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Complicated Story

Tala Jarjour :Three weeks on, and Lebanon’s demonstrations show no sign of abating. Prime Minister Saad Hariri has tendered his resignation and reform bills have...

Industrial Policy

Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury :Industrial policy refers to the promotion of new investments and technology by governments to encourage the growth and development...

Transport costs eat development

TRANSPORTATION costs, the largest direct logistic costs in Bangladesh, would be up to 35 percent lower if there were no congestion on roads, said a...

A Fresh Start

Rahul Singh :November 12, 2019, will go down as a historic day for all those belonging to two of the three major religions of India...

Free Chattogram Port from corruption

ALLEGATIONS have been raised against a section of Chattogram Port Authority officials for their involvement in various illegal activities, including taking bribes from the port...

A Verdict

Afsar Ahmad :Has the Supreme Court verdict on the decades-old Ayodhya dispute resolved the vexed issue? Technically, the answer may be yes, but emotionally, that...

BRICS

Ma Zhaoxu :The 11th BRICS Summit slated to take place from Nov. 13 to 14 in Brasilia, capital of Brazil, has drawn extensive attention and...

People need safe and reliable train service

IN Brahmanbaria’s Kasba, Dhaka-bound inter-city train Turna Nishita Express by breaching traffic signal hit Chattogram-bound another inter-city train Udayan Express on Tuesday leaving 16 people...

Readers’ Forum

Nutrition and National DevelopmentThere are couples of definitions of malnutrition. The most widely used applied definition of nutrition/malnutrition encompasses three major determinants of nutrition –...