Keep watch on transport agencies dispatching drug nationwide
A SECTION of drug peddlers have been reported to operate by engaging transport agencies in Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar to dispatch drugs under cover. According...
Editorial
Overcrowded Dhaka-N’ganj rail route needs attention
THE sorry state of Dhaka-Narayanganj rail route has worsened, though it was the first broad-gauge rail track of the then British India government. As per...
Readers’ Forum
Save Hatirjheel The deteriorating quality of water in Hatirjheel is quite alarming. This project was supposed to be an entertainment site for the Dhakaites. Instead,...
Inequality also relates to education and health not wealth alone
Bjorn Lomborg :Antipoverty group Oxfam International got a lot of attention for claiming that there’s a global “inequality crisis,” but a far more important point...
Olympics 2018 : A new cornerstone for peace and prosperity
Shamshad Akhtar :All eyes are on the 23rd Olympic Winter Games and 12th Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang this February. Top athletes will carry their...
UNSC must halt disastrous march of Myanmar’s ethnic cleansing of Rohingya
Matthew Wells :Abdu Salam stayed in his village as Myanmar soldiers and local vigilantes burned down dozens of homes there last August. He stayed as...
Series of question leaks prove thorough inefficiency
SSC question paper for maths was leaked yesterday, like it was done in the case of Islamic Studies, English and Bangla tests. Ministers had accused...
Illegal foreign workers narrowing local job market
THE National Board of Revenue (NBR) is going to initiate the second phase of sudden inspection to at least 30 factories to find out illegal...
What more concrete evidence on Rohingya massacre do the international community require?
LAST Friday the globally renowned news agency Reuters revealed a shocking special report with spine-chilling photos on how two of its journalists came to unearth...
Phillipines heist
BANGLADESH’S central bank will file a lawsuit in New York against a Philippine bank over the world’s largest cyber heist, as said by our Finance...
Readers’ Forum
No post-office in Paribagh-Hatirpool area A large number of inhabitants in the Paribagh-Hatirpool area have no means of accessing government postal services as there are...
Why are we not discussing media ethics?
Patrick Lee Plaisance :We know that companies and organisations can have a distinct “culture.” A notorious example is Volkswagen, which for years relied on software...