Editorial

Susan Bissell :One year ago marked a historical milestone in realizing the rights of children: the launch of the Global Partnership to End Violence Against...

A FATAL train accident was narrowly averted in Tangail on Sunday dawn as locals from a nearby mosque stepped in to stop a train only...

TWO back-to-back terrorist attacks have occurred in Spain shocking the peace-loving people again all over the world. On Thursday, a van sped down a pedestrian...

Welcome Australia The Australian Test cricket team are now in Bangladesh. They will play two Test matches against hosts Bangladesh in Dhaka and Chittagong. This...

Promoth Manghat :Fintech revolution is not a new phenomenon. From the days of the Pantelegraph of Giovani Caselli in 1865, which was used to verify...

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus :A few weeks ago, as the newly elected Director-General of WHO, I undertook one of my first official country visits, to...

Anthony Hussenot :Today, freelancers represent 35% of the United States workforce. In the European Union, the rate is 16.1%. Both figures demonstrate the same global...

REPEATED environmental disasters seem to take heavy toll on the people of this country this year. Followed by unprecedented off-season heavy rainfall, landslides, flash floods...

GOVERNMENT institutions are at dyeing state due to mismanagement, corruption and injustice. Bangladesh Biman, Railway, BTCL, Post Office, Teletalk, BRTC, Government Hospitals, Educational Institutions etc...

Crispen Mawadza : Countries everywhere are focused on supporting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). From successive G20 presidencies (Turkey, China, Germany) to many of our...

A EUROPEAN conference on Sundarbans started in German capital Berlin yesterday to discuss how to protect the world’s greatest mangrove forest from destruction at a...

OPERATIONAL loss of Bangladesh Railway (BR) climbed to Tk1,226 crore in the immediate past fiscal year (2016-17), thanks to poor service delivery and operational inefficiency....