Abrar Hussain: Amid criticism from the government’s ‘war on drugs’ that recently killed 45 people in parts of Bangladesh, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has announced that all drug traffickers listed by law-enforcement agencies are being brought ‘under the law.’ “Everyone involved in drug trafficking will be brought under the law according to a list provided…
Dr. Abu Ahmed, Economist: The Gold Policy 2018 that allows businessmen to legally import gold is useful and timely. Hopefully this will lead to the development of the ‘gold industry.’ The policies that were adopted were very much needed by our nation. Our neighbouring India earns nearly 40 billion dollars every year by exporting gold…
Attitude problem towards the industry and lack of visionary leadership hold it behind Kamrun Nahar, Staff Reporter, The Financial Express: It was mid-March last. I started for a five-day tour in Bandarban and Cox’s Bazar with my son and a cousin of his age after their SSC exam. We got on a bus from Kalabagan…
Maj Gen (retd.) Mohammad Ali Shikder, Security Analyst: Those whosoever died in the anti-narcotics were not killed. They died in gunfights. None of them were killed after being arrested or calling from their homes. Nothing happened that is contrary to the law or constitution. The police are going to arrest drug peddlers and during the…
Sarwar J. Minar, Senior Officer, International Programs and Relations, IUB : Grand strategy is one of the most talked about concepts of foreign policy lexicon in the 21st century and yet it remains a confusing and widely misunderstood concept. Though mostly because of the concern about USA’s future direction of foreign policy and the rising…
M Ahsan Shuvro, A Dhaka-based journalist with interest in energy sector: Having a boom in power generation capacity and number of consumers in the past eight years, the power and energy ministry once again failed to offer a different experience with better electricity supply to the people of Bangladesh in this summer. People in Dhaka…
Raj Abrar: Nine more suspected drug peddlers have been killed in countrywide anti-narcotics crackdown from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning, according to Banglanews24 correspondents from Rangpur, Kushtia, Cumilla, Feni, Gaibandha, Lalmonirhat, Thakurgaon, and Jamalpur.In Kushtia, two drug dealers Fatik alias Gaffar Sheikh, 37, and Liton Sheikh, 40 were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with police in Kumarkhali…
Afrida Ahmed: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina today at Shantiniketan which is 160 km from Kolkata, reports hindubusinessline. Modi will address the convocation at Visva-Bharati University in Rabindranath Tagore’s home, Shantiniketan, where Hasina will be present as well. Modi and Hasina are expected to have bilateral talks and together launch…
Sejuti Mourin: The Election Commission yesterday approved the proposed City Corporation (election code of conduct) Rules 2018, allowing Members of Parliaments (MPs) to participate in city corporation election campaigns. The approval came at the EC meeting held at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda in the chair.“The Commission has approved…