Sabah Mannan: Just a day after Trump cancelled the 12th June summit with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un due to Pyongyang’s “open hostility”, he said the US was having “productive talks” about reinstating it. In a Twitter post, Trump wrote that the summit is likely to be held on the same date, June 12th…
Tanvir Alam Khan, Assistant Managing Editor , Daily Amader Orthoneeti: Contemporary science and technology has evolved in many aspects of human life. Technology in many contexts has shaped our life in diverse scenario. Recent tech is not only confined in communication based applications or social media oriented website. They are simple communication tools invented by computer…
Sayeed Muhammad: With the countrywide crackdown on drug dealers continuing, 11 more alleged drug peddlers were killed in ‘gunfights’ with law enforcers in Chattogram, Feni, Cumilla, Brahmanbaria, Narayanganj, Netrakona, Chuadanga, Dinajpur and Nilphamari districts yesterday. The tally of those killed in the shootouts since May 12 has reached 40 across the country, reports UNB. In…
Prof. Dr. A. B. M Abdullah, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, BSMMU : A wide variation of foods are prepared and sold targeting the month of Ramadan. Shopkeepers settle on with these foods in the market, on the streets and even on the footpaths. Question is if these eye-appetizing foods were made in a healthy manner. Concerns…
Abrar Hussain: National Garment Workers Fede-ration yesterday held a meeting in front of the Jatiya Press Club, demanding for payment of Eid bonuses within June 6. “Eid bonus is the legal right of garment workers. In many garments, the authorities refrain from paying Eid bonus to their workers where in some places the garment owners pay…
Dr. Muhammad Abdul Mazid, Former NBR Chairman : A lot of people think that this year’s budget will be an ‘election budget’. This is not exactly true – the ongoing budget is the “vote er budget”. Next fiscal year’s budget will not be such because it will be a budget by the government that is run…
Sejuti Mourin: In light of the allegations in the recent Khulna elections, BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed has announced that their party is engaged in developing strategies to foil the ‘evil plans’ of the ruling party to rig the upcoming Gazipur election. “It was the election of police and Rab, not of people, in Khulna. It…
Syed Mahfujul Haque Marjan, Faculty Member of Criminology, University of Dhaka : The drive against illegal drugs across the country, being carried out by the law enforcement agencies, has raised many questions with respect to its desired success. Statistics show around 50 drug dealers are killed in different shootouts with different security agencies in the last…
AFSAN CHOWDHURY, senior journalist and researcher : What is the difference between the leadership of government banks and the owners of private ones? Both state-owned and private banks are owned by the same group, said eminent journalist and researcher Afsan Chowdhury. His comments came during a recent interview, mainly focusing on private banks requesting money from state-owned…