Nothing justifies corporal punishment
Sir Frank Peters :It doesn’t matter from which angle you look; corporal punishment isn’t pretty. It serves no useful purpose whatsoever, but causes untold damage...
Editorial
How low-income Bangladeshis use loans
Stuart Rutherford :Bangladeshis have a long tradition of borrowing from family, neighbors and other informal sources. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have proliferated over the past three...
Increasing living cost: Govt busy with mega projects
WHILE the cost of living for millions of Dhaka residents keeps going higher with little to no change in their income, the situation is not...
It is the teachers, not coaching centres responsible for leakage
THE Education Ministry on Monday ordered closure of all coaching centres from three days prior to beginning of Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations...
Readers’ Forum
Dissolution of marriageThe Indian Supreme Court in a ruling has said that triple talak (divorce) is a crime. I have not read the full text...
Can the EU and US still work together?
Fraser Cameron :Much of the European commentary following publication of President Trump’s national security strategy (NSS) in December was highly critical. But despite the well-known...
Late Justice Murshed: A legendary of the twentieth century
Barrister Nazir Ahmed :Late Justice Murshed’s outstanding legal career and landmark judgments have made him known both within and outside the legal arena. Through his...
Effective gold import policy needed
THE price of gold has raised up to Tk 1,400 a bhori [11.664 gm] in the local market from Wednesday crossing the Tk 50,000 mark...
Gross mismanagement has gobbled up our forests
THE country’s natural forest reserves faced the highest deforestation between 2006 and 2014 due to the Forest Department’s (DoF) repeated failure to play its role,...
Inequality still a major global problem
FORMER World Trade Organisation Director General Pascal Lamy on Saturday said the problem of rising inequality in countries across the globe could be resolved internally....
Readers’ Forum
Environmental degradation Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources, the destruction of ecosystems, and pollution. In recent years, we have...
Germany cannot fill the vacuum left by the US
Anna Sauerbrey :Militarily, Germany and Europe depend on the United States, too, still ducking under its nuclear umbrella. Trump took office, and Germany is still...