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…
Tanvir Alam Khan, Assistant Managing Editor , Daily Amader Orthoneeti: Contemporary science and technology has evolved in many aspects of human life. Technology in many contexts has shaped our life in diverse scenario. Recent tech is not only confined in communication based applications or social media oriented website. They are simple communication tools invented by computer…
Sayeed Muhammad: With the countrywide crackdown on drug dealers continuing, 11 more alleged drug peddlers were killed in ‘gunfights’ with law enforcers in Chattogram, Feni, Cumilla, Brahmanbaria, Narayanganj, Netrakona, Chuadanga, Dinajpur and Nilphamari districts yesterday. The tally of those killed in the shootouts since May 12 has reached 40 across the country, reports UNB. In…
Prof. Dr. A. B. M Abdullah, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, BSMMU : A wide variation of foods are prepared and sold targeting the month of Ramadan. Shopkeepers settle on with these foods in the market, on the streets and even on the footpaths. Question is if these eye-appetizing foods were made in a healthy manner. Concerns…