General clients losing faith in banks
THE number of customers dissatisfied with banking services has been on the rise as 16.52 lakh dissatisfied customers closed their accounts in Bangladesh in 2017....
Editorial
Intentional delay of ACC to finish probe of Hallmark loan scam with Sonali Bank
THE intentional delay to complete the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) probe of Hallmark Group loan scam with Sonali Bank in six years makes it clear to...
Social security for senior citizens
Md. Sazedul Islam :The age-old tradition of maintaining elderly people and providing care to them is gradually waning due to social evolution and values. Now...
Drama being played to resolve crisis in Korean Peninsula
Mohammad Amjad Hossain :There is glimmer of hope that proposed summit between US President Donald Trump and Chairman of North Korean state affairs commission Kim...
How Muslims celebrate the revelation of the Quran
Rozina Sabur :During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims endure a period of daily fasting – the biggest act of religious observance of its kind....
Readers’ Forum
Contain Sanchayapatra scheme :Sanchayapatra is a national savings scheme of the government. The government collected more than Tk 750 billion during the 2016-17 fiscal year...
Agreement is not enough; Myanmar must prove its sincerity
LAST Thursday the UN authorities stated that it had struck a rough deal with Myanmar aimed at eventually allowing hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims...
Drug drive: Ordinary ones are implicated, kingpins stay safe
NEWS media reported that police in Chattogram implicated a 60-year man, Samar Krishna Chowdhury, in two cases related to narcotics and arms recovery, after being...
Readers’ Forum
City needs proper drainage system West Kazipara is one of many areas in Dhaka that resembles the seashore after only a little rain. Sometimes during...
Law to prevent noise pollution
Md. Atikur Rahman :Environment pollution has reached an unbearable level. In many ways our environment is being polluted. One of the main causes of environmental...
Sustainable food security to end hunger
Dr. M Abul Kashem Mozumder and Dr. Md. Shairul Mashreque :Sustainable food security is the special goal of 2030. This is to end hunger. Ending...
Manik Mia was a force of journalism but our journalists are happy to be party activists
TODAY, we mourn the 49th death anniversary of Tofazzal Hossain Manik Mia, the pioneer of journalism in our country, who symbolised the power of press...