Restrictive Population Policy
Sonalde Desai :China’s About-turn Shows It Doesn’t WorkRecently China announced that married couples may have up to three children, officially marking an end to the...
Editorial
Budget 2021-22
Md. MizanurRahman ACS :Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has placed the national budget of Tk 6, 03,681cr for the FY 2021-2022 with the theme “Priority...
Readers’ Voice
Copa America CupCorona’s thrust has made the 47th edition of the Copa America Cup uncertain though the South America Football Federation has shifted the venue...
Budget underestimates the impact of Covid-19
The proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2021-22 placed in parliament on Thursday has failed to make a proper assessment of the impact of...
Uttara-Agargaon section of Metro Rail to open one year behind schedule
The authorities are planning to launch metro rail service in the Uttara-Agargaon section by December next year as they fail to meet the deadline. The...
Minority In India
Mariya Salim :Inter Press Service: A Muslim call centre operator at a COVID-19 ‘war room’, who once saw himself a COVID-warrior, is now unemployed after...
Covid Hazard
Md Bayazid Khan :School closures have been seen as a common tool in the battle against COVID-19. Therefore, to reduce the morbidity and slow the...
Eco system deserves important to minimise impacts of disasters
THE World Environment Day, one of the biggest and most significant annual global events was observed in Bangladesh as elsewhere around the globe on Saturday...
Income tax on private universities is discriminatory
THE Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) has said the proposed 15 per cent income tax on private universities is unacceptable and contradictory to...
Readers’ Voice
Unbearable Edible Oil Prices!Edible oil is undoubtedly essential stuff in the kitchen on daily basis. But the Soybean oil prices have increased by Tk. 9...
Budgetary targets fail to address the new poor
The proposed budget for 2021-22 has a huge outlay of Tk 6,03,681 crore about one third of which will come in the form of deficit...
UN doing its utmost for Rohingya refugees but Myanmar must face military challenge
The United Nations has urged the international community to step up and share responsibility noting that recent developments in Myanmar make the prospects of voluntary...