WITH the imposition of the 72-hour blockade, the opposition has thrown public life into yet another dreadful spell of chaos, death and destruction. We are aghast and outraged at the damage the blockade has been doing to the economy, business,…
BANGLADESH has an estimated 20 lakh children domestic workers. Some of the employers of these children may be part of the policy making body for the labour ministry, which has left out children domestic work from the 38 very risky…
We Bangladeshis have fought for our language as well as our liberation. The traitors of the country must be punished for the atrocities they committed. It is our right to try them. Didn’t the people they killed have the right…
Comments on “Politics of killing must stop,” published on December 15, 2013 Nrb Hasina, Khaleda, or whoever else has a role in the political violence that claimed hundreds of lives should be put on trial. They must be held accountable…
We have achieved another victory in this month of victory with the execution of Qader Mollah. Nation has waited for 42 years. We never forgot for a moment the screams of Pallab, poetess Mehrunnesa, Abu taleb, a mother Ameena, Hazrat…
A few days ago, 19 people got fatally burnt on a moving vehicle in the capital and some of them died. I don’t understand what the government is doing. If it can’t stop these miscreants, I think it’s people’s turn…
CERTAIN Jamaat-e-Islami politicians have been speaking of history, in a rather intriguing way. The Awami League, they have warned, will be judged in the dock of history someday. And why will that happen? Well, the government has sent in its…
CHINA is increasingly debating whether or not the renminbi should be internationalized, possibly joining the US dollar and the euro as an international vehicle currency (IVC) – that is, a currency that other countries use to denominate the prices of…
ACCORDING to BBC news (December 13, 2013), the “UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has been blamed for the spread of a kidney disease which affected nearly half a million people in Sri Lanka. Scientists believe the illness is caused…
BANGLADESH continues to solely focus on cheap labour. Apart from agriculture, the economy is based on remittance from expatriates and export of garments; both are largely dependent on cheap labour. The current policy of ‘Digital Bangladesh’ is an attempt to…
AS Asia looks skyward to the tremendous success to date of China’s 20-year-old, multi-billion dollar space program, much more needs to be done here on earth, including in Bangladesh, to bring business growth to some of the highest parts of…
THE culture of hartal started with Gandhi launching the “Ahinsa” (non violent) movement against the British Raj. This actually meant people voluntarily closing down shops, business houses, offices, and even courts of law. There was no question of using force…
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon always had interest in Bangladesh for its remarkable achievements in economic and social sectors. When the political situation started to become confrontational he sent his Under Secretary General Oscar Fernandez Taranco in December 2012 to…
