Abrar Hussain: At least 33 people have been killed and 98 injured in road accidents throughout the country yesterday, reports the Dhaka Tribune. In Gaibandha, 16 people lost lives and 40 were injured when a bus lost control and crashed into a tree on the Rangpur-Dhaka Highway in Palashbari upazila. According to the Dhaka Tribune,…
Sofian Khan: Secretary-General of UN Antonio Guterres and President of World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim are scheduled to visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar while pressure on Myanmar mounts following the ‘ethnic cleansing’ in the Rakhine State. International Criminal Court judges gave the country a deadline to respond to a prosecution request that the…
Sofian Khan: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated Awami League’s new central office at Bangabandhu Avenue in Gulistan. As part of the inaugural ceremony, Sheikh Hasina also the party President, cut a ribbon on Saturday. Earlier in the day, Sheikh Hasina placed a floral wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi 32 to…
Sofian Khan: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said that the grassroots leaders and party activists will be held responsible if the mass chooses not to cast their votes in favor of Awami League (AL) in the coming general election. “We’ve implemented so many development programmes, we’ve developed the country. It won’t be acceptable if people…
Raj Abrar: Two suspected drug peddlers were killed in separate “gunfights” in Tangail and Sirajganj districts yesterday. In Tangail, police recovered the bullet hit body of a suspected drug peddler from Sadar upazila. The deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, 45, reports The Daily Star. The Daily Star quoted Sadar model police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sayedur…
Abrar Hussain: The government should increase the tax for tobacco products in the proposed national budget for the fiscal 2018-19, demanded by Anti-tobacco platforms yesterday. They also demanded the restructuring of the four-level price slab for cigarettes into two levels. Nadira Kiron, co-convener of Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA), said the proposed tax structure for tobacco…
Dr. Syed Manzoorul Islam, Professor of English , Dhaka University: The budget allocation for the education sector is inadequate. It has to be increased, even though education sector budget is based on investment, not thought. We have to get out of the ‘thought’ of education budget and into ‘investment’. Teachers’ salaries will have to be…
Wali-ur Rahman, Former Ambassador : Procrastination and disinterest from Myanmar appears to be an obstacle to repatriate Rogingyas from Bangladesh. Despite being an optimistic person, I can see that there is a static or back affection from Myanmar in this regard. What can Bangladesh in this case? The entire world and the UN are concerned about…
Abu Ahmed, Professor of Economics , Dhaka University : The interest rate of the banks has to be reduced as their authorities have promised the promised the prime minister to do so. I also support the need of reducing the interest rate, but this is not easy. There are no other alternatives than to reduce interest…