Ensuring public-good through budget
Dr. M Abul Kashem Mozumder and Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :Public policy may be defined as rules of laws, code of conduct, a cluster of...
Editorial
Take step to finish trial of pending drug-related cases
A NATIONAL daily yesterday reported that the number of arrests and cases over drug related incidents went up over the last five years but the...
RMG workers should be uplifted from poverty-level wages
THE readymade garment workers of Bangladesh earn poverty-level wages and they continue to work for long hours but get little money while both the government...
Readers’ Forum
Protect women Killing and torture of women for dowry continues and we have failed to stop it. According to Verse No. 4 of Surah An-Nisa,...
More attention, research needed for TB
Amy Lieberman :Lack of awareness and research solutions on eradicating the deadly, airborne disease tuberculosis, is pushing global reduction targets out of reach, experts warned...
America versus China and others
M A Hossain :After President Donald Trump’s announcement of hitting US $ 200 billion on Chinese exports to the United States with 10 percent tariffs,...
Readers’ Forum
US withdrawal from UN Body The United States’ withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) shouldn’t surprise anyone. The move came after its...
Concerns over urban air quality
Dirk Bosteels :Motor vehicles’ undesirable tailpipe emissions are pollutants which impact ambient air quality and are harmful to human health, as well as greenhouse gas...
Challenges and prospects of development
Rayhan Ahmed Topader :UGH often described as one of the least developed countries in South Asia, Bangladesh has overcome significant challenges to become a production...
Importance of international commercial arbitration
Md. Mamonor Rashid :Competence-competence is a central principle of international commercial arbitration: the tribunal has the competence to decide its own jurisdiction. This principle is...
EU sanctions not enough, human miseries of refugees must end urgently
THE EU Council passed sanctions on Monday against seven Myanmar military officials for their sinister roles in the mass killing and displacement of Rohingya civilians....
Free the transport sector from government party-backed union leaders
IN the wake of scores of deaths on roads, the Prime Minister issued directives on Monday, including drive-time limitations on drivers of long-route vehicles, to...