Readers’ Forum
Do we need more banks? The approval of three more banks by the central bank in an already crowded industry will bring no good but...
Editorial
Neighbours matter, so acknowledge them
Ahmed Omar Balhamer :The word neighbour or neighbourhood is usually used to refer to people residing next to, beside, or behind your house or near...
Digital threats, the divide, and the way to tackle them
Rebecca Root :United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed urged the development and digital communities to address the potential threats posed by data and technology or...
Slavery still exists, affecting millions
Shannon Scribner :While natural hazards like hurricanes, exacerbated by climate change, are causing people to migrate, it’s conflict, violence and persecution that have forced more...
Needs to take pragmatic steps about Rohingyas
BANGLADESH’S Foreign Secretary told a UN Security Council meeting that Bangladesh cannot accept any more refugees from Myanmar. Bangladesh has urged the UNSC to take...
Kashmir issue: Get a solution through discussion, not war
A Pakistani Minister said on Friday that they will lodge a complaint of “eco-terrorism” against India after Mirage-2000 warplanes of Indian Air Force raided Pakistani...
Lack of midwifery educators in Bangladesh
Sunaina Kumar :It’s late afternoon, and the crowd of Rohingya women waiting at the Hope Field Hospital for Women in Kutupalong refugee camp has slowly...
A different kind of #MeToo movement
Jeremy Sherman, PhD :I’m very supportive of the movement and it’s a great name for it. I do wish it was a bit more sex-positive....
Let fear go
Fran Simone, PhD :At a recovery meeting for loved ones, we focused on fear which can crush and overpower. Often we project worst-case scenarios. A...
Readers’ Forum
Expecting a fair DUCSU pollThe schedule for the Dhaka University Central Student’s Union (Ducsu) has been announced at last. After 28 years, Ducsu polls are...
Taskforce for relocation of chemical factories
DESPITE the recurrence of the fire incidence in the Old Dhaka, some businessmen are still reluctant to relocate the deadly chemical warehouses and factories and...
Trump’s diplomatic gamble with Kim
PRESIDENT Trump’s Hanoi summit with Kim Jong Un, meant to demonstrate his diplomatic gamble with North Korea is working, instead ended with no joint agreement...