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What's wrong with contemporary capitalism?

Rather suddenly, capitalism is visibly sick. The virus of socialism has reemerged and is infecting the young once more. Wiser heads, who respect capitalism's past achievements, want to save it, and have been proposing diagnoses and remedies. But their proposals sometimes overlap with those who would tear the system down,...

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SAFETY AT ZEBRA CROSSINGS

The death of Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury, a first year student of Bangladesh University of Professionals on March 19, 2019, caused by a speeding bus at a zebra crossing at Badda, Dhaka sent shock waves across the country. Enraged young people, especially school and college-going students, started demonstrations at several points...

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Indian election 2019 - the polarising issues

The Indian Election Commission has announced on March 10 that India's next general election will take place in seven phases between April 11 and May 19; votes will be counted on May 23. Lok Shaba (the lower house) has 543 elected seats and any party or coalition will need a...

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