M Humayun Kabir: The government allowances to the citizens under the social safety net programmes are not meant to run the whole family or make one reluctant about work, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. She was speaking at the inaugural function of electronically distribution of allowances to 115,088 beneficiaries under the programme through a videoconference…
Professor Dr Mizanur Rahman, Vice Chancellor of Jagannath University: I do not wish to term it as a quota reform movement. Rather, this movement is to reform freedom fighters’ quota all along. The supporters of this movement erroneously think that the freedom fighters are grabbing all the quotas. Nobody has written anything about reforming any…
Dr. AB Mirza Azizul Islam, Former Finance Adviser to Caretaker Government: Repeated incidents of anomaly at Bangladesh’s central bank will erode people’s confidence. Investigations should be launched and necessary actions should be taken against the persons involved if the allegations of serious irregularities at the central bank’s vault are proved. The central bank has definitely…
Syed Manzoorul Islam, Academic and Writer: omestic awareness has to be raised if drug-addicted students are to be brought back to schools and colleges. Offspring should have sound and healthy relationships with their parents. It is a sad reality that corrupt households will have adverse impact on the growth of its children. When the father…