Sofian Khan: Over 100 have been detained by the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) during an anti-narcotics drive at Geneva camp in Mohammadpur yesterday. According to CDR. Mufti Mahmud Khan, legal and media wing director of the Rab, the drive was conducted by several of their teams around 11:00 am and detained over the…
Abrar Hussain: Ten drug peddlers from eight districts have been killed in countrywide ‘gunfights’ with law enforcers, as anti-narcotics drives continue.Of them, 2 in Cumilla, 2 in Dinajpur, 1 in Kurigram, 1 in Joypurhat, 1 Chandpur, 1 in Mymensingh, 1 in Pabna, and 1 in Thakurgaon, were killed from 12 am up to Saturday (May 26),…
Abrar Hussain: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has pledged yesterday that there will be no possibility of gridlock on the Dhaka-Tangail highway, claiming the road condition much better than before ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr this year. “The construction works have already been completed and all the potholes are also repaired on Bypile-Abdullahpur highway,” said Obaidul…
Rajekuzzaman Ratan, Central Committee Member, Bangladesher Somajtantrik Dal : The election system in our country has reached to the edge. Disbelieve, mistrust and doubt have become so strong that even the people within a certain party do not want to believe that a fair election will be held under the partisan government. Some are even…
Nurul Anwar, Former IGP : The big-shot drug smugglers are all beneficiaries from the time of past governments. Any strict measures taken against them will not yield any fruit for the ongoing anti-drug movement. Who are involved in the drug business? Who buys them and maintains the money? They are not simple people. The big drug…
Md. Shamsul Islam, Executive Editor, Our Time : I become deeply horrified when I see different statistics related to our young generation – more often than not dubbed as Generation Z in the West i.e. the young people who are growing up in a tech-savvy, socially alienated environment. For instance, in one survey released last year…
Dr. Md. Abdul Mazid, Ex-chairman, NBR : There have been discussions about lowering the corporate tax rate. Lowering the tax rate will definitely lead to less revenue, because a huge sum could be missed from the tax net. Plans need to be set for ways to recover the loss. The corporations that owe to the government,…
Abrar Hussain: Locals in Madhupur upazila of Tangail have claimed that a fifth grader was murdered after rape. Liza, daughter of Mizanur Rahman and a student of Gasbari Government Primary School, did not return after leaving home around 11 am. After a long a search her body was found around 10 pm, wrapped in banana leaves…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy : Kazi Nazrul Islam is our national poet. He spoke for our nationalism. His idea of nationalism developed with the fusion of communism. He was guided by Muzaffar Ahmed, a renowned communist in this sub-continent. Muzaffar was the bosom friend of Kazi Nazrul and…
Sabah Mannan: Just a day after Trump cancelled the 12th June summit with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un due to Pyongyang’s “open hostility”, he said the US was having “productive talks” about reinstating it. In a Twitter post, Trump wrote that the summit is likely to be held on the same date, June 12th…