Soaring price of food causing life hard for Covid-hit consumers
SPIKING food prices have dealt a major blow to many consumers at a time when many have lost their jobs, while others have seen a...
Editorial
WFP
Teresa Welsh :The World Food Programme has won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize at a moment when mounting hunger amid the coronavirus pandemic threatens to...
Mayors
Samira Sadeque :The coronavirus pandemic has the potential to bring about positive changes for cities, and give leaders the opportunity to make long-term, transformative changes...
Outsiders reign DU campus: With govt no control so no remedy
THE Dhaka University (DU) campus, nowadays despite academic activities remaining closed, has become crowded with the presence of outsiders. The proctorial body in charge of...
Massive corruption in building filaria hospital in Savar
MEDIA report in a national daily on Monday said that allegation of massive corruption has been raised against the contractor of Rakar Trade Corporation who...
Nagar Adalat is of no effect under politicised corrupt system
A DISTINGUISHED fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue, said it has become the need of the hour to establish ‘Nagar Adalats’ in city corporations...
Students are ultimate losers of the decision not to take exams
AROUND 2.8 lakh Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) students, under Bangladesh Technical Education Board, are uncertain as to how they would be graded in the newly...
Education
Dr. Syed Nesar Ahmad Rumy :We know our education system has been dashed seriously by Covid-19 pandemic. Since last March all the educational institutions remain...
Genetic Scissors
Md. Arafat Rahman :The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 to Emmanuelle Charpentier from Max Planck Unit for...
Inequality
Jose Maria Vera :“Would we have been better off in New Zealand?” “Or South Korea?” I’ve been asked so many questions like these since the...
Green Banking
Md. Zillur Rahaman :Green banking refers to the initiatives taken by banks to encourage environment friendly investment. Green banking is a proactive and smart way...
Depositors upset as scams still rampant in NBFIs
REPORT in national daily on Saturday said deposits in non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) is sharply dropping as people have lost faith in such organization following...