Readers’ Forum
Digitisation with security in focus :Digitisation of the regular operations of financial institutions yields efficiency and convenience for the customers. But on the other hand,...
Editorial
Victory Day imbibes us to make victory meaningful to all
THE nation celebrates today the 46th Anniversary of Victory of our independence that Bangladesh achieved through a long nine-month liberation war sacrificing three million lives...
Act decisively to stop question leakage
DURING their academic life, teenagers are introduced to perhaps their first form of corruption through question paper leaks. This is a failure of the state...
Bangladesh aims at middle-income status by 2021
Thalif Deen :The environmental challenges facing Bangladesh, described by the United Nations as one of the world’s “least developed countries” (LDCs), are monumental, including recurrent...
Muslim leaders must continue to act together not to be ignored
WE welcome the OIC’s (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) decision declaring East Jerusalem as capital of Palestine at a summit at Istanbul on Wednesday as the...
Urgent recovery measures for garment export
BANGLADESH’S garment export to the US fell in the 10 months up to October this year with higher shipments competing from countries such as China,...
Readers’ Forum
Congratulation Rangpur We congratulate Rangpur Raiders for becoming champions in the fifth edition of the BPL concluded on Tuesday. They played like the champions and...
Arming poor countries enriches rich countries
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram :Although the Cold War came to an end over a quarter century ago, international arms sales only declined temporarily...
Readers’ Forum
City’s air pollution Air pollution levels in Dhaka are already high. With uncontrolled emissions from motor vehicles, constant road repairs, and poorly managed construction works,...
Global initiative to relieve pressure on mountains
Becky Heeley :International Mountain Day and the Mountain Partnership’s 15th anniversary coincided on December 11, kicking off a three-day Mountain Partnership Global Meeting at the...
A responsibility to prevent genocide
Tharanga Yakupitiyage :Almost 70 years since the Genocide Convention was adopted, the international community still faces a continued and growing risk of genocide.On the International...
Room for hope at One Planet Summit
Maeve McLynn :The One Planet Summit, organised together with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and World Bank President Jim Yong King sets out to demonstrate...