May 22, 2018

Xasir Yusuf: The draft of ‘Government Telephone, Cellular and Internet Policy-2018’ received the cabinet’s approval to raise the cell phone allowance for the ministers and the secretaries to Tk 75,000 from Tk 15,000. The Cabinet approved the draft policy yesterday to bring changes in the existing policy framed in 2004. Mohammad Shafiul Alam, the Cabinet Secretary,…

Sofian Khan: As reported ‘gunfights’ between the law enforcers and criminal groups increase, nine more were killed during the wee hours yesterday. The victims of gunfights are suspected drug dealers.  Separate ‘gunfights’ took place with the law enforcers in Rajshahi, Chuadanga, Jhenaidah, Tangail, Narsingdi, Jashore, and Gazipur districts. Since May 12, A total of 29…

Sofian Khan: Five people have lost their lives with one more injured in a landslide in Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban on yesterday. The deceased are Abu Ahamd (32), Nurul Hakim (25), Sona Miah (30), Nur Ahamed (35) and Jasim Uddin (24) all were cutting soils at the cite. According to Jahangir the Chairman of the…

Syed Ishtiaque Reza, Editor-in-Chief of GTV & sarabangla.net : The ongoing drive against drug smugglers, trader and users seemingly turned into a bloodbath. The crackdown on narcotics in parts of the country left 28 alleged drug peddlers dead in just six days. Expressing her government’s firm stance against drugs, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it…

Waliur Rahman, Former Ambassador and Political Analyst : Awami League-backed candidate Talukder Abdul Khaleq defeated his BNP counterpart in the Khulna city corporation election by a healthy margin. BNP expressed serious concern over the polls result. Efforts from different quarters were also made to make the election questionable. But how was the election actually? Did the…

Kamrun Nahar, Staff Reporter, Daily Financial Express The proverb “too many cooks spoil the broth” probably applies best when it comes to the question regarding the visible and viable measures against the perennial waterlogging problem in Dhaka city. With around 19 million people, Dhaka, a so called megacity, has been fighting various man-induced and natural…

Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Columnist & Researcher Karl Marx was born in a jews family in the town of Terion, Germany in 1818. He was the third among the nine in his family. At the age of six, his family converted to Christianity in order to adjust with the German society. He had an intention…

Nazmul Islam: My first thought on budget is that the government expenditure on public administration is increasing as more people are being recruited which is inconsistent and opposes public interest. I believe that the private sector requires more development than that of the employment sector. Salary and allowance in the private sector are not as…

Swapna Aktar: Mayor and councilors of Domar municipality in Nilphamari divided into two groups regarding the appointment in 8 posts. Allegations against the Mayor brought up the matter of dictatorship in decision taking and other irregularities surrounding the appointment. During the written examination, the deputy commissioner’s representative received complaints of eight councilors that the appointment…