Extensive preparation to deal with LDC graduation is a must
DISCUSSANTS at a seminar on Thursday said after Bangladesh’s graduation from LDC status in 2026, the country would lose duty free market access to EU...
Editorial
Guard against smuggling of highly addictive drug crystal meth into the country
THE highly addictive crystal methamphetamine, which affects the central nervous system, has been sneaking into the country regularly through travellers’ baggages. The bearer in many...
Will democracy bounce back in the current year
AS per the Freedom Index in the World 2021 report released on Wednesday by the US-based Freedom House, Bangladesh’s status has again fallen into the...
State owned banks account for about 50% of monetary irregularities in the govt
AUDIT reports of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) have shown that half of the government’s monetary irregularities are in the banking sector. The CAG has...
Readers’ Voice
Reckless Motorbike Driving Motorbikes have become the most popular mode of transport in the country due to availability in rural areas as well as cheap...
Education Commission Real Educationists Must Be In Charge
Masum Billah :It gives us special pleasure to learn that at last the government has started forming ‘National Education Commission’ to recruit non-government teachers in...
Spanish Gag Law The Original Sin & Ongoing Penance
Peter Matjašic :Since mid-February, there have been protests in a number of Spanish cities against the jailing of Pablo Hasél, a rapper of Catalan descent....
Readers’ Voice
Stop Committing SuicideaThere are many problems in the way of life but how logical is suicide for this? Research say, on an average, eighteen people...
Session Jam Efforts Needed To Overcome
Alaul Alam : It is no denying that once session jam was an inevitable part at tertiary level of education. Students would need seven to...
Human Rights Neither Western Nor Asian
Dr. Abdel Aziz Aluwaisheg :In his speech before the Munich Security Forum last month, US President Joe Biden sought to reassure European allies about the...
Our relationship with India based on fundamental issues
INDIAN External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrives in Dhaka today on a one-day official visit. He will hold discussion with his Bangladesh counterpart on reviving...
Middlemen take advantage of tax exemptions depriving consumers
BENEFITS of tax exemptions on essential commodities hardly reach the end-users as international price fluctuations, hoarding, production and availability of products work as major deterrents....