In medical science, amputation becomes the only option when a limb is so severely damaged or infected that it poses a direct threat to the patient's overall health and survival. This decisive measure prevents the spread of infection, isolating the problem to protect the rest of the body. The situat
The wait is over. After a month of fasting, prayer and spiritual reset, Eid-ul-Fitr is going to be celebrated tomorrow (Monday) or the day after (Tuesday), depending on the sighting of the crescent moon of Shawwal. The faithful throughout the world celebrate this time of joy, gratitude and together
General consumers of Bangladesh, especially members of the Muslim community, had resigned to accepting it more or less as a fact of life that essential commodity prices would go out of their reach before every Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, and Eid. Because, all government ef
Despite years of discussion and enthusiasm surrounding digitisation in the country, it is quite baffling why crucial sectors that would benefit the most from automation have yet to see substantial progress. A prime example is the National Board of Revenue (NBR), which has repeatedly been urged to a
Poverty has many faces that elude common perception and even targeted survey and research. Questionnaires prepared for statistical study can present a generalised picture of sources of income, household expenditure, food insecurity and overall living condition of a community living in a certain loc
The peoples who wrested their freedom from the clutches of foreign occupation, more often than not, had to make supreme sacrifices. Carving the history of Bangladesh was no exception to this. The price it had to pay to win its independence from the Pakistani military regime was beyond measure. Thre
At a time when newspapers, known as the Press, before radio and television came into being, used to have an aura of their own during the colonial British period or the Pakistani regime. Admittedly, that aura started to fade in independent Bangladesh. What once in journalistic parlance was the Free
The interim government has recently amended the public procurement ordinance with the perennial but elusive aim of making the process more competitive and transparent. Through this amendment, the government introduced several key changes to the ordinance, including the elimination of the 10 per cen
It is a welcome relief that the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has allowed Bangladesh a full year, until March next year, to comply with core ILO conventions. These longstanding issues, despite repeated calls for resolution, now have a concrete timeline for fulfilment. The compliance proce
The sanctioning of loans for any sector of economy should ideally be decided by factors spurring economic growth. The disbursement of a sizeable percentage of the total disposable loans of banks runs the risk of distorting the natural mechanism of investment. But when it comes to patronising a fled
