Save Dhaka, make it a liveable city
Rayhan Ahmed Topader :Nobody owns this city. Not even those who were born here. Poor people believe that they belong to their villages. Middle class...
Editorial
Rangamati killings: Nab the killers first then ensure punishment
AT least seven people, including two polling officials and four Ansar personnel, were shot dead in Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila in a violent turn of events...
Big shots swallow half of govt. revenues
THE government has offered around Tk 1.47 trillion in the form of tax exemptions at import stage to various sectors since 2014-15 fiscal year until...
Readers’ Forum
Ensure security for the TigersIn the past days, I saw that some Test playing countries, including India, England and Australia, refused to visit Bangladesh despite...
A problematic situation for Pakistan
Dr Niaz Murtaza :PAKISTAN now lags behind all SAARC states except Afghanistan on the Human Development Index (HDI). SAARC is the poorest region globally after...
Huge potential for tourism in Bangladesh
Md. Atikur Rahman :The tourism sector of Bangladesh has been progressing beyond multiple adversities. In the last few years, the internal tourism sector has expanded...
Rohingya criminals: A new challenge for Bangladesh
ROHINGYA refugee crisis is getting critical day by day. Now unlawful activities of some Rohingya criminal groups have become headache of law enforcement agencies. A...
Putting last nail in the banking sector’s coffin
WHEN the country’s banking sector is facing tremendous problem, the central bank, custodian of all banks and financial institutions, is going to offer a generous...
Readers’ Forum
Save the poor workers from accidents I feel so disturbed when see workers are still doing their jobs in the ship-breaking yards in Chattogram without...
The battle of ballots in India
India has entered full election mode: voting is due to begin on 11 April, with the final ballot cast more than five weeks later on...
Christchurch shooting is the example of religious terrorism
Rayhan Ahmed Topader :What has happened in Christchurch is an extraordinary act of unprecedented violence, a religious terrorism. It has no place in New Zealand....
Land officials` wealth reports should be made public
THE Land Minister after taking charge in January openly declared a crusade against the corruption, and directed the officials and employees to submit their wealth...