Better aid utilization needs accountability of government
THE volume of undisbursed project aid (PA) ballooned to more than US$48 billion until December last, as many public agencies failed to utilise the same,...
Editorial
The never-ending renovation works at Osmani Udyan
WHEN Dhaka South City Corporation inaugurated the renovation works of Osmani Udyan in January 2018 with a promise to complete it in 10 months, it...
Readers’ Voice
Job Exams At District LevelIt is too much painful for a job seeker to cross his own district or divisional town to attend a job...
Recovery Process Economy Seems On The Right Track
MD. Azgar Ali :Although economy all over the world has intensely inflicted with the COVID-19 pandemic, economy of Bangladesh is an exception in this regard....
Readers’ Voice
Smoking In PublicTobacco Control Act provides the provision of ‘designated smoking zones’ in public places and transports with multiple compartments. This is the reason why...
Paris Protocol US Comeback Hopeful
The Paris Agreement, a landmark environmental pact, was adopted in 2015 by nearly every nation to address climate change and its negative impacts. The deal...
White Supremacy Is It Partisan Prejudice?
Dylan Selterman, PhD :Many liberal commentators have asserted that a key reason why legions of Americans have supported former President Donald Trump and right-wing policies...
When regulatory authority engages in corruption
DELTA Life Insurance Company has brought an allegation of bribery involving Tk 50 lakh against the Insurance Development Regulatory Authority Chairman M. Mosharraf Hossain pertaining...
Land grabbers are desperate and must be punished
Among the many problems that plague Bangladesh, illegal land grabbing is among the most sinister. The underprivileged are often the most affected, who see their...
DU Centennial Celebration The Hope Within
Wares Ali Khan :The centennial celebration of Dhaka University is getting closer to be held on the 1st July this year. We keep our hope...
Modern Slavery An Old Scourge In New Form
James Cockayne :The economist Adam Smith wrote nearly 250 years ago that “the work done by freemen comes cheaper in the end than that performed...
Should railway launch land business
Bangladesh Railway is set to launch a business of leasing out its highly expensive lands for investment in public and private partnership (PPP) projects in...