UNB, Dhaka : US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Thursday said the newly announced visa policy was “merely their...
Day: May 25, 2023
UNB, Dhaka : The United States has indicated their new Bangladesh-specific visa policy will help Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and...
UNB, Gazipur : Voting in the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election concluded with no reports of violence amid tight security...
UNB, Rajshahi : Police on Thursday arrested Abu Sayeed Chand, convener of Rajshahi district unit BNP, from Hargram in Rajshahi...
UNB, Dhaka : Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday said there is nothing to worry about the newly...
UNB, Dhaka : The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) Thursday upheld the acquittal of BNP leader and businessman...
UNB, Dhaka : US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas on Thursday met the representatives of the major political parties and...
UNB, Dhaka : The United States has said the country is not imposing any new sanctions on Bangladesh but announced...
Editorial Desk : Bangladesh politics has become highly confrontational, often violent, between the ruling Awami League and the main opposition...
TAKING antibiotics without a registered doctor’s prescription is still very rampant among people of Bangladesh. Patients either on their own or at the advice of drug sellers are gulping the essential drug. Since this practice has been going on for a long time, antibiotics are losing their effectiveness to kill pathogens. The government’s Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) started surveillance over effectiveness of 18 antibiotics in 2017, and found that 11 antibiotics are now less effective against...
PROGRESSIVE taxation on high-income people can work well to reduce the income inequality that has been deepening in Bangladesh for years. Progressive tax systems have tiered tax rates that charge higher-income individuals higher percentages of tax on their income and offer the lowest rates to those with the lowest incomes. If the government can impose a progressive tax on high-income people, it will be helpful to reduce inequality. In the parliament, most of the MPs are businessmen and rich. So,...
Dr. Azeem Ibrahim :Myanmar’s military-led initiative to repatriate Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh has drawn skepticism and criticism from human rights campaigners. The pilot project, aimed at repatriating about 1,000 Rohingya refugees, has been labeled a mere PR campaign. Concerns over the transparency of the verification process and the absence of guarantees for the Rohingya’s safety and citizenship rights have cast doubts on the initiative. The plight of Rohingya refugees is becoming an urgent humanitarian crisis. Nearly 1 million Rohingya Muslims...
