Editorial

IT is human nature to learn from past experiences. But when it comes to deaths in so-called ‘crossfire’, law enforcement agencies seem to have learned...

Treatment at affordable cost When we fall sick, or feel discomfort, we go to physicians and hospitals. It is not that every patient gets cured....

Baher Kamal :Exacerbated by climate-related shocks, increasing conflicts have been a key driver of severe food crisis and recently re-emerged famines, a major United Nations...

Farid Ahmed :Forsaken and driven out by their home country Myanmar, tens of thousands of Rohingyas are struggling to survive in Bangladesh’s border districts amid...

THE UN Security Council is scheduled to sit today to discuss the ongoing violence and ethnic cleansing in Myanmar. The member states will also hear...

A NATIONAL daily runs a stinging picture of child labour in the country at the time when the government vehemently claims GDP growth rate is...

Aditya Sinha :Much ink has been spilled on rescinding the Nobel Peace Prize from 1991 winner, Myanmar first State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi, because...

M. Jahangir Hossain :The National Children Policy 2011 of Bangladesh mandated, “the Social Safety Net has to be expanded to ensure the rehabilitation of all...

Md. Abu Abdullah :The relationship between productivity and sustainable development is a two way traffic. Investing in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can also foster productivity....

LARGELY concealed by the verbal dispute between the US and North Korea, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued an ominous warning in his address to 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...

Brazil sans Neymar? Brazil’s star footballer Neymar has demanded sale of a fellow footballer Cavani from Paris Saint Germain, which a sportsman cannot do. What...