Crisis for rice producers
THE government is going to purchase one lakh metric tonnes of non-aromatic rice from India under a government-to-government deal. A proposal from the Food Ministry...
Editorial
Wealth concentration continues to increase
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram :As the ‘masters of the universe’ gather for their annual retreat at Davos, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has...
Readers’ Forum
Time to end food adulteration As the economy moves ahead, Bangladeshi people, in general, are now consuming more meat, fruits and vegetables than ever. With...
It’s never too late to start learning
Purva Grover :The world around us is changing at a fast pace, barely giving us the time to breathe. As I look around, I see...
Trump’s racial prejudice stems from ignorance
Sally Jenkins :The Bible teaches that there are no real “shitholes,” of course, that the only things that defile us come from somebody’s mouth. But...
Big Tech faces scrutiny
Laurent Belsie :The charges came from high-profile former employees and venture capitalists, who said the companies were doing it on purpose. For months, the whispers...
Student leaders joined democratic movements, but not rightly motivated
IN THE 10 years of pseudo democratic rule of the present government, its student wing killed many people, attacked protesters against government injunction to protect...
Costlier imports must be checked
THE Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association has decided to raise the ceiling on the Bills for Collection (BC) selling rate, the rate at which banks...
Readers’ Forum
Felling trees along Jessore road It is slightly relieving to learn that the High Court has halted the felling of century-old trees along the Jessore-Benapole...
Women need to speak up against abuse
Asha Iyer Kumar :We had barely moved on since the Weinstein saga when the Aziz Ansari story went viral. MeToo merged with a bad date...
Say no to child trafficking
Md. Sazedul Islam :A team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained a man after raiding a residential hotel at Gulistan in the capital in October...
World should do more to support education
Jeffrey D. Sachs :The Global Partnership for Education, a worthy and capable initiative to promote education in 65 low-income countries, is having what the jargon...