Mir Nasir Hossain, Former FBCCI president : The upcoming budget needs to be composed of necessary measures to restore discipline in the banking sector. Interest rates for bank loans have climbed up to an intolerable level and needs to be reduced. Government-owned banks are unable to make investments even having enough liquidity. They are charging high…
Nurul Anwar, Former Inspector General of Police : Even if there are no queries regarding the ongoing anti-narcotics drives, there are many, from general people to experts, who have raised questions regarding killing people in ‘crossfire’. Whenever someone is killed, it is claimed that they were caught in the middle of a trade of bullets. When…
Zayadul Ahsan Pintu, Editor, DBC : Countrywide anti-drug drives are going on. Such drives can only put a halt into drug peddling for temporarily. But this will not be able to bring any long term solution. In order to get sustainable results, plans have to be made for conducting these drives regularly but without spilling a…
Abrar Hussain: French President Emmanuel Macron has reportedly told US President Donald Trump that the new US tariffs on European, Mexican and Canadian goods are illegal and a “mistake.” Macron’s office, in a statement yesterday, revealed that the two presidents spoke over the phone after the Trump administration announced on Thursday that 25 per cent tariffs…
Abrar Hussain: At a ceremony in Islamabad yesterday, retired Jus-tice Nasirul Mulk took oath as Pakistan’s seventh caretaker Prime Minister, hours after the National Assembly was formally dissolved ahead of the July elections. President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath to Mulk, who was unanimously nominated for the post by both the government and opposition, with…
Sofian Khan: Some 21 people were killed with a dozen more others injured due to thunderstorms in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. According to the officials, the thunderstorms went off on several districts in both the states during night. “Thunderstorm and lightning hit several parts parts of Bihar last night, killing 14 people and injuring nine others,”…
Abrar Hussain: In a bid to ease stress on the students, the government yesterday reduced the number of subjects in Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations by 3 and the scores by 200, reports BDnews24. Duly, there will now be no second paper in English or Bangla, nor an optional subject…
Sarwar J. Minar, Senior Officer, International Programs and Relations, IUB: Drug related crime poses a direct threat to national security and development. In the post-Cold War era, while traditional military-centric security started losing its appeal, a human-centric security emerged as the dominant trend. The main idea of human- centric security is that anything that poses…
Moazzem Hossen Alal, Joint Secretary General, BNP : Some banks have been established in our country, which were distributed to leaders of Awami League. For instance, Farmers’ Bank, NRB Bank, Meghna Bank and many others are owned by members of Awami League. There are many non-government banks, which have become bankrupt through financial debacle. In…