June 27, 2018
AL candidate takes lead in GCC polls amid BNP allegations
Sayeed Muhammad: The early unofficial results yesterday showed that Awami League’s mayoral aspirant Jahangir Alam was leading in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election. According to unofficial results of 118 polling centres as of 8pm yesterday, Jahangir bagged 1,37,034 votes while his BNP counterpart Hasan Uddin Sarker got 60,204 votes. Earlier in the day, polling…
All those mischievous men…
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Editor-in-Charge, The Asian Age: There is quite something to be said about those Bengalis who somehow cannot rest easy with the place of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in history. More than decades ago, Syed Najmuddin Hashim enlightened yours truly with remarkable tales of some Bengali civil service officers trapped in Pakistan in…
Interest rate on bank loans must be cut
Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank: The move to fix bank loan interest rate at 6% was not right. Bankers say they would fail to attract depositors just because of the interest rate. So why did they agree to do so? This is not right. Now they say they cannot grant 9% defaulted loan….
Interest rates must be brought down to 3-4%
Prof Dr. Mahbubullah, Economist: There has been debate on whether the state’s money can be kept in private banks. It can be kept at 6% deposit rate. But what should the deposit and interest rates be? Interest rates should be brought down within 3-4%, not more than that. For every bank, profit is a huge…
Congested buildings result in high temperature
Engineer M Inamul Haque, Former Director General, WARPO: Our capital is so congested of buildings that naturally the temperature is higher. This is resulting increased heavy rains and hail storm incidents. The increased heat results a sudden 4-5 km lift on the air. Artificial forests of buildings has been created cutting down many trees and…