Road safety can’t be ensured by giving in to powerful trade union
The Road Transport Act- 2018 was passed three years ago, but its rules have not been formulated yet, preventing the authorities from executing some vital...
Editorial
Bangladesh lags behind in reforms to attract foreign investment
Massive reforms and openness in economic policies helped Vietnam to come to the present stage of development whereas Bangladesh is still lagging behind in these...
Govt breaks its own decision by extending tenure of rental power plants
THE government has extended the tenure of a law by voice vote in Parliament that allows rental power plants to operate for another five years...
Suicide Trend
Dr. Matiur Rahman :Suicide is not a new phenomenon in human civilisation. Thousands of people of different age groups commit suicide each year across the...
Talent On Tap
Sara Al-Mulla :The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a shortage of workers in essential jobs, mainly due to temporary suspensions of migration, lockdowns and a...
Readers’ Voice: Entrepreneurs The Economy Heroes
Entrepreneurs are essential to any economy’s development. This is why they have usually been considered as valuable assets for the economies of countries. However, Acomprehensive...
Readers’ Voice: Tech Edu Has No Alternative
Bangladesh is going to have the status of a developing country. But the country has not yet relieved from the scourge of unemployment. Although various...
Ozone Hole
Prof. Dr. Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder :In 1994, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating...
Marine Mammals
Asaduzzaman Rassel :Two dead whales had been washed up on the coastline of Cox’s Bazar, consecutively over the last two days on 9 and 10...
Rich outnumbers poor in social safety net programme
Beneficiaries of the government’s safety net programmes are more than double the poor, meaning that the rich have outnumbered the deserving ones, says a new...
Traffic congestion hampers unloading of import cargo at Burimari land port
Around 400 trucks carrying imported goods from India are waiting to unload goods at the Burimari land port of Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat due to...
Loan Arbitration Board
Dr. Md. Shamsul Arefin :In the British period, there was a “Debt Settlement Boards” introduced by Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq, the then Prime Minister...