Editorial

THE government programme of sending 318 people ranging from lawmakers to senior government officials and party men at a cost of Tk 10.15 crore from...

STEALING of food grains from government food depots is capturing headlines in the national dailies almost regularly but there is hardly any information that the...

IMPORT of powdered milk has almost doubled over three years from 2013 to 2016 mainly due to increased commercial use and home consumption. The annual...

Ban adulterated food Food adulteration is a common practice in Bangladesh. Many food items that we regularly buy from the local markets contain some kinds...

Felix Dodds :At the beginning of August, the High Level Independent Panel to Assess and Enhance Effectiveness of UN-Habitat came out with its report. Before...

Anna Shen :Gender inequality is the greatest moral and social issue of our time – and the world’s most critical economic challenge. If half of...

THE Grameen Bank (GB) is in big trouble in its birthplace though almost all developing and developed countries have replicated the model as a tool...

Uniform admission test for public universities Like every other year, seats under the top public universities are very limited given the lower, yet still high...

Sharon L. Cardash :Just as artificial intelligence may help quickly identify and remedy “anomalies” (threat actor activity), it can also be harnessed to make malware...

Habiba Al Marashi :The year 2017 has been a good year for sustainability and CSR professionals in the UAE. With the government’s declaration to focus...

Veena S. Kulkarni, Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha :The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 (or RPD Act) is laudable in its intent...

MEDIA report on Monday said Dhaka WASA, Water Development Board and two of our City Corporations have jointly spent around Tk 2,000 crore; much of...