Abrar Hussain: National Garment Workers Fede-ration yesterday held a meeting in front of the Jatiya Press Club, demanding for payment of Eid bonuses within June 6. “Eid bonus is the legal right of garment workers. In many garments, the authorities refrain from paying Eid bonus to their workers where in some places the garment owners pay…
Dr. Muhammad Abdul Mazid, Former NBR Chairman : A lot of people think that this year’s budget will be an ‘election budget’. This is not exactly true – the ongoing budget is the “vote er budget”. Next fiscal year’s budget will not be such because it will be a budget by the government that is run…
Sejuti Mourin: In light of the allegations in the recent Khulna elections, BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed has announced that their party is engaged in developing strategies to foil the ‘evil plans’ of the ruling party to rig the upcoming Gazipur election. “It was the election of police and Rab, not of people, in Khulna. It…
Syed Mahfujul Haque Marjan, Faculty Member of Criminology, University of Dhaka : The drive against illegal drugs across the country, being carried out by the law enforcement agencies, has raised many questions with respect to its desired success. Statistics show around 50 drug dealers are killed in different shootouts with different security agencies in the last…
AFSAN CHOWDHURY, senior journalist and researcher : What is the difference between the leadership of government banks and the owners of private ones? Both state-owned and private banks are owned by the same group, said eminent journalist and researcher Afsan Chowdhury. His comments came during a recent interview, mainly focusing on private banks requesting money from state-owned…
Abrar Hussain: Bangladesh has been ranked as the fifth largest Muslim consumer food expenditure market in the world, according to an estimate revealed in the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report 2017-18. It claimed that Bangladeshi Muslims spent US$71.10 billion for food consumption in 2016. Indonesia is at the top of the list with Muslims…
Saleque Sufi, An expert in energy sector infrastructure development, planning, construction management and operation in Central and South Asia and Australia : Bangladesh appears to have adopted leapfrog strategy for achieving sustainable energy security towards achieving national vision for mid-income country by 2021 and developed country by 2041. The bottom line is to ensuring quality power…
Maulana Farid Uddin Masud, Islamic scholar : Usually, the prices of commodities are higher, which is quite unaffordable for consumers. Traders can profit as much as their business demand. But unlimited profits are not something allowed in Islam. Rather the Muslims are told to keep the market prices under control. In the golden days of Islam,…
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…