Editorial

Esther Lynch :On October 7 every year, trade unions on every continent mark World Day for Decent Work. Workers organise through trade unions to achieve...

Alex Their :Is the world falling apart? Or are we banding together, despite our differences, to solve common problems? We might find out this week...

BUSINESS leaders and top executives of multinational companies on Sunday said that bureaucratic tangles, unpredictable tax policy, poor infrastructure and shortage of power and gas...

DESPITE the tremendous contributions to the country’s agriculture by small farmers, the small and medium farmers have little access to the agricultural credit offered by...

Drive against stockists needed Last month we saw a laudable initiative taken by the police in Dhaka. Although it was a small-scale drive, it revealed...

Gina Lagomarsino :Worldwide investments in health have led to dramatic gains. The number of deaths of children under 5 has been cut in half since...

Ernest Darkoh, John Sargent :Humanity simply can’t afford to wait another 15 years for partial progress. World leaders launched the Millennium Development Goals in 2000...

FATE of over 2.40 lakh students of seven colleges recently affiliated to Dhaka University (DU) is hanging in the balance, as various issues have not...

NEWS media reported that a 18th-century heritage building, believed to be the residence of Armenian philanthropist and educationist Nicholas Pogose, has been almost demolished. Despite...

Jomo Kwame Sundaram :Since the 1950s, there has been a popular dance called the ‘limbo rock’, with the winner leaning back as much as possible...

Thalif Deen :When US Ambassador Nikki Haley called for a virtual arms embargo against the repressive and much-maligned military regime in Myanmar, she took a...

Dr. Hanif Hassan Ali Al Qassim :The Chairman of the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue H. E. Dr. Hanif Al Qassim...