Editorial

A H M Masum Billah :Bangladesh, like many countries of the world, is experiencing violent extremist activities by some derailed and brainwashed people in the...

THE Maldives’ top court on Sunday ended weeks of uncertainty by rejecting strongman President Abdulla Yameen’s controversial bid to annul last month’s election results, upholding...

Denying eminent citizens’ proposals, neglecting general people’s aspirations and rejecting opposition political parties demand, the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday said there would be no...

Developing the countryside There are a number of different types of development that every country needs-social, economic, in its governing institutions, etc. Bangladesh is a...

Tharanga Yakupitiyage In the midst of international outrage over the alleged murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, human rights groups have called for a United...

Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque and Dr. M Abul Kashem Mozumder :There is a heartening news that number of poor in Bangladesh has decreased (about onecrore...

Bullet-riddled bodies of six unidentified youths, aged between 25 and 35, were found at Araihazar and Turag areas in Narayanganj and Dhaka yesterday. Of them,...

DESPITE being mired in loan scams, the state-owned Janata Bank has been granting undue favour to yet another big borrower, allowing the company to open...

Dr. Foqan Uddin Ahmed :The term nationalism is different from both nation and nationality. Nationalism is the spiritual force which holds a nation in a...

The Saudi Kingdom has ultimately confirmed that writer and critic Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul city. Saudi state media...

EVERYBODY knows that rampant extortion on the roads and highways is a major reason for lawlessness and the culture of impunity that prevails in the...

Banning Laguna causing public hazards In September, the police banned the Laguna, a small passenger-carrier, in many areas of the capital. While I agree that...