UN needs analytical leadership in addressing global economic challenges
José Antonio Ocampo and Jomo Kwame Sundaram :The United Nations recently released the 70th anniversary issue of its flagship publication, the World Economic and Social...


José Antonio Ocampo and Jomo Kwame Sundaram :The United Nations recently released the 70th anniversary issue of its flagship publication, the World Economic and Social...
This very fact has been clearly stated in the Valuing Water Preamble and principles that have been on the table of the fifth round of...
Annulment of the 16th Amendment We are lucky that the Supreme Court escaped being subordinated to the parliament. The 16th Amendment to the Constitution was...
Khaleda Begum :The global climate has been changing significantly and damage to the climate is still ongoing. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in its...
Gazi Shariful Hasan :A thirteen-year-old Bangladeshi girl was taken away from her family in Jamalpur and tricked into going to neighbor country. Once there, she...
URGING Myanmar to take back Rohingya populations from Bangladesh, visiting OIC Secretary General Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen yesterday said Myanmar should resolve the ongoing humanitarian...
THE New Nation reported that Bangladesh Bank bowed to the pressure from commercial banks to raise interest rates on credit cards. From now on, the...
N.S.M Muzzammel Huq :Bangladesh has achieved commendable success in attaining the Millennium Development Goals within the stipulated time frame. Bangladesh has linked the MDGs challenges...
Enayetullah Khan :This year on 4th July Sheikh Hasina, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh, gave Bangabandhu Award for Wildlife Conservation to Village Tiger Response...
Return of Asia Cup :The return of the Asia Cup after 30 years may accelerate disappointing hockey in the country. Since tournament favourites India, Japan...
The disclosure at a round-table in the city on Wednesday that medicines produced by 10 to 12 pharmaceutical companies of the country are only broadly...
THE government’s desperate moves to import food grains from abroad; particularly rice from some East Asian countries shows the big supply short-fall in the government...