Abdul Aziz, Erasmus Mundus Scholar, QUT, Australia : For young social media users in Bangladesh, even a fast scroll through Facebook’s newsfeed delivers fuel hatred and chauvinistic fervor from religion to gender, and from cricket culture to politics. Bangladesh has been one of the fastest social media using countries with Dhaka being the second in terms…
Kazi Akramuddin Ahmad, Former President, FBCCI : The upcoming budget has to prioritize ICT, Pharmaceuticals and other alternative industries alongside the garments industry. Our garments industry is doing well and it is obviously good news for us but we also have to create alternative sectors as well. We have fisheries and ICT. We have a pharmaceuticals…
Dr. Abul Barkat, Former Chairman, Janata Bank Ltd : Let’s prepare a list of the top 100 loan defaulters of the country and find out why they have become defaulters. There can be many reasons behind one becoming such. Therefore each of them does not deserve to be rebuked. If one becomes a defaulter, the first…
Shahin Ahmed, Proprietor, Anjans : The local fashion houses are currently doing quite well, throughout the whole year in fact. But there is also a big problem looming over the boutiques industry. Nowadays, a lot of imported products find their way into our local market and we have to compete with them. Fortunately, we are capable…
Md. Shamsul Islam, Executive Editor, Our Time : Strategists and the students of international politics would be baffled to decipher the significance of our PM Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India in the last week of this month. The scheduled activities PM took part in India may seem like more of a state ritual – a typical…
Abrar Hussain: The Election Commission has announced in the election schedule yesterday that the city corporation elections for Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal will be held on July 30. According to the election schedule, the last date for filing nominations is June 28 and withdrawing July 9. The nominations will be scrutinized through July 1 and…
Sofian Khan: The schedules for the examinations of 38th and 39th Bangladesh Civil Service (BSC) has been announced by Bangladesh Public Service Commission. The written test for the 38th BCS will start on August 8 and preliminary test for 39th BCS on August 3. The confirmation for the schedules of the two examinations came in by…
Abrar Hussain: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to address a press conference today to brief journalists about the outcomes of her recent visit to Kolkata, India, reports The Daily Star. The press conference will be held at her official residence Gono Bhaban at 4:00pm in the afternoon, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said. On May…
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Editor-in-Charge, The Asian Age : The on-again off-again summitry that has had the world glued to what happens in Pyongyang and Washington is not exactly the best way to shape or understand global affairs. President Donald Trump, a man not adept in leading from the front in foreign affairs, now finds himself somewhat…