Former students of Jahangirnagar University formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka on Friday, demanding action against the two university teachers for ‘sexual harassment’ on several female students and teachers. Professor Naseem Akhter Hussain, a female teacher of the government and politics department at the university also participated in... Continue Reading →
দন্তহীন বাঘ, চিড়িয়াখানা ও দুদকের গল্প
সরকারের দুর্নীতিবিরোধী অভিযানের জালে সর্বশেষ আটকা পড়েছেন আবদুল জলিল। ক্ষমতাসীন দলের কোনো মন্ত্রী বা সাংসদের বিরুদ্ধে এত দ্রুত কবে গ্রেফতারি পরোয়ানা জারি হয়েছিল মনে পড়ে না। মাত্র কয়েক দিন আগেও জলিল সাহেব বাংলাদেশ আওয়ামী লীগের সাধারণ সম্পাদক ছিলেন। সদ্য সমাপ্ত কাউন্সিলে তার ভাগ্যে দলীয় সভাপতির উপদেষ্টার পদ জুটেছিল। একই সঙ্গে তিনি ছিলেন বাণিজ্য মন্ত্রণালয় সংক্রান্ত... Continue Reading →
Gas bubble: the saga repeated
THE Awami League-led government is likely to conclude the production sharing contract, also known as the model PSC 2008, with the trans-national oil and gas exploration company ConocoPhillips, which is the third largest energy company in the US. The model PSC 2008 was initiated by the military-controlled interim government. However, the entire process came to... Continue Reading →
Pittsburgh G-20: time to deliver on promises
LEADERS of the world’s largest economies, the G-20, will meet for the second time this year on September 24-25. At the Pittsburgh summit, leaders will review the progress made since the Washington and London summits and discuss further actions to assure a sound and sustainable recovery from the global financial and economic crisis. The members... Continue Reading →
Reformers need Reform
WHEN the monitor fails to monitor, it certainly leads the system to catastrophe or even to collapse. As readers might agree, there was hardly any projection by the International Monetary Fund, or by any other monetary watchdog, about the ongoing recession. Did they really know anything or did they remain silent despite knowing that a... Continue Reading →
Review of bilateral investment treaty with US in order
AN INTERNATIONAL oil company engaged in oil and gas exploration has blown out an entire gas field; excluding the ecological loss, the monetary value of the loss is around Tk 1,700 crore. The company is unwilling to make any compensation both in terms of resource value and ecological disaster. Under the armour of a bilateral investment... Continue Reading →
TIFA: Risk or Rescue
While it is touted that the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement would further trade and investment prospects between the United States and Bangladesh, there are a number of caveats that should be consider first, write Meer Ahsan Habib and Tapas Kumar Paul THE Awami League Government appears to be considering the Trade and Investment Framework... Continue Reading →
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