day is only a few days away. We feel proud for the martyrs...
Just Society An Urgent Need For Bangladesh
Dr Matiur Rahman :Social justice refers to an environment in which all people, regardless of race, gender, religion or caste, are guaranteed equal rights to...
Inflationary pressure weakening economic recovery
The country’s economy is facing various challenges, including inflationary pressure, which may weaken the ongoing recovery. The possibility of an increase in default loans, higher...
WB offers $750m for regional connectivity
It comes as a significant fresh push for regional connectivity as the World Bank has agreed to provide $750 million to Bangladesh government on salvaging...
E-gates inaugurated at HSIA yet to be operational in seven months
Seven months after the inauguration of e-gates at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, the authorities failed to make those operational for e-passport holders. The Department of...
Cleaner Energy The Path Is Difficult But Doable
Shah Munir Khan :Barack Obama once said, “We are the first generation to feel the effect of climate change and the last generation who can...
Rohingya Genocide Case Letting Junta Defend Sets Troubling Precedent
Parvej Siddique Bhuiyan :Following the Myanmar military-led “clearance operation” that forced 750,000 Rohingya to flee to neighboring Bangladesh in 2017, the West African nation of...
Human Capital
Cecile Fruman :During the COVID-19 pandemic, community centers equipped with computers were a critical source of assistance for poor women in Mysore, India. The Namma...