Human Security: The apex of all development

    Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy : Security can be examined at different levels and dimensions like individual, societal, national, international and global. When the entire gamut of different dimension of security is considered, we may call it comprehensive security. One may think one dimension is different from other; it…

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      Global democracy still demonized   

      Azfar Aziz, Development Consultant, CREA and Advisory Editor of Daily Finland : In ‘Power: A New Social Analysis’ (1938), Bertrand Russell made a number of predictions we are witnessing now. He first divided the forms of power sought by man into ‘force and coercion’, ‘inducements’, and ‘propaganda’. “We must first understand the basic methods by which…

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        Law coming to ensure death sentence for patrons of drug traders: PM

        UNB: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government is formulating an anti-narcotics law where there will be a provision of death penalty for the patrons of drug traders, drug syndicates and godfathers. “There’ll be a proposal in the law to award death penalty to the patrons of drug trading, drug-syndicates and god-fathers,” she said….

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          The political economy of World Cup football

          Md. Shamsul Islam, Executive Editor, Our Time: With FIFA World Cup 2018 now stealing the limelight, it’s time that we inspect the ‘greatest show on earth’ from a political economy perspective. Football is a huge industry now. As the value of the broadcasting rights is witnessing a considerable growth, football industry is also thriving. For…

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            Bangladesh: A brilliant beacon on World Refugee Day

            Marcia Bernicat, US Ambassador to Bangladesh: Yesterday was World Refugee Day, which provided an opportunity to reflect on the suffering of displaced people and what we can do to provide them safety as well as to prevent future displacement. On this year’s World Refugee Day, Bangladesh stands out as a beacon of hope and inspiration….

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              River protection commission needs to be made powerful

              Kamrun Nahar, Journalist, Financial Express: Bangladesh was blessed with about 700 rivers (source: Wikipedia), constituting a waterway of 24,140 kilometres. The country is a great delta formed by three Himalayan rivers: the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Meghan. But now we know from the Joint River Commission that Bangladesh has 405 rivers, of which 57…

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                Failure in estimating right demand a reason for gas crisis

                Shahedul Islam Helal, Former President, Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI): Failure in estimating the gas reserves and appropriate demand has deepened the gas supply crisis. For attracting investment of Tats in 2005, the then government had stated of huge potential gas reserves. The gas crisis triggered from 2007, only two years after the superfluous statement about…

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                  Not a World Cup, rather ‘well of death’

                  Probhash Amin, Head of News, ATN News: After a draw on every World Cup, a group is declared as the ‘Group of Death’. This time, however, there is not much scope to do the same. Some claim Argentina’s group is difficult, while others say Brazil’s and there are others who say Germany is in danger;…

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