Prof. Dr. Shamsul Alam, Energy Advisor, CAB: Both public and private engagement is needed to extract gas for the power and energy sector. Allocation of proper investment needed as per demand to lift the coal from Barapukuria in order to increase the oil import and electricity production. Investment sector should meet parity while allocating funds….
Ashiq Rahman: Economist and the former chairman of Rupali Bank, Dr Ahmed Al Kabir, says private banks lending from state-owned banks is totally unfair. He also thinks that it is unexpected that the private banks seek loan on a low interest from the state-run banks. His comments came in a recent interview. Why would the…
Md. Shamsul Islam, Executive Editor, Our Time: I was quite amused to see in our media that a woman activist of the outlawed Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), was arrested lately in Mymensingh who allegedly motivated her elder daughter to emigrate or hijrat for the causes of Islam. Though the news did not give us further…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Columnist & Researcher: Change is a name of concept and idea which is related to things both in concrete form and abstract in nature. In this world, things are indestructible. After a short period or at the end of life, everything in this world including the mankind is being vanished and…
Shafiqul Alam, International Climate Protection Fellow at Ecologic Institute, Berlin, supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany: Concerns over irreversible damage of anthropogenic climate change have changed the dynamics of energy use globally and forced the countries to reconsider the prevailing growth strategies and make a transition towards less carbon intensive and sustainable one. The…
Sabah Mannan: People are being killed across the country in the name of anti-narcotics drives alleged Secretary General of BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday. Talking to journalists at his village home in Thakurgaon, Fakhrul remarked that in a span of few days, around 30 people have been killed in the government’s so-called gunfights…
Sayeed Muhammad: Yet another nine people have been killed in so called gunfights across the country, raising the tally of the people subjected to shootout deaths to 35 in last five days. Law-enforcement agencies said they engaged in gun battles with the people, all drug traffickers, in eight districts overnight yesterday, BDnews24.com. Two people have been…
Sofian Khan: The High Court (HC) summoned all the investigating officers (IO) yesterday who were responsible for the investigation the BASIC Bank loan scam to appear before it on the coming Wednesday. According to ACC lawyer Khurshid Alad, the HC bench comprised of Justice Shahidul Karim and Justice M Enayetur Rahim directed the IOs to appear…
Sayeed Muhammad: After a long fight with an abnormal tumor on her right hand, Muktamoni has finally passed away yesterday at 6:45am. She was diagnosed with a rare disease which caused her right arm to swell up. According to her father, her physical condition was critical and he has no grudges on the doctors regarding…
Sofian Khan: Five people lost their lives as a truck hit a Leguna in Shahjahanpur yesterday morning leaving seven others injured. According to the Bogra Additional Superintendent of Police (Sadar Circle) Sanatan Chakraborty, all the deceased were passengers of Leguna. The ASP said a Bogra-bound truck from Natore rammed an oncoming human hauler at Birgram on…