June 20, 2018

Sayeed Muhammad: In an organised attack, a Rohingya camp leader has been hacked to death by unknown assailants inside the Balukhali camp of Cox’s Bazar. Arif Ullah, 35, the head majhi of block 11, Balukhali camp (2/2), was dragged down from an autobike, hacked with sharp weapons and then his throat was slit around 7pm…

Syed Badrul Ahsan, Editor-in-Charge, The Asian Age: On the way to my village last week, it was a Brazil-Argentina festival of colors I sped through. All around me, on the tops of jackfruit and mango trees and perched on sky-caressing coconut and date palms, fluttered the flags of the two countries that are thousands of…

Engr. Mashiur Rahman, Managing Director, TGTDCL: The capacity constraint of Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited (TGTDCL) is not responsible for the ongoing gas crisis. Though no expansion of network is done, maintenance and upgrading of pipelines and network is ongoing. But failure in supplying gas as per demand is the main reason for…

Dr Anupam Sen, Vice-Chancellor, Premier University: We had considered an evil act and force the August 15 incident. A vested quarter carried out the brutal killing mission. But the 2004 murder attempt on Sheikh Hasina implied that the state was behind the August 21 incident. Some people used the state power, to destroy the opposition….

Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy: In our country we often find dishonest traders who always want to cheat people and adopt unfair means. As disbelievers in any ethical principles, they are only inclined to dodge their customers and consumers. With such a malign intention in mind, they do…