Chaotic structures are no development of public transport
HOW disconcerted urban plan makes Dhaka city unlivable can be exemplified by the unplanned flyovers that not only have failed to ease the traffic congestion...
Editorial
Readers’ Forum
A memorial tribute Ayub Bachchu, the legendary star left us, we are shocked and feeling heart broken by his untimely departure, he enthralled the people...
A leader must hear team members
Kentaro Toyama :Most of us engage in some kind of teamwork, whether it’s for projects at the office, coordination for a community event, or organising...
Humiliating defeat for US in UN vote on Palestine
Thalif Deen :Nikky Haley, the vociferously anti-Palestine US Ambassador to the United Nations, warned member states last year she will “take down names” of those...
Arts and culture to address extremism
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 authoritarian ruler must go
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...
EC should examine the election system
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...
Readers’ Forum
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...
Don’t ‘whitewash’ Khashoggi’s murder
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...
Reducing extent of poverty
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 youths
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,...
BB too should be made responsible for loan scams in banks
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...