Govt must carry out court order to save the rivers
THE High Court on Monday declared that river grabbing and its pollution are criminal offences. The court ordered the government to amend the National River...


THE High Court on Monday declared that river grabbing and its pollution are criminal offences. The court ordered the government to amend the National River...
Mubin Hasan Khan Ayon :Nowadays politics has become a part of our daily life. We are actually driven by both the merchants and political syndicates....
Muhammad Quamrul Islam :Looking at current positions around our respective place and reports in Bangladesh media, people wonder why the Parliament is not taking serious...
HOUSEHOLDS will have to pay Tk 175 more for gas from this month, as the Energy Regulator has raised the tariff for all users. According...
SIX of the eight State-run banks faced capital shortfall in the first quarter of the year. This situation was obvious because the government didn’t take...
About ten million Bangladeshis are suffering from eye vision problem now. Most of them can regain clear vision with a very little eye medical treatment...
Thalif Deen :Against the backdrop of widespread charges of sexual abuse and harassment at workplaces- including the United Nations- the International Labour Conference (ILC) last...
Tharanga Yakupitiyage :Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was deliberately killed at the hands of State actors and journalists around the world are increasingly seeing the same...
IT’S a historical event. Donald Trump has become the first sitting US President to set foot in North Korea on Sunday, after meeting Kim Jong-un...
THE Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister on Saturday told the Parliament that five air-polluting cement factories have received environmental clearances in the Mongla Port...
Sir Frank Peters :Why are children’s heavy schoolbooks not produced in two equal parts with Part 2 only carried to school after the completion of...
Thomas L. Knapp :In mid-June, Facebook — in cahoots with 28 partners in the financial and tech sectors — announced plans to introduce Libra, a...