Editorial

HOUSEHOLD owners are protesting against the holding tax increase. Calling the revised tax amounts as higher than rational, some house owners have alleged that the...

CONSUMPTION of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the country has been increasing at a faster pace since 2013 with growing allegations that firms are charging...

Hamid Bahrami :After years of schism, the Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas have decided to end the bloody split. Rami Hamdallah, the Palestinian prime minister,...

Sir Graham Watson :American President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Woodrow Wilson famously outlined the principle of the self determination of peoples. It is an...

Peter Apps :If there’s been one common thread running through almost every industry in the last decade, it has been how a handful of tech...

India hosting U-17 FIFA World Cup :The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup is the 17th FIFA U-17 World Cup, a biennial international football tournament contested...

Sodium-ion battery developed! Researchers at Stanford University, California have developed a new battery by using sodium-ion which is reportedly much cheaper than the lithium-ion battery...

Philippe Le Houérou :Last April, I wrote about the changes we are making as we re-examine our engagements with financial institutions, or FIs. We are...

Poppy McPherson :In mid-September, several days after arriving in Bangladesh from conflict-torn Western Myanmar, 18-year-old Rashida Begum sat with her baby by the side of...

HOW poor our export basket is and at which speed the export volumes are shrinking against skyrocketing imports can be understood by the Central Bank’s...

BANGLADESH, traditionally known for a large number of underweight children, is now facing an increase in the number of obese children due to food marketing,...

Rationalise lab test fees It is a common practice for most doctors to advise the patient to conduct diagnostic tests. The number of tests that...