A.S.M Riad Arif, SARRC Silver Jubilee Scholar, South Asian University, New Delhi : One of the very popular Bengali singer and song-writer of Bengali Nachiketa Chakraborty wrote that, ‘It is not an offense to take bribe publicly, but kiss in public is a serious crime’. We are living in a very turmoil and trouble time. Every…
Prof. Dr. Md. Tazul Islam, Renowned Psychiatrist : Payel was ditched into water instead to taken to the hospital after he got injured. Before solving the issues of the bus driver’s anarchy and reckless driving on the road, we have to find out the donors backing them up. These drivers are mostly absolute uneducated and in…
Dr. Tofayel Ahmed, Local Government Analyst : The Election Commission’s (EC) promise to provide equal opportunity for all parties was merely empty words and no action. Thus it makes no difference whether their words are given any importance or not. Arrests and harassments right before the three elections are not a good sign. Only a few…
M Hafiz Uddin Khan, President, SHUJAN : If there are pending cases against those being arrested centering the city elections, then why have they not been arrested much sooner? Why should they be arrested in election time? There is actually some sort of ulterior motive behind this. If there are cases pending against the arrestees, then why…
Khalequzzaman, General Secretary, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal : Corruption has been a great acquaintance of the oil-gas and coal sectors. The Barapukuria coal disappearance mishap is the visible reference of the same. The nearly 1.5 million tons of coal did not disappear in a single day, the theft and miseries have been going on for a long…