Reduction of corporate tax for financial institutions
Dr. M Abul Kashem Mozumder and Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :Admittedly corporate sector is an important part of economy. Private enterprises or companies are quixotically...
Editorial
Death of another prosecution witness : Too difficult to accept as an accident
NO sooner had the Eid vacation come to an end but another murder shocked us all. The decapitated body of Sumon Zahid, a witness in...
Stop wastage of public money, make city roads usable
CAPITAL’s potholed and dilapidated roads, lanes and by-lanes are causing acute sufferings to commuters as they find movement from one place to another quite uncomfortable....
Readers’ Forum
Compensating victims of road accidents The High Court’s recent verdict asking a private bus owner and BRTC to pay Tk 1 crore as compensation to...
Readers’ Forum
Zakat step to alleviate poverty Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam. It is one kind of taxes to pay to the have-nots....
Trump triggers war on trade
Mohammad Amjad Hossain :President Donald Trump of the United States has in fact begun war on global trade in order to save deficit in trade...
Corporal punishment exists only due to ignorance
Sir Frank Peters :There’s a horrific misconception out there that beating children (corporal punishment) is obeying a command from God. There’s another totally ignorant belief...
Human security — the core point of all development
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed :Security can be examined at different levels and dimensions. It can be viewed at individual, societal, national, international and global levels....
Save the flood victims and take adequate measures for post-flood rehabilitation
INCESSANT rainfall in the last few days has triggered floods in the country’s East and South East districts. Thousands of people of Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Feni...
Take action against them who are responsible for misappropriation of poor people’s food
THE police on Thursday seized 1,500 kilograms of rice of Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme meant for free distribution to the poor and arrested four...
Readers’ Forum
Double standard Killing innocent ones or alleged criminals without real trial, and letting the convicted criminals go does not reflect the actual law and order...
Warnings of a new global financial crisis
Martin Khor :There are increasing warnings of an imminent new financial crisis, not only from the billionaire investor George Soros, but also from eminent economists...