One lakh Rohingyas to be shifted to Bhasanchar soon: PM

Sofian Khan: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday mentioned the replacement of one lakh of the displaced Rohingya minorities to Bhasanchar Island in Noakhali will initiate soon for giving them shelter there [more]

Budget needs parity in investment sector

Prof. Dr. Shamsul Alam, Energy Advisor, CAB: Both public and private engagement is needed to extract gas for the power and energy sector. Allocation of proper investment needed as per demand to lift the coal [more]

Lending money from state-run banks totally unfair: Dr Ahmed Al Kabir

Ashiq Rahman: Economist and the former chairman of Rupali Bank, Dr Ahmed Al Kabir, says private banks lending from state-owned banks is totally unfair. He also thinks that it is unexpected that the private [more]

Of extremism and our new jihadists

Md. Shamsul Islam, Executive Editor, Our Time: I was quite amused to see in our media that a woman activist of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), was arrested lately in Mymensingh who [more]

Changes flow even to villages

Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Columnist & Researcher: Change is a name of concept and idea which is related to things both in concrete form and abstract in nature. In this world, things are indestructible. After [more]

Addressing energy trilemma of Bangladesh

Shafiqul Alam, International Climate Protection Fellow at Ecologic Institute, Berlin, supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany: Concerns over irreversible damage of anthropogenic climate change [more]

People murdered in the name of anti-drug drives: Fakhrul

Sabah Mannan: People are being killed across the country in the name of anti-narcotics drives alleged Secretary General of BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday. Talking to journalists at his village [more]