Sejuti Mourin: Visiting UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, George Okoth-Obbo, yesterday visited Rohingya camps to review UNHCR’s work on the ground as well as to assess emergency response and monsoon preparations, reports UNB. The Assistant High Commissioner visited the main Kutupalong refugee site in Ukhia sub-district and reviewed UNHCR’s work there. “It is a…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Director General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy : The power, position and prospects of the information and communication technology (ICT) are very immense in Bangladesh. Realizing future prospects, Bangladesh became the member for International Telecommunication (ITU). And with an access to the world-wide ICT movement, Bangladesh signed the Minneapolis declaration. At…
Prof. Abu Ahmed, Economics Department, Dhaka University : Priority should be given to reduce corporate income tax in the upcoming budget for the sake of developing the share market. I hope that the tax would be further reduced for the benefit of listed companies. I am talking about tax deduction for the small investors in the…
Raj Abrar: Australia’s scandal-hit former deputy prime minister received heavy backlash yesterday for agreeing to a paid television interview about an extramarital affair, threatening further disharmony in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government. The unusual move prompted calls from Joyce’s own party for a ban on payments for media appearances by serving politicians. The payment, which Australian…
Sayeed Muhammad: With the grief triggered from the killings of six people still in the air, unknown assailants have gunned down three more members of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF) at Korolyachhari in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati yesterday. The deceased are Sanjib Chakma, 30, Smrity Chakma, 50, and Atol Chakma, reports UNB, adding, Kanon Chakma,…
Dr. Md. Tajul Islam, Professor, National Institute of Mental Health : Many premature deaths have been caused by the ill competition between the drivers. These drivers have to be held responsible. Their recklessness has caused many to their deaths. They are arrogant and not willing to listen to anybody. But whatever they do, they are the…
Sejuti Mourin: Myanmar President Win Myint has pardoned 58 Rohingyas refugees arrested during their failed attempt to reenter Myanmar from Bangladesh. Although they were released from Myanmar jail, the Myanmar government claimed that the first batch returnees from the camps in Cox’s Bazar arrived in Reception Centres in Myanmar. The Myanmar Ministry of the Office of…
Abrar Hussain: A writ has been filed with the High Court, seeking its directive to ban unauthorized hoisting of foreign flags across the country during the upcoming Football World Cup 2018. Freedom fighter Mohammad Nurul Amin filed the writ with the bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafor Ahmed on Sunday. The FIFA World Cup…
Kazi Akramuddin Ahmad, Former President, FBCCI : I hope the next national budget will be one that is balanced and will bring about an industrial revolution. We have to incite an industrial revolution. I ran industry all my life. Even though Japan and Germany were ruined after the Second World War, they developed by focusing on…