On Budget 2003-2004
The withdrawal of VAT on travel agencies has got nothing to do with boosting tourism in the country, not even in the slightest sense.
Road Map to nowhere?
The much vaunted Road Map is leading nowhere; Aqaba summit (with much fanfare) of high rhetoric and a facade of photo-ops) soon lapsed into familiar pattern of targeted assassinations and counter violence.
It is true that the media is making all out contribution for reducing pollution.
Misuse of electricity
Since we are experiencing paucity of electric supply and loadsheding all over the city it is nothing but a mere joke to use electricity in the shops and newly constructed multi-storey building even during
No more posters!
The next time you go somewhere in Dhaka, look around! Take a look at the walls around you. What do you see? You see a million posters. Posters fill up every space available.
Superpower USA
After the Iraq war it has been established beyond any iota of doubt that the only hyper power of the world is the USA and naturally the most powerful man in the world is the President of USA.
Converting Muslims to Christianity!
I read with interest, and not a little wincing, the article of Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed, concerning the enthusiastic American Evangelicals who see, in the 'conquests' (if that is the right word) of Afghanistan
"South Asian alliance"
I would like to thank Mr. Wahed for his thoughtful reply. It is indeed true, problems are many and there is no magical solution to all these issues.
Life in DU
I have just got admitted into DU. It is a dream of almost every student of Bangladesh to get himself/herself admitted into DU.
