Bangladesh is the worst victim of Myanmar’s drug economy
MYANMAR authorities have seized more than 10 million ‘meth’ pills worth US$13.3 million over the weekend. Myanmar is the largest methamphetamine producer and Bangladesh is...
Editorial
Population control still remains a big challenge
Rifat Zafreen :Family planning is the key to population control where family planning is a vital reproductive health resource. Fear of death, family violence, pain,...
Expectations to Dhaka City Mayors
Md. Atikur Rahman :As the day goes on, our beloved Dhaka city has become ineligible for living. Basically, those who live here alone in austerity,...
Member nations must rethink to reactivate the SAARC
THE South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, widely known as SAARC, is now almost inactive. All the eight-member nations have apparently failed to gear up...
Bottle the ghosts in Biman
THE Anti-Corruption Commission revealed that Biman Bangladesh high-ups, including some of its board members, have been involved in misappropriating huge amount of money. Besides, some...
Readers’ Forum
Scenario of the call centersThe call centres have become a very important service to the people. In particular, the residents of rural areas still depend...
India and Pakistan’s history remains shockingly one-sided
Recently, Pakistan and India engaged in a conflict that nearly escalated to a nuclear-armed war. This ongoing animosity between the two nations is nothing new...
Readers’ Forum
Violence against women One of my daughters was telling me that she would not read the newspaper anymore because she had been tired of reading...
Mobile industry to help close the gender gap
Catherine Cheney :In many developing countries, the practice of sharing one mobile phone among family members impacts a woman’s ability to freely use the device....
When do you become ‘British enough’?
Priyamvada Gopal :A teenager, just out of her childhood years, is groomed online by members of a group well known for advocating misogyny, regressive social...
Relocation of chemical warehouses a tough task indeed
A taskforce comprising officials of 14 government agencies was forced to suspend their operation in the face of angry protests from local traders in Bakshibazar,...
Political will needed to bring discipline in banking sector
THE country’s banking sector nosedived further in 2018 with the sharp rise of default loans in 14 banks. Despite entrapped in loan crisis over the...