Editorial

AN estimated 7,500 Rohingya children in the squalid camps in Cox’s Bazar are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, said UNICEF as it launched on Monday...

THE wife and also a mother of a toddler was ruthlessly and repeatedly raped by a gang of eight men for hours until Wednesday midnight...

Andreas Wade :The idea of a Circular Economy isn’t a novelty in Europe anymore. The construction sector, for instance, recently announced that the recycling of...

Myriam Douo :Governments and public institutions such as the EU exist to make decisions on behalf of and in the interest of the people. At...

Petros Fassoulas :He has already been quite vocal about his ideas, although his plans to work with Berlin to strengthen the eurozone following the German...

DHAKA on Wednesday signed an agreement with New Delhi for a $4.5 billion fresh loan following the provision of procuring 65 to 75 per cent...

POWERFUL syndicates of black marketers are stealing grains from the government’s storage depots in the capital and elsewhere with support from some food department officials....

DU should reconsider timing of admission tests The Dhaka University authorities should reconsider the timing of its admission tests. More than half the candidates do...

Collect BCS fee through instalments While applying for the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exam, a candidate has to pay a registration fee of Tk 700,...

Rafia Zakaria :War bleeds people; it spills over borders, rivers, deserts and forests, with people hiding and pleading and always, always running. Along with the...

Jan Melissen and Ries Kamphof :After last week’s UN General Assembly a multitude of planned events in EU countries and in Brussels, including a European...

Wendel Trio :Governments are trying to pull the wool over our eyes by claiming climate leadership and talking up their commitment to the Paris Agreement....